Leading the Epic Revolution How CIOs Drive Innovation and Create Value Across the Enterprise

by Muller, Hunter

• ISBN13: 9781118340479
• ISBN10: 1118340477
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-06-04
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

A must-read leadership guide for CIOs and executives whose careers depend on creating value and growth through continuous innovation Innovation is the hot topic. Everyone's talking about it, but there seems to be a lot of misperceptions about getting it done. Innovating for Growth and Value is aimed at CIOs and other technology leaders in the modern enterprise. This insider's guide to innovation presents repeatable processes, detailed methodologies, and robust frameworks for innovation and continuous transformation in today's fast-paced business environments. It provides actionable programs for developing and successfully executing profitable and repeatable innovation strategies. Focuses on specific critical areas where innovation is imperative Features real-world stories and revealing anecdotes Presents interviews from international companies such as Netflix, IBM, Cisco, Boeing, Facebook, Intel, Microsoft, McKesson, Flextronics, and more Without innovation, your company cannot compete and cannot survive. So the real question isn't whether to innovate or not. The real question is how to innovate and make innovation strategies work in the modern enterprise. Thoughtfully written and carefully researched, Innovating for Growth and Value grasps the central truth about innovation with a wealth of information made truly valuable for IT leaders and CIOs.

Author Biography

HUNTER MULLER is the President and CEO of HMG Strategy, LLC, an established provider of networking events and professional services to CIOs and senior executives across the IT industry. He has more than twenty years of experience in business strategy consulting with a strong focus on IT organization development, strategy, and business alignment.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Innovation Challenge

Psychology of Innovation

An Expanding Range of Influence

Speed and Failure Are Essential in Continuous Innovation Strategies

Fail Fast and Fail Smart

The New Speed of Change

Focus on the Business Challenge, Not on the Technology

In the Modern Enterprise, True Innovation Takes Many Shapes and Forms

Notes

Chapter 2 Governance Trumps Process

Being a Leader of Innovation at an Innovative Enterprise

Great Companies Avoid the “Me Too” Syndrome When Innovating

Cycles of Innovation and Adoption

Good CIOs Are Leaders at All Stages of Innovation

From Enabler to Innovator: The Evolving Image of the CIO

Replacing Up and Down with Left to Right

Creating a Culture of Innovation

Converting Ideas into Successful New Products and Services

Notes

Chapter 3 Leveraging Multiple Skill Sets

Networking and Connecting

Overcoming Obstacles to Innovation

Two Types of Thinking

Overcoming Habits

Breaking Through and Moving Forward

Professor of Innovation

Leveraging the Cloud and Thriving on Innovation

Notes

Chapter 4 Accelerating Innovation

In the Modern Enterprise, IT is the “Backbone” of Innovation

Underlying Principles of Innovation

A Practical Taxonomy of Innovation

The Mouse in the Maze

Managing Innovation Across the Enterprise

Eight Action-Steps for Driving Innovation

Notes

Chapter 5 Innovation Begins With Business Strategy

New Face of IT Executive Leadership

Improvisational Skills Can Elevate Innovation Leadership Capabilities

Blending Innovation and Operations

Great CIOs Focus on Value Creation, Improved Margins and Staying Ahead of the Trend Curve

Chapter 6 Evolving Relationships Across the C-Suite

From Captain to Coach, From Controlling to Enabling

Connecting the Dots between Innovation and Analytics

Digging Deeper into Big Data

Innovation in the Age of the Industrial Internet

Moving Toward the Customer

Lining Up the Innovation Roadmaps

Designing Practical Innovation Strategies

Managing Between Extremes

Three Complementary Pairs of Roles

Notes

Chapter 7 Why Credible Leadership Matters

Do Not Hesitate to Be a Leader

Sometimes Getting Out of the Way Is the First Step to Achieving Innovation

Innovation Conundrum

Accelerating Innovation Through Partnerships

A Shifting Mindset

Leading Innovation and Driving Transformation

Managing the Merger of Culture and Technology

Two Tiers of IT Innovation in the Modern Global Enterprise

A Role Model for Innovation and Leadership

The Next Big Wave: IT Value Creation

Where Innovation Begins: Understanding the Goals and Objectives of the Business

Four Dimensions of Continuous Innovation and IT Transformation

Building a Hybrid Platform for Continuous Innovation

Making the Case for Top-Down Innovation in the Enterprise

Avoiding “The Emperor Has No Clothes” Syndrome

Notes

Chapter 8 Leveraging Social Collaboration to Drive Innovation

Tangible Results Through Social Media

Embracing the Social Workforce

Putting Innovation in the Hands of Users

Innovation and Social Collaboration

Notes

Chapter 9 Living With Uncertainty

Keep Your Eyes on the B2B Internet

Trust, Freedom, and Responsibility:  Keys to Transformational Leadership and Continuous Innovation

Key Traits of Innovative IT Leaders

Security Is Integral to IT Strategy

Maintaining Credibility: You Have to Know When to Get Down in the Weeds

Think Multi-Regional Before Committing to Global Markets

Walking the Talk

For Many Reasons, Now Is the Perfect Time to Be the CIO

Revisiting the Relationship between Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Emerging Ecosystem of Continuous Innovation and Transformation

A Historic Moment

Notes

Recommended Reading

Meet Our Sources

About the Author

About HMG Strategy

Index