Fearless Innovation : Going Beyond the Buzzword to Continuously Drive Growth, Improve the Bottom Line, and Enact Change.

Intro -- Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: From Buzzword to Reality -- Living with Change -- Okay, But WTF Is Innovation? -- Fearless Innovation -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Innovation Is Now or Never -- Don't Join the Dying Breeds -- The Three (Worst) Responses to Change -- Work with Change, Not Against It -- Innovating for a Higher Purpose -- The Rise of Purpose-Driven Businesses -- Know When to Take Action -- Summary: Innovation Waits for No One -- Notes -- Chapter 2: No Leadership = No Strategy = No Innovation -- Recognize How Dysfunction and Stagnation Begin -- High Rates, and the High Cost, of Disengagement -- Take Responsibility -- Start with a Goal in Mind -- Ask Questions -- Before You Act, Shut Up and Listen -- Clarify and Publish Employee Sentiments, Goals, and Strategy -- Summary: Lead, Strategize, Innovate -- Notes -- Chapter 3: If You Can't Measure It, You Can't Manage It -- Get Real About Innovation -- Find the Metrics -- Incentivize Innovation through Radical Transparency -- Let's Be Honest -- Time It Right -- Summary: Metrics Matter -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Innovation Is Not Disruption -- Stop Thinking "Disruptively" -- Turn Disruption into an Opportunity -- Start Thinking Pragmatically -- Get Back to the Basics -- Summary: The Pen Is Mightier than the Program -- Notes -- Chapter 5: The Lonely Innovator Myth -- Treat Innovation Like a Team Sport -- Beware of Silos -- Tear Down the Walls -- Foster Diversity and Inclusion -- Partner with HR -- Summary: Innovation Is a Team Sport -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Innovation Wants to Be Free -- Come Together -- Innovation Accelerators and Incubators -- Take Co-Innovation to the Next Level -- Customers -- Cities and Governments -- Academia -- Nonprofits -- Innovation for All -- Summary: The Freedom of the Ecosystem -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Outcomes Must Be Orchestrated.

Don't Let Innovation Get Lost -- Hire a Chief Innovation Officer -- Put Governance Processes into Action -- Build Innovation Teams -- Centralized -- Decentralized -- Hybrid -- Summary: Orchestrating Invisible Innovation -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Communicate, Communicate, Communicate -- Invest in Communications Skills and Capabilities -- Communication Leads to Transformation -- Start Internally -- Connect with Employees -- Show Executives the Way -- Create Dialogue Externally -- Talk to Your Customers -- Maintain Open Dialogues with Partners -- Summary: Discover, Listen, Act -- Notes -- Conclusion: Business as Usual -- About the Author -- Index -- EULA.

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