Innovator''s Field Guide - Market Tested Methods Frameworks to Help You Meet Your Innovation

"A step-by-step guide to successfully transforming any organization. It is well recognized that succeeding at innovation is fundamental in today's hyper-competitive global marketplace. It is the only way to outperform current and emerging competitors sustainably. But what we call "innovation" is messy and difficult and too often lacks the rigor and discipline of other management processes. The Innovator's Field Guide: Market Tested Methods and Frameworks to Help You Meet Your Innovation Challenges changes that. It is a practical guide that moves beyond the "why" to the "how" of making innovation happen, for leaders and practitioners inside organizations of all sizes.Written by two pioneers in the field of embedding innovation in organization, The Innovator's Field Guide focuses on the most pressing innovation problems and specific challenges innovation leaders will face and offers concrete solutions, tools, and methods to overcome them. Each chapter describes a specific innovation challenge and detailsproven ways to address that challenge Includes practical ideas, techniques, and leading practices Describes common obstacles and offers practical solutions Any leader or professional who needs concrete solutions--right now--to the critical challenges of innovation will find invaluable aid in the practical, easy-to-understand, and market-tested approaches of The Innovator's Field Guide"--

List of contents

1 Setting Context 1
 
About This Field Guide 1
 
The Innovation Challenges 3
 
Principles of Innovation 7
 
As You Read The Guide 11
 
2 Raising Your Innovation IQ Through Insight-Driven Innovation 13
 
What Is a "Great Insight"? 14
 
Five Insight Types 16
 
Key Take-Aways 52
 
3 Enabling Breakthrough Innovation 53
 
Enabling Breakthrough Innovations Through Insight Combinations 54
 
Domaining: Building a Pipeline of Related Concepts 57
 
Bringing Strategic Focus to Your Efforts: Innovation Architecture 69
 
Key Take-Aways 72
 
4 From Nascent Idea to Business Concept 73
 
Changing Your Mind-Set About the Innovation Process 74
 
The SEI Approach 76
 
Using an Iterative Learning Process 87
 
Don't Take Opportunity Elaboration and Framing for Granted 88
 
Fast-Tracking Opportunities When You Believe Speed to Market Is Critical 89
 
Key Take-Aways 91
 
5 Propelling Fast Innovation 93
 
Engaging the Organization Through Focused Innovation Challenges 95
 
Innovation Accelerators 106
 
Open Innovation: Moving Faster Than Your Internal Development 108
 
Key Take-Aways 115
 
6 Experimentation and De-Risking 117
 
Framing Risk to Manage It 119
 
Defining Your Learning Path 120
 
Developing Your Experimentation Agenda 123
 
Experimentation in Action 132
 
Key Take-Aways 136
 
7 Innovating While in Market 139
 
Innovating While Flying the Plane 140
 
Principles to Guide Postlaunch Innovation 141
 
Using Front-End Techniques in Postlaunch Activities: Develop New Insights to Enable New Learning 142
 
Translating Insights into Action 150
 
Continue to Experiment for Postlaunch Learning and Revision 154
 
Postlaunch Innovation: Illustrative Design Approaches 154
 
Postlaunch Innovation Pioneers: Select Case Examples 157
 
Postlaunch Innovation Issues to Anticipate 161
 
Key Take-Aways 163
 
8 Organizing for Innovation 165
 
A Framework for Organizing the Elements of Innovation 166
 
Design Principles for Organizing for Innovation 167
 
The Organizing Elements 172
 
Case Examples: Organizing for Innovation 189
 
Key Take-Aways 198
 
9 Leading Innovation 199
 
Leading Innovation from the Top 200
 
Driving Leadership Engagement in Innovation 204
 
An Example of Innovation Leadership Engagement 206
 
Leading Innovation from the Top: Who's on Point? 210
 
Top Leadership as an Indispensable Element 212
 
Leading from Within: Grassroots-Led Innovation 213
 
Key Take-Aways 218
 
10 Getting Started 219
 
Designing from Outcomes Back 220
 
Different Types of Innovation Outcomes 221
 
High-Level Designs for Frequently Desired Outcomes 223
 
Getting Started: Assembling the Team 237
 
Assessing Issues and Approach: Innovation Assessment and Design 239
 
Before You Begin: Some Additional Tips 244
 
Key Take-Aways 245
 
11 Conclusion and Looking Ahead 247
 
Flexible, Reconfigurable Techniques for Addressing Innovation Challenges 249
 
Be Alert for Common Pitfalls 251
 
Notes 255
 
Acknowledgments 265
 
About the Authors 269
 
Index 271

About the author

PETER SKARZYNSKI advises large, global organizations and their leaders on growth strategy, leadership, and organizational change. He has led strategy and growth efforts for clients in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. A frequent corporate and conference speaker, he is lead author of Innovation to the Core and has written thought pieces for The Wall Street Journal, CEO Magazine, and The Drucker Foundation.
DAVID CROSSWHITE is an advisor to senior leadership of large organizations on their most significant strategy and growth challenges. For over twenty years he has guided Global 1000 organizations in their implementation of growth and innovation strategies. His work has been highlighted in several books and Harvard Business School Cases, which are taught in leading MBA programs across the country.

Summary

A step-by-step guide to successfully transforming any organization It is well recognized that succeeding at innovation is fundamental in today's hyper-competitive global marketplace. It is the only way to outperform current and emerging competitors sustainably.

Product details

• Authors: David Crosswhite, David A. Crosswhite, David Skarzynski Crosswhite, PC Skarzynski, Pete Skarzynski, Peter Skarzynski, Peter C. Crosswhite Skarzynski, Peter Crosswhite Skarzynski
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2014
• EAN: 9781118644300
• ISBN: 978-1-118-64430-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; innovationsmanagement, Business & management, Wirtschaft u. Management, Innovations- u. Kreativitätsmanagement, Creativity & Innovation Management