Building Moonshots - 50+ Ways to Turn Radical Ideas Into Reality

Solve the world's biggest problems and create a better future
 
In Building Moonshots: 50+ Ways to To Turn Radical Ideas Into Reality, a team of expert innovation strategists delivers an exciting and insightful collection of strategies, techniques, and frameworks for scaling your next big, audacious idea into a concrete product or service.
 
Each proven and tested strategy contained in the book has been categorized to make it easy to find and implement when you need it most. You'll learn how and where to start, when to bet big, how to invest, when to play the long game, what to communicate, and much more. You'll also find:
* Ways to go beyond white papers and vision statements to a place where your ideas become a tangible reality
* Strategies for creating a better future by transforming seemingly impossible ideas into concrete products
* Methods for bringing to life radical and innovative solutions to the world's greatest challenges
 
Destined to become the seminal, go-to source for visionaries, gamechangers, and leaders imagining the apparently impossible and determined to achieve it, Building Moonshots is a can't-miss book for entrepreneurs, founders, product development heads, and other business leaders.

Sommario

Introduction 1
 
Section I Ways to Adopt a Moonshots Mindset 7
 
Way 1 Always Focus on the Long View 9
 
Way 2 Start from the Almost Impossible 13
 
Way 3 Never Be Surprised 19
 
Way 4 Fund for Breakthroughs 25
 
Way 5 Plan to Adopt Shiny Things 31
 
Way 6 Be an Optimist 39
 
Section II Ways to Feed Your Curiosity 45
 
Way 7 Filter the Noise 47
 
Way 8 Collect a Menagerie 51
 
Way 9 Devour Hard Science Fiction 57
 
Way 10 Engage with Esoteric STEM 63
 
Way 11 Find Your Challenge 69
 
Way 12 Consume Research 75
 
Section III Ways to Imagine a Better Tomorrow 81
 
Way 13 Start by Asking What If ? 83
 
Way 14 Anchor in a Better Future 87
 
Way 15 Trust That the Future Is Not Zero- Sum 93
 
Way 16 Evangelize the Future 99
 
Way 17 Push the Boundaries of Your Work 105
 
Way 18 Be Visionary 111
 
Section IV Ways to Plan Your Stepping Stones 117
 
Way 19 Get Ahead of Your Customers 119
 
Way 20 Look to Tipping Points 123
 
Way 21 Reason Back 129
 
Way 22 Adopt Bold Metrics 135
 
Way 23 Plan for Targets to Evolve 141
 
Way 24 Be Responsible Visionaries 147
 
Section V Ways to Invent the Future 153
 
Way 25 Make Your Ideas Compete 155
 
Way 26 Do the Hard Part Daily 159
 
Way 27 Go Deep with Emtech 165
 
Way 28 Get to Action 171
 
Way 29 Build to Learn 177
 
Way 30 Share Proofs of Concept Early and Often 183
 
Section VI Ways to Make Big Bets 189
 
Way 31 Recruit a Challenge Board 191
 
Way 32 Build Foundations 195
 
Way 33 Spread Your Bets 201
 
Way 34 Play Games 207
 
Way 35 Double Down on Breakthroughs 215
 
Way 36 Time Your Bets 223
 
Section VII Ways to Finance for Alpha 229
 
Way 37 Invest in the Future Ecosystem 231
 
Way 38 Leverage Knowledge Discrepancies 235
 
Way 39 Seed New Fields 241
 
Way 40 Develop Perpetual Pipelines 247
 
Way 41 Publish Your Moonshots Metrics 253
 
Way 42 Fund the Handoffs 259
 
Section VIII Ways to Galvanize Your Team 265
 
Way 43 Be a Talent Magnet 267
 
Way 44 Foster a Skunkworks Culture 273
 
Way 45 Invite Radical Collaboration 279
 
Way 46 Chase Brains 283
 
Way 47 Hire for Unique Skills 289
 
Way 48 Find Your Cluster 295
 
Section IX Ways to Win the Future 301
 
Way 49 Practice Winning 303
 
Way 50 Play to Your Advantage 309
 
Way 51 Use Others' Solutions as Leverage 315
 
Way 52 Cannibalize Your Success 321
 
Way 53 Scale Fast and Slow 325
 
Way 54 Play an Infinite Game 331
 
About the Authors 337
 
Index 339

Info autore

TAMARA CARLETON, PHD, is an international expert in radical innovation. She is the CEO of Innovation Leadership Group, teaches at several top-ranked business schools and technical universities around the world, and is the creator of practical tools that help teams innovate, like the Playbook for Strategic Foresight and Innovation. WILLIAM COCKAYNE, PHD, is a techno-optimistic leader with a passion for transforming science fiction into reality. For twenty years, he taught students at Stanford University how teams imagine, invent, and ship the future. He is an expert in converting blue-sky thinking into brass tacks.

Riassunto

Solve the world's biggest problems and create a better future

In Building Moonshots: 50+ Ways to To Turn Radical Ideas Into Reality, a team of expert innovation strategists delivers an exciting and insightful collection of strategies, techniques, and frameworks for scaling your next big, audacious idea into a concrete product or service.

Each proven and tested strategy contained in the book has been categorized to make it easy to find and implement when you need it most. You'll learn how and where to start, when to bet big, how to invest, when to play the long game, what to communicate, and much more. You'll also find:
* Ways to go beyond white papers and vision statements to a place where your ideas become a tangible reality
* Strategies for creating a better future by transforming seemingly impossible ideas into concrete products
* Methods for bringing to life radical and innovative solutions to the world's greatest challenges

Destined to become the seminal, go-to source for visionaries, gamechangers, and leaders imagining the apparently impossible and determined to achieve it, Building Moonshots is a can't-miss book for entrepreneurs, founders, product development heads, and other business leaders.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Carleton, Tamara Carleton, Tamara (Tecnologico De Monterreys Egade Carleton, Tamara Cockayne Carleton, Carleton Tamara, William Cockayne
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781394176588
• ISBN: 978-1-394-17658-8
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 160 mm x 238 mm x 25 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Management; Innovation, Business & management, Wirtschaft u. Management, Innovations- u. Kreativitätsmanagement, Creativity & Innovation Management