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The innovation race : how to change a culture to change the game / Andrew Grant, Gaia Grant.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Milton, Queensland : Wiley, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (382 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780730329008
  • 0730329003
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.406 23
LOC classification:
  • HG3881.5.W57 .G736 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Part I: Preparation for the global reality race; Destination: Australia; Chapter 1: The Amazing Innovation Race: Who wins, who loses, who gets eliminated -- and why we need to change the game; Technology vs tradition; Addicted to adrenaline; Why do we need to innovate responsibly?; Keeping pace with the race; Disruptors and breakthroughs; Playing snakes and ladders: evolution or revolution?; Transformational innovation: beyond exploration and exploitation; Bridging the innovation purpose gap.
The dark side of desireChanging the culture to change the game; Roadblocks and fast-forward advantages; Purpose-Driven Innovation (PDI); Back to the future; Chapter 2: Shifting Perspectives: The value of diverse perspectives on creative thinking and innovation; The value of shifting perspectives; Psychological blocks and enablers; Culture to culture -- creative insights from different cultural perspectives; Why are we so different? Genetics or geography; Some other clues to differences -- politics and power; Comparing apples and rambutans; Linear vs circular thinking.
Hollywood and the westernisation of innovationThe inevitable shift towards a global village; Starting to see things differently; Chapter 3: Are you a Tourist or Traveller?: How cultural awareness can encourage empathy and increase the potential for purpose-driven innovation; Seeing from the heart's mind; Commercial innovation that connects; Shukanteki and kyakkanteki: elements of authentic empathy; Are you a tourist or traveller?; Travel stretches the open mind; Fresh ideas from the fringe.
Oppressive control: behind the motives of mighty monarchsThe pride before the fall; Are we scaling the pyramid?; Inequality impacts innovation, innovation impacts inequality; Where did that cheap t-shirt come from?; The race to dominate; Education for empowerment; The Singapore sprint; More creative courage, fewer constraints; Can there be too much freedom?; The deeper purpose: to dominate or to progress?; Applications for the organisation; Chapter summary; Preparing for the next mode.
Summary: Taking readers on a lively global adventure to explore the current state of innovation, this book provides concrete strategies to support purpose-driven sustainable innovation through deep cultural transformation. --
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Chapter 6: Initiate: How to initiate the innovation process through open connections for exploring diverse ideas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Preparation for the global reality race; Destination: Australia; Chapter 1: The Amazing Innovation Race: Who wins, who loses, who gets eliminated -- and why we need to change the game; Technology vs tradition; Addicted to adrenaline; Why do we need to innovate responsibly?; Keeping pace with the race; Disruptors and breakthroughs; Playing snakes and ladders: evolution or revolution?; Transformational innovation: beyond exploration and exploitation; Bridging the innovation purpose gap.

The dark side of desireChanging the culture to change the game; Roadblocks and fast-forward advantages; Purpose-Driven Innovation (PDI); Back to the future; Chapter 2: Shifting Perspectives: The value of diverse perspectives on creative thinking and innovation; The value of shifting perspectives; Psychological blocks and enablers; Culture to culture -- creative insights from different cultural perspectives; Why are we so different? Genetics or geography; Some other clues to differences -- politics and power; Comparing apples and rambutans; Linear vs circular thinking.

Hollywood and the westernisation of innovationThe inevitable shift towards a global village; Starting to see things differently; Chapter 3: Are you a Tourist or Traveller?: How cultural awareness can encourage empathy and increase the potential for purpose-driven innovation; Seeing from the heart's mind; Commercial innovation that connects; Shukanteki and kyakkanteki: elements of authentic empathy; Are you a tourist or traveller?; Travel stretches the open mind; Fresh ideas from the fringe.

Oppressive control: behind the motives of mighty monarchsThe pride before the fall; Are we scaling the pyramid?; Inequality impacts innovation, innovation impacts inequality; Where did that cheap t-shirt come from?; The race to dominate; Education for empowerment; The Singapore sprint; More creative courage, fewer constraints; Can there be too much freedom?; The deeper purpose: to dominate or to progress?; Applications for the organisation; Chapter summary; Preparing for the next mode.

Taking readers on a lively global adventure to explore the current state of innovation, this book provides concrete strategies to support purpose-driven sustainable innovation through deep cultural transformation. --

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