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Innovation Killer, The : How What We Know Limits What We Can Imagine and What \nSmart Companies are doing about It, Rabe

by Rabe and Cynthia Barton

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9788120334809
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Phi Learning
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Business & Management
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Hardcover
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240
Year

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2008

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“Innovation for the rest of us. Rabe outlines the path to breakthrough innovation in simple, human terms.” BOB MARCHANT, President/CEO, Modo, Inc. “For anyone interested in innovation, this book is essential reading because it addresses what others do not, the natural tendency to kill new and different ideas, and provides guidance on what can be done about it.” PETER LAWRENCE, Chairman, Corporate Design Foundation In today’s fiercely competitive business world innovation is a vital force that drives the success of an organization. But most often companies rely either on whom the author names ‘Group Thinkers’ or on ‘Expert Thinkers’ not realizing that knowledge is good but to make progress change, risk taking and occasionally revolution are required. Processes are to be overhauled, assumptions challenged and taboos broken in order to give way to innovation. This book shows exactly when innovation killing starts happening in an organization and presents the idea of using outsiders or people who are not part of a particular group or constrained by its preconceptions—to stimulate innovation. Through real-world examples, the author reveals how to identify the right people to work with and what characteristics these people will possess. Table Of Contents Foreword by Dorothy A. Leonard Acknowledgments Introduction: A Crushing Force Part I WHAT’S WEIGHING US DOWN Chapter 1 Our Own Worst Enemy: How the Burdern of What We Know Limits What We Can Imagine Chapter 2 Groupthink: The Strongest Force on Earth: Why Sustained Innovation is so Darned Hard: Chapter 3 Expertthink: Groupthink on Steroids: Why Sustained Innovation is so Darned Hard: Part 2 Part II ZERO-GRAVITY THINKERS Chapter 4 Time Travel to see the Naked Emperor: The Benefit of Psychological Distance Chapter 5 Just Curious: The Benefit of Renaissance Tendencies Chapter 6 Smart about Something Else: The Benefit of Related Expertise Part III DEFYING GRAVITY Chapter 7 The Collaborator: What Does A Zero-Gravity Thinker Actually Do? Chapter 8 When and Where … When Do You Need A Collaborator and Where Do You Find One? Chapter 9 How to Work with A Zero-Gravity Thinker: Eleven Questions and Answers Chapter 10 Do-It-Yourself Weightless Thinking: Losing the Weight of Expertise on Your Own Chapter 11 The Courage to Go where No One has Gone Before: The Role of the Leader APPENDIX A Related Expertise Grid APPENDIX B A Leader’s Guide Notes Index