Building a Growth Reference Desk
I would like our community to build a reference package across all media focusing on growth and innovation. I would like each one of you to highlight at least 3 of the most powerful books, articles, blogs, etc. that have impacted your thinking. Please supply enough information for the community to easily find/purchase the reference. Also, include a very brief description of why the reference was important.
As an example, my list would include:
The Entrepreneurial Mindset, McGrath and MacMillan, HBR press—the best how-to book on growth
The Alchemy of Growth, Coley, Persues Books – a great summary of McKinsey’s growth practice
The Kellogg Driving Market Driven Growth blog -- just brilliant (a little humor) http://marketdrivengrowth.blogspot.com/
Please respond to the blog. I will get the results and collate them for the community. We can update this on a continuing basis going forward.
Bob Cooper, Academic Director and Senior Fellow at the Kellogg School of Management, will share his insights into the challenges associated with business growth and innovation to create and stimulate a community of interested participants. This is the backbone of my exec. ed. class on Driving Organic Growth through Innovation: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/execed/Programs/ORGGROW.aspx
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Underpinning of Driving Organic Growth Blog
by Robert Cooper
After much investigation I found four critical components of a successful corporate innovation effort and have tagged the posts in this blog appropriately.
The Critical Role of Leadership
Leadership must frame the overall innovation effort; make the critical resource decisions in a transparent fashion; clear any obstacles that would impede momentum; legitimize the initiatives within the corporation; and, play a major role in setting the climate for innovation.
The Importance of an enabling Corporate Climate
Corporate Climate deals with the: cultural barriers to growth through innovation; the skills required; the incentive systems to create the right behavior; the managing systems and attitude. We have found that managing business risk is an absolutely critical component to a successful, sustainable innovation effort.
Sources of Ideas
Ideas are of course the basis for innovation. Where they come from is changing dramatically. We will discuss this thoroughly going forward. However, you will fall way short if all you do is generate ideas.
The Importance of Process
Process is the final component to a successful innovation effort and we will share what different companies have tried. Within this group there are sub-groups of Managing Uncertainty, Being Ambidextrous and Creating Competitive Separation.
After much investigation I found four critical components of a successful corporate innovation effort and have tagged the posts in this blog appropriately.
The Critical Role of Leadership
Leadership must frame the overall innovation effort; make the critical resource decisions in a transparent fashion; clear any obstacles that would impede momentum; legitimize the initiatives within the corporation; and, play a major role in setting the climate for innovation.
The Importance of an enabling Corporate Climate
Corporate Climate deals with the: cultural barriers to growth through innovation; the skills required; the incentive systems to create the right behavior; the managing systems and attitude. We have found that managing business risk is an absolutely critical component to a successful, sustainable innovation effort.
Sources of Ideas
Ideas are of course the basis for innovation. Where they come from is changing dramatically. We will discuss this thoroughly going forward. However, you will fall way short if all you do is generate ideas.
The Importance of Process
Process is the final component to a successful innovation effort and we will share what different companies have tried. Within this group there are sub-groups of Managing Uncertainty, Being Ambidextrous and Creating Competitive Separation.
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