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Fearless Innovation


Fearless Innovation

Going Beyond the Buzzword to Continuously Drive Growth, Improve the Bottom Line, and Enact Change
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von: Alex Goryachev

18,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 22.01.2020
ISBN/EAN: 9781119579588
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 208

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<p><b>Is Innovation just an overused buzzword? A waste of time? A mere marketing ploy?  </b><b> </b></p> <p>Author Alex Goryachev has a simple, resounding response to such questions: No!</p> <p>The Fourth Industrial Revolution is driving change at an unprecedented pace, level, and intensity that is impacting businesses across industries, not to mention our everyday lives. We are rapidly blurring the physical and the digital, transforming the way we live and, in some sense, what it even means to be human. Whether we run a startup or multinational, a nonprofit or academic institution, a city or a whole country, we need to embrace this change to not just survive but thrive under these new realities.</p> <p>In <i>Fearless Innovation</i>, Cisco’s Managing Director of Innovation Strategy and Programs explores how, no matter their function, leaders and managers can cut through the noise to understand change and deliver real results.</p> <p>Goryachev’s actionable, consistent, and timeless innovation principles offer a blueprint to driving growth, enacting change, increasing the bottom line, and creating clear measurable value. Featuring diverse case studies of some of today’s most innovative organizations, historical observations, first-hand experience, and a look at where innovation is thriving, and why, this down-to-earth guide provides advice and clear steps on how to:</p> <ul> <li>Get teams to embrace innovation beyond empty slogans</li> <li>Focus on execution of innovation through leadership and strategy</li> <li>Measure the real effects of innovation to showcase ROI and attract investment</li> <li>Break down org silos by empowering effective, diverse, and inclusive teams</li> <li>Drive co-innovation through win-win ecosystem-wide partnerships</li> <li>Organize innovation teams and orchestrate outcomes by leveraging organizational DNA</li> <li>Communicate the value of innovation to differentiate ourselves from competition</li> </ul> <p>Written for any organization that wants to stay relevant in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century, and even beyond, <i>Fearless Innovation </i>offers a step-by-step guide for getting past the confusion, overcoming fear, and getting down to business to create an environment of true innovation.</p>
<p>Acknowledgments ix</p> <p>Introduction: From Buzzword to Reality xi</p> <p><b>Chapter 1 Innovation is Now or Never 1</b></p> <p>Don’t Join the Dying Breeds 3</p> <p>Work with Change, Not Against It 8</p> <p>Know When to Take Action 14</p> <p>Summary: Innovation Waits for No One 18</p> <p><b>Chapter 2 No Leadership = No Strategy = No Innovation 25</b></p> <p>Recognize How Dysfunction and Stagnation Begin 27</p> <p>Take Responsibility 30</p> <p>Ask Questions 32</p> <p>Clarify and Publish Employee Sentiments, Goals, and Strategy 38</p> <p>Summary: Lead, Strategize, Innovate 41</p> <p><b>Chapter 3 If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage It 45</b></p> <p>Get Real About Innovation 47</p> <p>Find the Metrics 50</p> <p>Incentivize Innovation through Radical Transparency 54</p> <p>Time It Right 58</p> <p>Summary: Metrics Matter 62</p> <p><b>Chapter 4 Innovation is <i>Not </i>Disruption 69</b></p> <p>Stop Thinking “Disruptively” 71</p> <p>Start Thinking Pragmatically 77</p> <p>Get Back to the Basics 78</p> <p>Summary: The Pen is Mightier than the Program 83</p> <p><b>Chapter 5 The Lonely Innovator Myth 89</b></p> <p>Treat Innovation Like a Team Sport 92</p> <p>Foster Diversity and Inclusion 97</p> <p>Summary: Innovation is a Team Sport 106</p> <p><b>Chapter 6 Innovation Wants to Be Free 111</b></p> <p>Come Together 114</p> <p>Take Co-Innovation to the Next Level 119</p> <p>Summary: The Freedom of the Ecosystem 128</p> <p><b>Chapter 7 Outcomes Must Be Orchestrated 135</b></p> <p>Don’t Let Innovation Get Lost 137</p> <p>Hire a Chief Innovation Officer 139</p> <p>Put Governance Processes into Action 142</p> <p>Build Innovation Teams 144</p> <p>Summary: Orchestrating Invisible Innovation 149</p> <p><b>Chapter 8 Communicate, Communicate, Communicate 153</b></p> <p>Invest in Communications Skills and Capabilities 156</p> <p>Start Internally 160</p> <p>Create Dialogue Externally 166</p> <p>Summary: Discover, Listen, Act 171</p> <p>Conclusion: Business as Usual 177</p> <p>About the Author 181</p> <p>Index 183</p>
<p><b>ALEX GORYACHEV</b> is managing director of Cisco's global Co-Innovation Centers. He spearheads several award-winning international programs and initiatives to accelerate innovation – whether that impacts operations, businesses processes, or technology. Alex is an award-winning Silicon Valley veteran whose resume reads like a brief history of tech disruption. He is a sought-after speaker on innovation and a regular contributor to<i> Forbes, Chief Executive Magazine,</i> and other leading media outlets.</p>
<p><b>A practical, jargon-free innovation manifesto</b> <p>You can read plenty of books on innovation methodologies without really understanding what innovation is, let alone how to leverage it to transform your organization and deliver pragmatic results. By working with organizations around the globe – from startups to cities, universities to multinationals, Alex Goryachev has developed a profound philosophy of innovation. <i>Fearless Innovation</i> is his manifesto, and your guide to seeing through the hype to make innovation real. <p>This book is not a methodology, but an all-encompassing guide that will empower you to identify the practical steps to realizing an innovation-focused organizational culture. Do you know why exactly your organization needs to innovate? What are the results you will achieve? Can you communicate your vision across the organization? What concrete actions will you take to move your organization into the future? <i>Fearless Innovation</i> contains the tools, guidelines, case studies, and action steps you need to answer these urgent questions and most importantly, deliver results.

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