The Innovator's Way: Essential Practices for Successful Innovation
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Innovator's Way: Essential Practices for Successful Innovation
By (Author) Peter J. Denning
By (author) Robert Dunham
MIT Press Ltd
MIT Press
14th September 2012
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
658.406
Winner of
Physical Properties
Paperback
464
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 24mm
612g
Description
Two experts show that innovation is a skill that can be learned and describe eight essential practices for achieving success.Innovation is the ruling buzzword in business today. Technology companies invest billions in developing new gadgets; business leaders see innovation as the key to a competitive edge; policymakers craft regulations to foster a climate of innovation. And yet businesses report a success rate of only four percent for innovation initiatives. Can we significantly increase our odds of success In The Innovator's Way, innovation experts Peter Denning and Robert Dunham reply with an emphatic yes. Innovation, they write, is not simply an invention, a policy, or a process to be managed. It is a personal skill that can be learned, developed through practice, and extended into organizations. Denning and Dunham identify and describe eight personal practices that all successful innovators perform- sensing, envisioning, offering, adopting, sustaining, executing, leading, and embodying. Together, these practices can boost a fledgling innovator to success. Weakness in any of these practices, they show, blocks innovation. Denning and Dunham chart the path to innovation mastery, from individual practices to teams and social networks.
Reviews
This book will directly appeal to all those involved with inventions, innovations, and research and development-including those in computer and information science areas, as well as business leaders responsible for organizational renewal through innovations.
C.S. Arora, Computing ReviewsAuthor Bio
Peter J. Denning is Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He is the coauthor of The Innovator's Way- Essential Practices for Successful Innovation and Great Principles of Computing, both published by the MIT Press. Robert Dunham founded the Institute for Generative Leadership and the consulting company Enterprise Performance.
