The Innovators Way - Essential Practices for Successful Innovation

Langue : anglais

Edité par MIT Press, 2010

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Innovation is one of those marvellous modern words that appears in every annual report, every corporate mission statement and approximately every third keynote presentation, usually accompanied by photographs of smiling people pointing at transparent screens. The Innovator?s Way politely suggests that genuine innovation is rather less theatrical. It isn?t about beanbags, brainstorming sessions fuelled by artisan coffee or adding the word "disruptive" to otherwise ordinary ideas. It is, instead, a disciplined practice that can be learned, refined and repeated. Drawing on decades of experience in computing, organisational theory and leadership, Peter J. Denning and Robert Dunham dismantle the popular mythology surrounding innovation. Rather than portraying successful innovators as mysterious visionaries struck by lightning bolts of inspiration, they present them as skilled practitioners who cultivate habits of observation, conversation, experimentation and execution. In other words, innovation owes rather more to persistence than to cinematic moments of revelation. The authors introduce a series of practical disciplines that encourage readers to recognise opportunities others overlook, engage meaningfully with communities, build trust, recover gracefully from inevitable failures and transform promising ideas into tangible results. It is an approach that feels refreshingly grounded. Revolutionary breakthroughs, the book argues, rarely emerge from staring intensely at a whiteboard covered in colourful sticky notes. They usually involve listening carefully, solving real problems and doing an awful lot of patient work that never makes the conference highlight reel. What makes The Innovator?s Way particularly engaging is its refusal to become trapped in management jargon. The examples range across technology, science, education and business, illustrating that innovation is not the exclusive property of Silicon Valley start-ups or multinational corporations. Small organisations, individual professionals and even curious amateurs can all benefit from developing the habits of successful innovators. The challenge is less about possessing extraordinary intelligence and more about learning to notice possibilities that everyone else quietly walks past. As sold by Crappy Old Books, this 2010 MIT Press edition is in Near Fine condition, making it an excellent addition to the library of entrepreneurs, engineers, managers, academics and lifelong learners alike. MIT Press publications have a deserved reputation for combining intellectual rigour with practical relevance, and this volume comfortably lives up to that tradition without ever becoming impenetrably academic. Whether you?re launching a business, leading a team, designing software, improving a service or simply wondering why some ideas flourish while others vanish without trace, The Innovator?s Way offers thoughtful guidance rooted in experience rather than fashionable buzzwords. The greatest irony, perhaps, is that a book about innovation concludes that there are very few shortcuts to becoming innovative. It still requires curiosity, resilience, careful observation and the willingness to keep learning?qualities that may not fit neatly into a PowerPoint slide but have an inconvenient habit of changing the world anyway. …

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Titre
The Innovators Way - Essential Practices for Successful Innovation
Auteur
Peter J Denning and Robert Dunham
Éditeur
MIT Press
Année de publication
2010
État de l'article
Near Fine
Reliure
Hardback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0262014548
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780262014540

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