Creative People Must Be Stopped 6 Ways We Kill Innovation (Without Even Trying)

by Owens, David A

• ISBN13: 9781118002902
• ISBN10: 1118002903
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-22
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

A framework for overcoming the six types of innovation killers Everybody wants innovation-or do they? Creative People Must Be Stopped shows how individuals and organizations sabotage their own best intentions to encourage "outside the box" thinking. It shows that the antidote to this self-defeating behavior is to identify which of the six major types of constraints are hindering innovation: individual, group, organizational, industry-wide, societal, or technological. Once innovators and other leaders understand exactly which constraints are working against them and how to overcome them, they can create conditions that foster innovation instead of stopping it in its tracks. The author's model of constraints on innovation integrates insights from the vast literature on innovation with his own observations of hundreds of organizations. The book is filled with assessments, tools, and real-world examples. The author's research has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Guardian and San Jose Mercury News, as well as on Fox News and on NPR's Marketplace Includes illustrative examples from leading organizations Offers a practical guide for bringing new ideas to fruition even within a previously rigid organizational culture This book gives people in organizations the conceptual framework and practical information they need to innovate successfully.

Author Biography

David A. Owens is professor at Vanderbilt's Graduate School of Management. He specializes in management, innovation, and product design, and has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and NPR's Marketplace. Recently he served as CEO of Griffin Technology Inc.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Creative People Must Be Stopped!	p. 1
The Context of Innovation: Why Everyone Wants Innovation but No One Wants to Change	p. 3
Why Most of Us Are More Creative Than We Think: Individual Innovation Constraints	p. 25
Why a Brainstorm Meeting Can Be Worse Than No Meeting at All: Innovation Constraints in Groups	p. 57
Why You'll Never Be a Prophet in Your Hometown: Organizational Innovation Constraints	p. 95
If It's Such a Great Idea, Why Isn't Our Competitor Doing It? Industry Innovation Constraints	p. 125
Why My Innovation Means You Have to Change: Societal Innovation Constraints	p. 157
How to Take a Really Hard Problem and Make It Completely Impossible: Technological Innovation Constraints	p. 187
When Failure Is Not an Option: Leading an Innovation Strategy	p. 223
Using the Assessment Results	p. 249
Innovation Team Contract Guidelines	p. 255
An Innovation Bookshelf	p. 259
References	p. 261
Acknowledgments	p. 267
About the Author	p. 271
Index	p. 273
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