Innovators Discussion - The Conversational Skills of Entrepreneurial Teams

This book shows readers how high-performance teams verbally accomplish their work, and offers tools and techniques to cultivate these conversational competencies. Through engaging examples, exercises, and games, this book enables readers and their team mates to build a conversational advantage.

List of contents

Part 1. Defining the problem 1. Misperceptions that prevent teams from innovating successfully 2. Why popular approaches to innovation aren’t enough Part 2. Explaining interpretive language 3. Collaborative language 4. Provisional language 5. Reflective language Part 3. Developing conversational competencies 6. Exercises to build verbal skills 7. Making interpretation visible through documentation Part 4. Using interpretive language in various situations 8. Interpretive language and a team’s final pivot 9. Conversational approaches for other dilemmas of founding teams 10. Organizational culture and language Part 5. Learning beyond the book 11. Yes but… common questions 12. A community to harness the power of words

About the author

Betsy Campbell, Ph.D., researches the practices of teams at the forefront of science and technology. As a Penn State faculty member, she leads an initiative focused on the democratization of entrepreneurship. Earlier in her career she founded Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs, Inc. and co-directed the MIT CI Lab.

Summary

This book shows readers how high-performance teams verbally accomplish their work, and offers tools and techniques to cultivate these conversational competencies. Through engaging examples, exercises, and games, this book enables readers and their team mates to build a conversational advantage.

Product details

• Authors: Betsy Campbell, Betsy (Krause Innovation Studio Campbell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2019
• EAN: 9781138497924
• ISBN: 978-1-138-49792-4
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / New Business Enterprises, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Education, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development, Business innovation, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts