| In this second volume of The Drucker Foundation's Wisdom to Action Series, twenty-seven remarkable thought leaders help today's leaders meet the challenge of releasing the power of innovation. Leading for Innovation brings together Clayton M. Christensen, Jim Collins, Howard Gardner, Charles Handy, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, C. William Pollard, Margaret Wheatley, and other thought leaders to offer you practical guidance on leading your organization to a new dimension of performance. This unprecedented collection explores the unique qualities required to lead innovators, and shows you the way to develop a culture that promotes innovation.
The contributors encourage you to take the time to think about innovation and describe how you must abandon practices that no longer work for advancing the practice of innovation. Filled with specific examples of the hands-on work needed to make innovation a reality for leaders and their organizations, Leading for Innovation offers a wealth of thoughtful and incisive essays that will help leaders everywhere take their organizations and communities to a new level of excellence.
From Booklist
This is the second volume in the publisher's Wisdom to Action series. As in the previous volume, the editors gather a collection of articles written by well-respected businesspeople from around the world. The articles focus first on the heart of innovation--people, that is--and progress to discussions of the environment, leadership, and business practice. Adopting Peter F. Drucker's definition of change--that it "creates a new dimension of performance"--is offered as step one in innovation. Then various speakers chime in on theory ("assume people are creative," says Margaret Wheatley) and, more importantly, offer practical advice. Several CEOs (from Novartis, Schwab, and ServiceMaster, among others) explain the value of good works, how to create a culture supporting innovation, and the actual processes that encourage new drug discoveries. Much food for thought has been gathered between the covers of this provocative book. Barbara Jacobs
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"..a cut above most such anthologies.." (Director, January 2002)
Renowned thought leaders offer their insights on innovation. This volume focuses on Peter Drucker's observation that the only two tasks of an organization are innovation and marketing.
From the Inside Flap
Peter Drucker defines innovation as "change that creates a new dimension of performance." Leaders can create environments, give people the tools, and set the expectation to make innovation part of daily work. In this second volume of the Drucker Foundation's Wisdom to Action Series, twenty-seven remarkable thought leaders help today's leaders meet the challenge of releasing the power of innovation.
Leading for Innovation brings together Clayton M. Christensen, Jim Collins, Howard Gardner, Charles Handy, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, C. William Pollard, Margaret Wheatley, and other thought leaders to offer practical guidance for those who seek to lead their organizations to a new dimension of performance. Leading for Innovation explores the unique qualities required to lead innovators and shows the way to develop a culture that promotes innovation. The contributors encourage readers to take the time to think about innovation and describe how leaders must abandon practices that no longer work for advancing the practice of innovation. Leading for Innovation also offers specific examples of the hands-on work needed to make innovation a reality for leaders and their organizations.
These thoughtful and incisive essays will help leaders everywhere take their organizations and communities to a new level of excellence through the strategic use of innovation.
From the Back Cover
"From a vision of moving the power of innovation across the country and beyond, we see the shadows of Peter Drucker's wisdom of nearly fifty years ago, two functions-marketing and innovation-enable organizations to further their impact and change lives beyond the local community. although the wisdom is unchanged, not so for the ways that success travels.... Leadership is needed to support innovation in organizations and communities across the country and the world. It must be leaders who focus on performance and results and then discover all the ways for success to travel." —from the foreword by Frances Hesselbein
Lead you organization to innovation with these thought leaders
William Andrews
Kim Barberich
William J. Bratton
James Burke
Clayton M. Christensen
M. Kathryn Clubb
Jim Collins
Arie de Geus
Max De Pree
Howard Gardner
Marshall Goldsmith
Stephen Goldsmith
Charles Handy
Frances Hesselbein
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
John Kao
Robert E. Knowling Jr.
Dorothy Leonard
Ann Livermore
Henry Mintzberg
Jeffrey Pfeffer
C. William Pollard
Bill Pollard
David S. Pottruck
Walter Swap
Dave Ulrich
Daniel Vasella
Margaret J. Wheatley |
