Leadership for Innovation: How to Organize Team Creativity and Harvest Ideas

Contents......Page 5
About the Author......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
What is Innovation?......Page 15
INVENTION AND INNOVATION......Page 16
Case study: Google – the world’s most powerful internet search engine......Page 17
INNOVATION AS INCREMENTAL CHANGE......Page 18
THE MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE......Page 19
INNOVATION IS POSITIVE......Page 21
ALL CAN PARTICIPATE......Page 22
KEY POINTS......Page 23
The Conditions for Successful Innovation......Page 25
MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT......Page 26
POSITIVE STRATEGIC THINKING......Page 27
A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE......Page 29
RESPONSIVENESS TO CHANGE......Page 31
ACCEPTANCE OF RISK......Page 33
THE RIGHT INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT......Page 35
KEY POINTS......Page 36
Organizing for Team Creativity......Page 39
ORDER AND FREEDOM......Page 40
INTEGRATING CREATIVITY INTO INDUSTRY......Page 41
GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT......Page 43
LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION......Page 45
KEY POINTS......Page 46
Case Study: The DNA Laboratory......Page 49
NO CLASS OR HIERARCHICAL DIFFERENCES......Page 50
LEADING BY EXAMPLE......Page 52
THE OPTIMUM USE OF RESOURCES......Page 53
CREEPING BUREAUCRACY......Page 55
BUREAUCRACY VERSUS INNOVATION......Page 57
KEY POINTS......Page 59
Case Study: Soichiro Honda – Leader for Innovation......Page 63
THE FORGE OF A CREATIVE MIND......Page 64
A CREATIVE THINKER IN ACTION......Page 65
A PARTNERSHIP OF COMPLEMENTARY ABILITIES......Page 66
NOT PROBLEMS BUT OPPORTUNITIES......Page 67
PASSING ON THE TORCH......Page 69
KEY POINTS......Page 70
Real Commitment from the Top......Page 73
THE LEADER AS TEAMBUILDER......Page 74
GIVING DIRECTION......Page 76
KEY POINTS......Page 78
How to Motivate the Creative Individual......Page 81
SELECTING CREATIVE PEOPLE......Page 82
CHARACTERISTICS OF INNOVATORS......Page 83
EXPECTATIONS OF CREATIVE PEOPLE......Page 86
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP......Page 90
KEY POINTS......Page 92
Team Creativity......Page 95
BUILDING ON IDEAS......Page 96
BRAINSTORMING......Page 99
TEAM CREATIVITY IN ACTION......Page 101
HOW TO CRITICIZE OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS......Page 103
KEY POINTS......Page 107
Harvesting Ideas......Page 109
SUGGESTION SCHEMES......Page 110
QUALITY CIRCLES......Page 112
SUCCESS FACTORS FOR QUALITY CIRCLES......Page 113
TOWARDS TEAM CREATIVITY......Page 115
THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION......Page 117
KEY POINTS......Page 118
Overcoming Resistance to Change......Page 121
THE HUMAN NEED FOR CONTINUITY AND CHANGE......Page 122
UNDERSTANDING THE FORCES OF RESISTANCE......Page 125
PRINCIPLE ONE: PLOUGH UP THE GROUND......Page 126
PRINCIPLE TWO: MARKET YOUR IDEAS......Page 128
PRINCIPLE THREE: HAVE A PRACTICE RUN......Page 131
PRINCIPLE FOUR: MAKE CHANGE INCREMENTAL......Page 132
PRINCIPLE FIVE: LEADERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL......Page 133
KEY POINTS......Page 134
Conclusion: Leadership for Innovation......Page 137
KEY POINTS......Page 141
Index......Page 143