Teaming to Innovate
Published on 5. September 2013
30 pages
978-1-118-78827-1 (ISBN)
Description
Innovation requires teaming. (Put another way, teaming is toinnovation what assembly lines are to car production.) This bookbrings together key insights on teaming, as they pertain toinnovation. How do you build a culture of innovation? What doesthat culture look like? How does it evolve and grow? How are teamsmost effectively created and then nurtured in this context? What isa leader's role in this culture? This little book is a roadmap forteaming to innovate. We describe five necessary steps along thatroad: Aim High, Team Up, Fail Well, Learn Fast, and Repeat. Thispath is not smooth. To illustrate each critical step, we look atreal-life scenarios that show how teaming to innovate provides thespark that can fertilize creativity, clarify goals, and redefinethe meaning of leadership.
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Amy C. Edmondson
Teaming to Innovate
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05/2014
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Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership andManagement at the Harvard Business School, where she teachescourses in leadership, organizational learning and operationsmanagement in the MBA and Executive Education programs. Herwritings on organizational learning and leadership have beenpublished in more than 60 articles in academic and managementjournals, and she has consulted widely on these topics fororganizations around the world. Before her academic career,she was Director of Research at Pecos River Learning Centers, whereshe worked with founder and CEO Larry Wilson to design andimplement change programs in large companies including GeneralMotors, DuPont, Sears and others. Her recent consulting activitiesinclude projects on organizational learning and team effectivenessin such organizations as Federal Express, The Monitor Company,Nortel, American Heart Association, and Harvard Pilgrim HealthCare.
Content
Executive Summary 1
Introduction 3
What It Takes to Innovate 3
Situating Innovation on the Process Knowledge Spectrum 9
A Recipe for Innovation 14
Aim High 20
A Worthy Goal 21
Engaging Hearts and Minds 25
It's a Stretch 32
Worthy Aspirations That Motivate Innovation 34
Team Up 36
Strange Bedfellows 36
Teaming Across Boundaries 40
What It Takes to Team 45
When Confl ict Heats Up 50
Embracing the Risks of Teaming 55
Fail Well 56
Unpacking Failure 57
Failing Well--At the Right Scale 65
Leading Failure 67
Courage and Fear 69
Learn Fast 71
Learning as You Go 72
How to Learn Fast 73
Overcoming Barriers to Learning 77
Leading Learning to Innovate 83
Conclusion 85
Recommendations for a Successful Innovation Journey 85
Leaders Who Innovate 88
Notes 91
About the Author 9
