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Creative Construction – Book review

The Inovo Group

Well-respected Harvard Business School professor and HBR contributor Gary Pisano has weighed in on the topic of large company innovation in his new book ‘Creative Construction’. Innovative organizations are themselves the product of human creativity. Highlights. They are not “natural” in any sense of the word.

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The trough of innovation disillusionment

Paul Hobcraft

You get this increasing sense that the ‘fizz’ has gone out of the innovation bubbly, we are seemingly in a trough of innovation disillusionment. The innovation party presently feels a little flat. Has the fizz gone from innovation? Are we being moved by innovation anymore? Much has become totally underwhelming.

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The core principles of Leading FOR Innovation

Cris Beswick

But, navigating this kind of complexity and uncertainty requires leaders to actively engage in sense-making to lead effective transformation with clarity and creativity. This approach is about breaking away from the rigid mindsets and structures that tend to stifle creativity. Horizon 1 activity has lower risk but also lower return.

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5 Misconceptions to Avoid When Building Your Innovation Strategy

Qmarkets

A company like Yelp, led by CEO, Jeremy Stoppelman , is a great example of a robust innovation strategy to model your organization on. The company encourages transparency, constructive feedback, and constant employee recognition to showcase the value of every member of their workforce. Creativity is all about potential.

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5 Misconceptions to Avoid When Building Your Innovation Strategy

Qmarkets

A company like Yelp, led by CEO, Jeremy Stoppelman , is a great example of a robust innovation strategy to model your organization on. The company encourages transparency, constructive feedback, and constant employee recognition to showcase the value of every member of their workforce. Creativity is all about potential.

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Seeking fresh winds and new directions

Paul Hobcraft

Constructing a climate for any transformation is hard. When an organization decides to change its culture, set about constructing a different climate or environment so innovation can thrive. So making change for reasons that are seen as not clear to those involved stops people from doing their job of making innovation happen.

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Rethinking the measuring of innovation

Paul Hobcraft

Leaders want to hear this, the sad true is getting a ‘decent ROI’ for innovation constructed (note constructed) is really hard. If the innovation is new to the world, how can it have a clear financial return on investment until much later? We need to appreciate new innovation balance sheet thinking.