The Innovation Puzzle

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Experienced in both the private and public sectors and as an academic researcher, Professor Victor Gilsing's expertise lies in understanding how companies can structurally boost their innovation performance and become world-class innovators. Over the years, Victor has received many international research awards, and he has longstanding experience in consulting to companies and in delivering keynotes and master classes to managers, executives and non-executive directors, both of corporates, start-ups and scale-ups.

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Beyond a generic innovation toolkit, this book dissects the hidden biases and behavioral traps that too often doom innovation within companies to failure. It takes the reader on a journey to learn how to banish these innovation killers for good and turn their company into an innovation champion.

Contenu

Foreword. Chapter 1: The Innovation Puzzle and the Tyranny of Success. Part 1: Time to Redesign Your Company. Chapter 2: Free Innovation From The Gravitational Pull of the Core Business. Part 2: Become A Master of Opposites. Chapter 3: Meeting the Strategic Paradox. Chapter 4: Effectuating the Strategic Paradox. Part 3: Stop Loathing Innovators and Start Loving Them. Chapter 5: The Rare Breed of Innovation Talents. Chapter 6: A Culture to Fail and to Cannibalize. Chapter 7: Solving the Innovation PuzzleFrom Underperformer to Emerging Champion. Acknowledgements. About the author.