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Innovation Metrics
Anthony, Scott D.; Johnson, Mark W.; Sinfield, Joseph V.; Altman, Elizabeth J.Book Chapter HBS-4556BC-EStrategyOne of the key challenges for companies seeking to improve their ability to create growth through innovation is that the metrics many companies use to measure innovation run a high risk of actually leading them in the wrong direction. This chapter describes key measurement traps and lays out fifteen potential innovation metrics companies can use to more accurately assess innovation-related activities. This chapter is excerpted from "The Innovato...Starting at €8.20
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Developing Disruptive Ideas
Anthony, Scott D.; Johnson, Mark W.; Sinfield, Joseph V.; Altman, Elizabeth J.Book Chapter HBS-4551BC-EStrategyInnovation isn't predictable. However, remembering key principles and following the straightforward process for generating disruptive ideas that is outlined in this chapter, can reliably increase the odds of coming up with a high-potential idea. This chapter is excerpted from "The Innovator's Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work."Starting at €8.20
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End of Management
Hamel, Gary; Breen, BillBook Chapter HBS-2509BC-EGiven how little the practice of management has changed over the past several decades, it's hardly surprising that most people have a hard time imagining how management might be reinvented. In this chapter, the author considers the evolution of modern management and the challenges managers face in the 21st century, calling for a radical reinvention of management in the years to come. This chapter was originally published as chapter 1 of "The Futu...Starting at €8.20
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Precursors to Innovation
Anthony, Scott D.; Johnson, Mark W.; Sinfield, Joseph V.; Altman, Elizabeth J.Book Chapter HBS-4547BC-EStrategyBefore turning to individual innovation initiatives or innovation-specific structures, companies need to make sure they have the appropriate precursors for innovation. This chapter describes three critical precursors: a core business that is in control, a game plan for growth, and mastery of the resource allocation process. This chapter is excerpted from "The Innovator's Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work."Starting at €8.20
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Becoming a Management Innovator
Hamel, Gary; Breen, BillBook Chapter HBS-2520BC-EWhile most companies have been hard at work reinventing their business processes over the last decade, few have devoted a similar degree of energy and imagination to reinventing their management processes. Proving there are exceptions to the rule, this chapter focuses on IBM and Best Buy, organizations that have turned revolutionary management thinking into practice. This chapter was originally published as chapter 10 of "The Future of Management...Starting at €8.20
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Principles and Patterns of Disruptive Innovation
Anthony, Scott D.; Johnson, Mark W.; Sinfield, Joseph V.; Altman, Elizabeth J.Book Chapter HBS-4557BC-EStrategyThis chapter highlights key innovation traps and summarizes the processes and principles that will significantly increase your chances of creating growth through innovation. This chapter is excerpted from "The Innovator's Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work."Starting at €8.20
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Quest for Resilience
Hamel, Gary; Valikangas, LiisaArticle HBS-R0309C-EStrategyIn less turbulent times, executives had the luxury of assuming that business models were more or less immortal. Companies always had to work to get better, but they seldom had to get different--not at their core, not in their essence. Today, getting different is the imperative. It's the challenge facing Coca-Cola as it struggles to raise its "share of throat" in noncarbonated beverages. It's the task that bedevils McDonald's as it tries to restar...Starting at €8.20
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Agenda for Management Innovation
Hamel, Gary; Breen, BillBook Chapter HBS-2511BC-EIn this chapter, the author identifies some roadblocks to innovation, and suggests that in order to maximize the chances for precedent-breaking management innovation, managers should devote themselves to a problem that is consequential and inspiring, essential and laudable. This chapter was originally published as chapter 3 of "The Future of Management."Starting at €8.20
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Forging Management 2.0
Hamel, Gary; Breen, BillBook Chapter HBS-2523BC-EIsolated initiatives and one-time projects are no substitute for a sustained, companywide campaign of breakthrough management innovation. This chapter is designed to help you sketch out a blueprint for making management innovation less of an aberration and more of a systematic capability. This chapter was originally published as chapter 11 of "The Future of Management."Starting at €8.20
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What's the BIG Idea (A)
Christensen, Clayton M.; Anthony, Scott D.Case HBS-602105-EService and Operations ManagementCEO Michael Collins must decide if and how a process he developed to further innovation in the kids' industry could port over to other industries. The process was based on Collins' experiences as an inventor and as a venture capitalist, and it allowed his company to be an intermediary between inventors and innovation-seeking companies. The process seemed to be working quite well in the kids' industry and Collins had to decide what would "travel" ...Starting at €8.20