Leading for Innovation

by Editor: Frances Hesselbein (Peter F. Drucker Foundation); Editor: Marshall Goldsmith (Consultant to Fortune 500 Corporations ); Editor: Iain Somerville

• ISBN13: 9780787953591
• ISBN10: 0787953598
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

In this second volume of The Drucker Foundation's Wisdom to Action Series, twenty-seven remarkable thought leaders help today's leaders meet the challenge of releasing the power of innovation. Leading for Innovation brings together Clayton M. Christensen, Jim Collins, Howard Gardner, Charles Handy, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, C. William Pollard, Margaret Wheatley, and other thought leaders to offer you practical guidance on leading your organization to a new dimension of performance. This unprecedented collection explores the unique qualities required to lead innovators, and shows you the way to develop a culture that promotes innovation. The contributors encourage you to take the time to think about innovation and describe how you must abandon practices that no longer work for advancing the practice of innovation. Filled with specific examples of the hands-on work needed to make innovation a reality for leaders and their organizations, Leading for Innovation offers a wealth of thoughtful and incisive essays that will help leaders everywhere take their organizations and communities to a new level of excellence.

Author Biography

<I>Frances Hesselbein</I> is chairman of the board of governors of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and editor in chief for its journal, <I>Leader to Leader</I>. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, in 1998. <P> <B> Marshall Goldsmith</B> is founding director of the Financial Times Knowledge Dialogue, a coaching network that connects executives worldwide with thought leaders. He has been listed in <I>Forbes</I> magazine as one of five top executive coaches. <P> <B>Iain Somerville</B> is a strategy consultant, executive educator, and social entrepreneur. As managing partner of Somerville & Associates, he engages businesses, governments, and community-based organizations in bringing about breakthrough economic and social results. As a former managing partner with Accenture, he founded and led strategy consulting practices and the firm's global business think tank. <P>

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Frances Hesselbein
The Editors	xvii
Introduction	1	(10)
Frances Hesselbein
Marshall Goldsmith
Iain Somerville
Part I Leading the People Who Make Innovation Happen
We Are All Innovators	11	(12)
Margaret J. Wheatley
Fleas and Elephants	23	(8)
Charles Handy
Creative Leadership	31	(8)
Max De Pree
Changing the Behavior of Successful People	39	(18)
Marshall Goldsmith
Good Work in Business	57	(16)
Howard Gardner
Kim Barberich
Part II Creating an Environment That Encourages Innovation
Creating the Culture for Innovation	73	(14)
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
The Organization! Is It a Friend or Foe of Innovation?	87	(8)
C. William Pollard
To Build a Culture of Innovation, Avoid Conventional Management Wisdom	95	(10)
Jeffrey Pfeffer
Innovation in Government	105	(14)
Stephen Goldsmith
How Company Culture Encourages Innovation	119	(12)
David S. Pottruck
Part III Changing How You Think About Leadership and Innovation
The Ultimate Creation	131	(10)
Jim Collins
Managing to Innovate	141	(12)
Henry Mintzberg
Inviting Innovation	153	(12)
M. Kathryn Clubb
The Value of ``Been There, Done That'' in Innovation	165	(12)
Dorothy A. Leonard
Walter C. Swap
Leading with Vision, Strategy, and Values	177	(8)
Robert E. Knowling, Jr.
When 1 + 1 = 3	185	(12)
James Burke
Part IV The Practice of Innovation
Coping with Your Organization's Innovation Capabilities	197	(18)
Clayton M. Christensen
An Innovation Protocol	215	(10)
Dave Ulrich
Beware: Innovation Kills!	225	(14)
Arie de Geus
Capturing Innovation Power in the Genomics Era	239	(12)
Daniel Vasella
Leading for Innovation and Results in Police Departments	251	(12)
William J. Bratton
William Andrews
Inventing E-Services	263	(10)
Ann M. Livermore
Reinventing Innovation: A Perspective from The Idea Factory	273	(12)
John Kao
Index	285