Building an Innovation Powerhouse

Maximising People Potential to Grow Your Business
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-36125-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

In Building an Innovation Powerhouse you will learn how to maximise the potential of people to grow your business. Authors Andy Wynn and Jim Hick dive deep into the most complex aspect of innovation and skilfully deconstruct the multi-dimensional complexities of working with people to reveal the secrets of how to handle the challenges of innovation.

Building an Innovation Powerhouse uncovers the inner workings of industry giants, including Boston Consulting Group, Google, Hexcel, Kennametal, DuPont, CeramTec, Novartis, and many more, and explains exactly how these organisations and their leaders have motivated people to create a culture of innovation. A roadmap clearly sets out change in the following:

1. Culture – how to guide an organisation to work holistically.
2. Teams – how to ensure collaboration is laser-focused on business growth.
3. Individuals – what people can do to become more creative and contribute to business success.
4. Diversity – how to develop the right mix of skillsets, backgrounds and viewpoints.
5. Leadership – what business leaders need to do to ensure that all levels of the business are heading in the right direction and delivering growth.

Written with true insight by renowned leaders in their fields and enhanced by valuable case studies and contributions from numerous senior executives who have a real passion for stimulating innovation to drive business growth, this book is essential reading for businesses looking to transform into an innovation powerhouse.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wynn, Andy

Hick, Jim

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Wissensmanagement
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the ‘Innovation for Business Leaders’ Book Series; Introduction to Building an Innovation Powerhouse; 1. Innovation: Context, Process and Organisation; 2. The Challenge of Innovation; 3. Building an Innovation Culture; 4. Maintaining an Innovation Culture; 5. Innovation Teams: Getting People Working Together; 6. Stimulating Innovative Behaviours in People; 7. The Power of Diversity; 8. Getting Leadership Right; 9. Summary and Conclusion; Epilogue: The Future of Innovation Leadership and the New World of Work

Über Autor(innen)

Andy Wynn is an international business leader, entrepreneur and former CTO at a FTSE 250 multinational manufacturer, with a passion for applying new technologies to solve the world's problems. He is the founder and CEO of TTIP Global, the international management consulting group that helps innovative science, technology and engineering companies scale and grow, and author of the books Cracking the Innovation Code and Transforming Technology into Profit. In 2021 he was appointed Associate Professor at IE Business School in Madrid.

Jim Hick is a renowned pioneer of inspiring experiential leadership and people development initiatives and a world-class facilitator of senior managers, with over 30 years’ experience in industry as a people development specialist of all levels. He has helped thousands of professionals all over the world to become better leaders and is a serial entrepreneur, having established a number of successful businesses, most notably Allendale Brewery, an award-winning business based in the UK.