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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825259403321

Titolo

Grabbing lightning : building a capability for breakthrough innovation / / Gina C. O'Connor ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, CA, : Jossey-Bass, c2008

ISBN

1-281-20410-2

9786611204105

0-470-23316-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'ConnorGina Colarelli

Disciplina

658.4/062

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Management

New products

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-314) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Management systems for innovation -- Assessing your organization's capacity for breakthrough innovation -- The discovery competency -- Incubation: the long and winding road -- Acceleration: gathering steam and building critical mass -- The DNA innovation system -- Incorporating the DNA: the role of the orchestrator -- Getting started: initiating and maturing an innovation management system -- The innovation function.

Sommario/riassunto

Established companies are clamoring for breakthrough innovation, but are often hamstrung by the highly reliable, repeatable processes of their management systems. Based on years of research, Grabbing Lightning shows how twelve companies have tried to develop a capability for sustainable breakthrough innovation and outlines best practices for your organization.  The authors show how the management system for innovation is different from the traditional one in that it allows?and even encourages?mistakes and failures in order to promote learning. Grabbing Lightning outlines the