From Incremental to Exponential / Wadhwa, Vivek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wadhwa, Vivek, author.

Amla, Ismail, author.

Salkever, Alex, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic planning.

Technological innovations--Management.

Technological innovations.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

How large companies can see the future and rethink innovation

Place of Publication:

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

“This timely book reminds us that innovation is agnostic about where it's created.” —Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft Over and over, we see big legacy businesses getting beaten to the punch by energetic little start-ups. It seems like innovation can come from only the bottom up or from the outside in. But tech experts Vivek Wadwha and Ismail Amla are here to tell you that “big equals slow and stodgy” is a myth. Based on decades of experience working with both the world's leading brands and disruptive start-ups, this book explores the opportunity legacy companies have to create new markets, supercharge growth, and remake their businesses by combining the mindset and tool belt of start-ups with the benefits of incumbency: boatloads of customer data, decades of brand equity, robust distribution channels, enormous financial asserts, and more. Wadhwa and Amla go deeply into why the pace and dynamics of innovation have changed so dramatically in recent years and show how companies can overcome obstacles like the Eight Deadly Sins of Stasis. Equally important, they provide a playbook on how to use their insights in your own company, team, or career. This fast-paced, anecdote-rich story rethinks modern innovation—a book every manager, executive, and ambitious employee will want to read.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Introduction: The Golden Age of Innovation Is Now

Part I: Why Exponential Disruptions Are Happening More Quickly and More Often

1. The Technological Basis of Breakthrough Disruption

2. The Unexpected Consequences of Advancing Technologies

3. The Old Innovator's Dilemma versus the New Innovator's Dilemma

Part II: Why Top-Down Innovation Efforts Usually Fail

4. False Assumptions, Broken Models, Wasted Effort

5. The Rules of the Game Have Changed in Critical Ways

6. What Has Not Changed

7. The Eight Deadly Sins That Disable Change Efforts

Part III: Ways to Build Innovative, Exponentially Developing Companies

8. "Don't Buy This Jacket": Subverting Retail Expectations

9. Platform Technologies and Marketplaces

10. How to (Dis)organize for Innovation

11. The Tactics of Innovative Companies

12. Change Management and Company Culture: An Innovation Manifesto

13. How to Recognize and Use the Strengths of Incumbency

14. From Dinosaurs to Eagles: Four Case Studies

15. Innovation Management in Government

Conclusion: You Can't Ignore It

How Can You Embrace It?

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Authors.

Notes:

Online resource; Title from title page (viewed October 6, 2020)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

1183963821