Grabbing Lightning
Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation
(Sprache: Englisch)
Innovation is becoming its own discipline, its own function in companies today. Established companies are clamoring for breakthrough innovation, but are typically held back by the highly reliable, repeatable processes of their management systems.
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Innovation is becoming its own discipline, its own function in companies today. Established companies are clamoring for breakthrough innovation, but are typically held back by the highly reliable, repeatable processes of their management systems.
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Praise for Grabbing Lightning"Starting and growing radically new businesses inside the firm is something all large companies struggle with-nobody has completely broken the code. But through active observation and study of a range of firms, including IBM, over a multiyear period, this team has surfaced and codified important insights that help pave the way. While there is not one standard solution, there are valuable lessons presented that ease the pain when 'grabbing lightning.'"
-Mike Giersch, vice president of strategic planning, IBM Corporation
"Innovation that brings results-that's what we all want! Building on their work with many leading companies, the authors bring great insights to innovation. While there is no easy formula for success, many elements are explored. Their view is systemic and recognizes the various stages of innovation and new business creation. This book is brimming with ideas and concepts helpful to all of us who take on this exciting challenge of harnessing the creative to deliver breakthrough results."
-Angela Biever, vice president, Intel Capital; managing director, Consumer Internet Sector, Intel Corporation
"Everybody wants innovation to be part of their culture. Grabbing Lightning offers a practical path to spark and then institutionalize innovation."
-Beth Eckenrode, vice president, AST Business Development and Licensing, Nova Chemicals
"The authors provide a compelling account of how leading companies organize for better innovation results. Every company committed to improving its innovation performance would do well to study this book carefully."
-Henry Chesbrough, author, Open Innovation and Open Business Models; adjunct professor, University of California Berkeley's Haas School of Business
"In Grabbing Lightning, the authors have articulated a clear blueprint for building and sustaining rigorous innovation capability within an existing company. This articulation is particularly
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credible because it is based on extensive study of innovation companies."
-Mark Newhouse, senior vice president and director, new business development, Corning Inc.
-Mark Newhouse, senior vice president and director, new business development, Corning Inc.
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Praise for Grabbing Lightning
"Starting and growing radically new businesses inside the firm is something all large companies struggle with-nobody has completely broken the code. But through active observation and study of a range of firms, including IBM, over a multiyear period, this team has surfaced and codified important insights that help pave the way. While there is not one standard solution, there are valuable lessons presented that ease the pain when 'grabbing lightning.'"
-Mike Giersch, vice president of strategic planning, IBM Corporation
"Innovation that brings results-that's what we all want! Building on their work with many leading companies, the authors bring great insights to innovation. While there is no easy formula for success, many elements are explored. Their view is systemic and recognizes the various stages of innovation and new business creation. This book is brimming with ideas and concepts helpful to all of us who take on this exciting challenge of harnessing the creative to deliver breakthrough results."
-Angela Biever, vice president, Intel Capital; managing director, Consumer Internet Sector, Intel Corporation
"Everybody wants innovation to be part of their culture. Grabbing Lightning offers a practical path to spark and then institutionalize innovation."
-Beth Eckenrode, vice president, AST Business Development and Licensing, Nova Chemicals
"The authors provide a compelling account of how leading companies organize for better innovation results. Every company committed to improving its innovation performance would do well to study this book carefully."
-Henry Chesbrough, author, Open Innovation and Open Business Models; adjunct professor, University of California Berkeley's Haas School of Business
"In Grabbing Lightning, the authors have articulated a clear blueprint for building and sustaining rigorous innovation capability within an existing company. This articulation is particularly credible because it is based on extensive study of innovation companies."
-Mark Newhouse, senior vice president and director, new business development, Corning Inc.
"Starting and growing radically new businesses inside the firm is something all large companies struggle with-nobody has completely broken the code. But through active observation and study of a range of firms, including IBM, over a multiyear period, this team has surfaced and codified important insights that help pave the way. While there is not one standard solution, there are valuable lessons presented that ease the pain when 'grabbing lightning.'"
-Mike Giersch, vice president of strategic planning, IBM Corporation
"Innovation that brings results-that's what we all want! Building on their work with many leading companies, the authors bring great insights to innovation. While there is no easy formula for success, many elements are explored. Their view is systemic and recognizes the various stages of innovation and new business creation. This book is brimming with ideas and concepts helpful to all of us who take on this exciting challenge of harnessing the creative to deliver breakthrough results."
-Angela Biever, vice president, Intel Capital; managing director, Consumer Internet Sector, Intel Corporation
"Everybody wants innovation to be part of their culture. Grabbing Lightning offers a practical path to spark and then institutionalize innovation."
-Beth Eckenrode, vice president, AST Business Development and Licensing, Nova Chemicals
"The authors provide a compelling account of how leading companies organize for better innovation results. Every company committed to improving its innovation performance would do well to study this book carefully."
-Henry Chesbrough, author, Open Innovation and Open Business Models; adjunct professor, University of California Berkeley's Haas School of Business
"In Grabbing Lightning, the authors have articulated a clear blueprint for building and sustaining rigorous innovation capability within an existing company. This articulation is particularly credible because it is based on extensive study of innovation companies."
-Mark Newhouse, senior vice president and director, new business development, Corning Inc.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Grabbing Lightning “
Preface.Introduction.
1. Management Systems for Innovation.
2. Assessing Your Organization's Capacity for Breakthrough Innovation.
3. The Discovery Competency.
4. Incubation: The Long and Winding Road.
5. Acceleration: Gathering Steam and Building Critical Mass.
6. The DNA Innovation System.
7. Incorporating the DNA: The Role of the Orchestrator.
8. Getting Started: Initiating and Maturing an Innovation Management System.
9. The Innovation Function.
Appendix A: Companies Participating in the Breakthrough Innovation Research Study.
Appendix B: Assessing Your Firm's Breakthrough Innovation Competency.
Notes.
Acknowledgments.
About the Authors.
Index.
Autoren-Porträt von G. C. O'Connor
Gina C. O'Connor is associate professor of marketing at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's (RPI) Lally School of Management and Technology. She currently serves as the director of the executive M.B.A. program and is also the academic director of the Radical Innovation Research Program.Richard Leifer is an emeritus professor at the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Albert S. Paulson is Gilbreth Chaired Professor in the Technologies of Management at RPI and?chief investment officer at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments.
Lois S. Peters is associate professor, past-director of the Ph.D. program, and current director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy at Lally School of Management and Technology at RPI.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: G. C. O'Connor
- 2008, 1. Auflage, XXVII, 332 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Masse: 15,7 x 23,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0787996645
- ISBN-13: 9780787996642
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.03.2008
Sprache:
Englisch
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"The book is an excellent read and should be of great help for those who are planning strategies". Gulf Business May 2008
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"The book is an excellent read and should be of great help for those who are planning strategies". Gulf Business May 2008
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