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A guide to creating and sustaining a culture of innovation focused on business value
The Innovator’s Path introduces business readers to thought leader Madge M. Meyer’s unique, cross-cultural perspective on corporate innovation. The book presents eight essential disciplines (Listen, Lead, Position, Promote, Connect, Commit, Execute, and Evolve) that pave the way for individuals, teams, and organizations to continually innovate in ways that create new business value. The author overturns existing assumptions about inspiring and managing innovation, while offering new insights and practical advice for aspiring innovators and corporate leaders. Meyer demonstrates her points by telling the stories behind many of her award-winning results and adds engaging personal anecdotes to illustrate many of her points. The book also contains contributions from an extraordinary and diverse set of industry innovators.
Offers new ways for cultivating a mindset and culture of results-focused innovation and business value creation
Whether your focus is on your career, your team's success, or your organization's future, The Innovator’s Path provides you with the insights, strategies, techniques, and inspiration you need to accelerate your innovation progress.
MADGE M. MEYER is a public speaker, author, and founder of Madge Meyer Consulting, LLC. She has received twelve personal awards for her industry and community achievements. Formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer & Technology Fellow at State Street Corporation, she oversaw the company's global Information Technology infrastructure teams, which earned thirty-two innovation and excellence awards under her leadership. Meyer also held executive positions at Merrill Lynch and IBM and serves on several boards in industry, academia, and nonprofit institutions.
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
Introduction Innovation and the 8 Disciplines
Defining Innovation
Making Innovation Business-As-Usual
Different Contexts
The 8 Disciplines
Chapter 1 Listen
Patience, Humility, Respect
Listen: Levels of Effectiveness
Preparing Ourselves to Listen
How I Go about Listening
“Listening” to the Facts
Listening to What Is Not Being Said
Listen – Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action
Chapter 2 Lead
Leadership Essentials
Leading with Passion
Leading with Vision
Respect, Trust, and Integrity
The Soft Skills of Leadership
Sound Judgment
Creating a Culture of Innovation
Lead: Levels of Effectiveness
Lead – Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action
Chapter 3 Position
A Roadmap for Change
Positioning Our Sights
Developing Our Roadmap
Positioning For Change
Position: Levels of Effectiveness
Personal Positioning
Position – Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action
Chapter 4 Promote
Branding
The Importance of Establishing a Baseline for Innovation
Promoting Our Innovation Ideas
Opportunities to Promote
Promote: Levels of Effectiveness
Promoting State Street’s Environmental Sustainability and Green Programs
Promote – Concrete Step for Putting This Discipline into Action
Chapter 5 Connect
Connect: Levels of Effectiveness
The Connect Culture
Connect and Cooperate
Connecting Strategy, Processes, and Systems Ways to Connect
Connecting with My Team
MIT Collaborative Initiatives and the Albright Challenge
Connect – Concrete Step for Putting This Discipline into Action
Chapter 6 Commit
Culture and Commitment
Innovation Management in the Safety Zone
The IBM Way
Funding as Commitment
Personal and Team Commitment
Commit: Levels of Effectiveness
Commit – Concrete Step for Putting This Discipline into Action
Chapter 7 Execute
Meeting the Highest Standard for Our Astronauts
Flawless Execution
Rapid Value Delivery
Putting the Pieces Together
Execute: Levels of Effectiveness
Server Certification Process
Execute – Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action
Chapter 8 Evolve
Overcoming Success
Going Further Beyond
Continual Innovation, Not Constant Change
Clearing the Path
Adversity and Change
Evolve: Levels of Effectiveness
Evolving From Certification to Cloud
Evolve – Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action
Afterword
Appendix I The Eight Disciplines – Summaries and Action Plans
Listen
Lead
Position
Promote
Connect
Commit
Execute
Evolve
Appendix II Biographies of Individuals Interviewed for This Book
Tenley E. Albright, M.D.
Deborah Ancona
Marc Andreesen
Eugene Y. Chan, M.D
Gerald Chertavian
Dean Kamen
Tarkan Maner
Tom Mendoza
Admiral Michael Mullen
Nathan Myhrvold
Samuel J. Palmisano
James S. Phalen
Linda S. Sanford
John Swainson
John Thompson
Ming Tsai
About the Author
Index
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