Rev. ed. of: The challenge of innovation. 1990.
Includes index.
What is innovation?
Invention and innovation
Case study: Google-the world's most powerful internet search engine
Innovation as incremental change
The management of change
Innovation is positive
All can participate
Key points
The conditions for successful innovation
Management commitment
Positive strategic thinking
A long-term perspective
Responsiveness to change
Acceptance of risk
The right internal environment
Key points
Organizing for team creativity
Order and freedom
Integrating creativity into industry
Getting the balance right
Leadership for innovation
Key points
Case study: the DNA laboratory
No class or hierarchical differences
Leading by example
The optimum use of resources
The human resource
Creeping bureaucracy
Bureaucracy versus innovation
Key points
Case study: Soichiro Honda - leader for innovation
The forge of a creative mind
A creative thinker in action
A partnership of complementary abilities
Not problems but opportunities
Passing on the torch
Key points
Real commitment from the top
The leader as teambuilder
Giving direction
Key points
How to motivate the creative individual
Selecting creative people
Characteristics of innovators
Expectations of creative people
Creative leadership
Key points
Team creativity
Building on ideas
Brainstorming
Team creativity in action
Team creativity and organization
How to criticize other people's ideas
Key points
Harvesting ideas
Suggestion schemes
Quality circles
Success factors for quality circles
Towards team creativity
The importance of training and education
Key points
Overcoming resistance to change
The human need for continuity and change
Understanding the forces of resistance
Principle one: plough up the ground
Principle two: market your ideas
Principle three: have a practice run
Principle four: make change incremental
Principal five; leadership is essential
Key points
Conclusion: Leadership for innovation
Key points.
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Leadership for innovation : how to organise team creativity and harvest ideas by John Eric Adair. ISBN 9780749448004. Published by Kogan Page in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
