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Monday, June 03, 2013

Innovation as Usual: The Book

Newly brought to my attention.  Unread as yet, but on the stack. Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life
Paddy Miller, Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg

" ... Turn team members into innovatorsMost organizations approach innovation as if it were a sideline activity. Every so often employees are sent to “Brainstorm Island”: an off-site replete with trendy lectures, creative workshops, and overenthusiastic facilitators. But once they return, it’s back to business as usual.Innovation experts Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg suggest a better approach. They recommend that leaders at all levels become “innovation architects,” creating an ecosystem in which people engage in key innovation behaviors as part of their daily work.bIn short, this book is about getting to a state of “innovation as usual,” where regular employees—in jobs like finance, marketing, sales, or operations—make innovation happen in a way that’s both systemic and sustainable.Instead of organizing brainstorming sessions, idea jams, and off-sites that rarely result in success ..... " 

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