Innovation to the core : a blueprint for transforming the way your company innovates / Peter Skarzynski, Rowan Gibson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skarzynski, Peter.

Contributor:

Gibson, Rowan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational effectiveness.

Organizational change.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

xix, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, [2008]

Summary:

Building on the work of strategy guru Gary Hamel, this guide shows organizations how to move innovation from a buzz word to a core competency. Skarzynski, a consultant on international growth and strategy, and Gibson, a global business strategist, draw on a wealth of examples from real companies including GE, Procter & Gamble, Nokia, and IBM. They provide frameworks, step-by-step action lists, and other practical tools for improving an organization's capacity for innovation by mobilizing the imagination of employees, customers, and business partners.

Contents:

The new innovation challenge

Creating the preconditions for innovation

Building a foundation of novel strategic insights

Producing a torrent of new opportunities

Innovating across the business model

Asking the right questions at the right time

Constructing an innovation architecture

Managing and multiplying resources

Pacing and derisking innovation investments

Dynamically balancing supply and demand

Building a systemic innovation capability

Making innovation sustainable.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278) and index.

ISBN:

9781422102510

1422102513

OCLC:

168723538