Fearless Innovation - Going Beyond Buzzword to Continuously Drive Growth, Improve Bottom

Is Innovation just an overused buzzword? A waste of time? A mere marketing ploy?
 
Author Alex Goryachev has a simple, resounding response to such questions: No!
 
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.
 
In Fearless Innovation, 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.
 
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:
* Get teams to embrace innovation beyond empty slogans
* Focus on execution of innovation through leadership and strategy
* Measure the real effects of innovation to showcase ROI and attract investment
* Break down org silos by empowering effective, diverse, and inclusive teams
* Drive co-innovation through win-win ecosystem-wide partnerships
* Organize innovation teams and orchestrate outcomes by leveraging organizational DNA
* Communicate the value of innovation to differentiate ourselves from competition
 
Written for any organization that wants to stay relevant in the 21st Century, and even beyond, Fearless Innovation 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.

List of contents

Acknowledgments ix
 
Introduction: From Buzzword to Reality xi
 
Chapter 1 Innovation is Now or Never 1
 
Don't Join the Dying Breeds 3
 
Work with Change, Not Against It 8
 
Know When to Take Action 14
 
Summary: Innovation Waits for No One 18
 
Chapter 2 No Leadership = No Strategy = No Innovation 25
 
Recognize How Dysfunction and Stagnation Begin 27
 
Take Responsibility 30
 
Ask Questions 32
 
Clarify and Publish Employee Sentiments, Goals, and Strategy 38
 
Summary: Lead, Strategize, Innovate 41
 
Chapter 3 If You Can't Measure It, You Can't Manage It 45
 
Get Real About Innovation 47
 
Find the Metrics 50
 
Incentivize Innovation through Radical Transparency 54
 
Time It Right 58
 
Summary: Metrics Matter 62
 
Chapter 4 Innovation is Not Disruption 69
 
Stop Thinking "Disruptively" 71
 
Start Thinking Pragmatically 77
 
Get Back to the Basics 78
 
Summary: The Pen is Mightier than the Program 83
 
Chapter 5 The Lonely Innovator Myth 89
 
Treat Innovation Like a Team Sport 92
 
Foster Diversity and Inclusion 97
 
Summary: Innovation is a Team Sport 106
 
Chapter 6 Innovation Wants to Be Free 111
 
Come Together 114
 
Take Co-Innovation to the Next Level 119
 
Summary: The Freedom of the Ecosystem 128
 
Chapter 7 Outcomes Must Be Orchestrated 135
 
Don't Let Innovation Get Lost 137
 
Hire a Chief Innovation Officer 139
 
Put Governance Processes into Action 142
 
Build Innovation Teams 144
 
Summary: Orchestrating Invisible Innovation 149
 
Chapter 8 Communicate, Communicate, Communicate 153
 
Invest in Communications Skills and Capabilities 156
 
Start Internally 160
 
Create Dialogue Externally 166
 
Summary: Discover, Listen, Act 171
 
Conclusion: Business as Usual 177
 
About the Author 181
 
Index 183

About the author

ALEX GORYACHEV 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 Forbes, Chief Executive Magazine, and other leading media outlets.

Summary

Is Innovation just an overused buzzword? A waste of time? A mere marketing ploy?

Author Alex Goryachev has a simple, resounding response to such questions: No!

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.

In Fearless Innovation, 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.

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:
* Get teams to embrace innovation beyond empty slogans
* Focus on execution of innovation through leadership and strategy
* Measure the real effects of innovation to showcase ROI and attract investment
* Break down org silos by empowering effective, diverse, and inclusive teams
* Drive co-innovation through win-win ecosystem-wide partnerships
* Organize innovation teams and orchestrate outcomes by leveraging organizational DNA
* Communicate the value of innovation to differentiate ourselves from competition

Written for any organization that wants to stay relevant in the 21st Century, and even beyond, Fearless Innovation 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.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Goryachev
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781119579526
• ISBN: 978-1-119-57952-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Mathematik, Wirtschaft, Mathematics, Mathematik in Wirtschaft u. Finanzwesen, Business & Finance