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From the author of The Little Black Book of Innovation, a new guide for using the power of habit to build a culture of innovation Leaders have experimented with open innovation programs, corporate accelerators, venture capital arms, skunkworks, and innovation contests. They've trekked to Silicon Valley, Shenzhen, and Tel Aviv to learn from today's hottest, most successful tech companies. Yet most would admit they've failed to create truly innovative cultures. There's a better way. And it all starts with the power of habit. In Eat, Sleep, Innovate, innovation expert Scott Anthony and his impressive team of coauthors use groundbreaking research in behavioral science to provide a first-of-its-k...
This insightful book presents new and innovative business models that are increasingly becoming a key to business success in a rapidly changing world. It details new and appropriate analytics, frameworks, insights, and forecasts for strategy and execution. At the intersection of disruptive and accelerated change, business leaders around the world are trying to embrace change and incorporate innovative business models in the basics of their businesses. Increasing emphasis is being placed on rethinking how customer value is developed and delivered, rethinking the profit formula and the financial model, and making corresponding changes to the core resources.
On-going coaching and development that can be a “game changer” for all employees! All great coaches know how to ask good open-ended questions and how to give effective feedback. They keep a balanced and honest perspective that separates the person from the problem or issue; coaching to leverage their unique strengths and helping them improve weaknesses with a mindset focused on continuous improvement. This ongoing coaching and development can be a “game changer” for all people and teams with access to it. But what about the teams and players that aren’t empowered—or even allowed—to expand their roles? Or the team members whose careers don’t inspire or play to their natural gi...
Discover the spark of innovation that will transform your leadership through Sparking Success. Studies show that 80% of us are increasingly pressured to be productive rather than creative at work. Sparking Success uncovers the importance of creativity as a tool for innovation and demonstrates how it can be a driving factor for success. In order to adapt to fast-moving trends and disruptions in the modern business landscape, you need to spark your creative outlook. In this book, Adam Kingl profiles the business leaders who are redefining themselves as creative pioneers. From media powerhouses such as Pixar and Disney to major manufacturers such as Bosch and Panasonic, this book shows the universal importance of creativity for business leaders across the world. Each of the chapters poses a challenge or opportunity that will help you tap into an innovative mindset, before offering fascinating insights from leaders across the creative industries. Discover how you can become a dynamic, creative and empathetic leader by Sparking Success.
Experts agree: The turbulence triggered by the economic shock of 2008 constitutes the "new normal." Unfortunately, too many managers have become paralyzed by it, capable only of slashing costs indiscriminately. Though examining spending during recessions makes sense, the smartest executives do much more. As Scott Anthony reveals in The Silver Lining, these leaders continue innovating--by stopping ineffective initiatives, changing key business processes, and starting more productive behaviors. Result? Their companies emerge from downturns stronger than ever. Providing a wealth of ideas, tools, and examples from diverse industries, Anthony explains how to safeguard your company's profitability...
The Digital Transformation Playbook: What You Need to Know and Do is anindispensable resource for you and your organization as you embark on theexciting and challenging journey of digital transformation. It features insightfulideas and best practices that drive digital transformation. Contributorsinclude leading thinkers and practitioners drawn from around the world.
Corporate culture is critical to any organizational change effort. This book offers a proven model for identifying and leveraging the essential elements of any culture. In a world that changes at a dizzying pace, what can leaders do to build flexible and adaptive workplaces that inspire people to achieve extraordinary results? According to the authors, the answer lies in recognizing and aligning the elusive forces—or the “puzzling” pieces—that shape an organization's culture. With a combined seventy-five years' worth of research, teaching, and consulting experience, Mario Moussa, Derek Newberry, and Greg Urban bring a wealth of knowledge to creating nimble organizations. Globally rec...
Executive leadership is a team sport. As part of an executive team, you wear many hats. Not only are you responsible for working with other senior leaders to establish strategic goals and ensure their execution, you're also making tough decisions, shaping organizational culture, and communicating regularly with employees. If you read nothing else on working effectively as an executive team member, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you build the skills you need as a senior leader and set your team up for success. This book will inspire you to: Assemble a group that will think boldly and work h...
Master the four disciplines of strategic fitness essential to executive performance In Strategic, New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rich Horwath delivers an incisive roadmap to help leaders at all levels think, plan, and act strategically to navigate every business challenge they face. The book offers business leaders a proven framework―the Strategic Fitness System―containing dozens of tools, techniques, and checklists to confidently master every area of the business, from designing market-winning strategies to shaping the organization’s culture. The practical content will help executives in any industry improve what research has shown to be the most important l...
當協作成為企業日常 當今的商業環境中,破壞性的改變已成為常態,組織要因應變局,必須建立起許多不同於以往的能力。 「協同合作」便是現代企業解決複雜問題的一項重要能力。哈佛商學院著名的組織行為學教授法蘭西絲卡.吉諾(Francesca Gino)研究了許多成功協作的組織,發現它們是用一種心理上的訓練,建立大家開放的的共同心智。以動畫工作室皮克斯(Pixar)為例,它之所以能集合眾人創意,用的就是這種共同心智的訓練。在皮克斯精心安排的一項課程中,主管學習傾聽的技巧,他們必須克服自己插嘴或主導的衝...