Friday, December 2, 2022

Ingredientsofinnovation

8:45 PM Pearl Zhu No comments

To awaken innovation in the well-established organization, business leaders and professionals should think as an intrapreneur and act as a startup manager.

Digital is the age of innovation. And innovation is what leads to differentiation. There are many ways to differentiate and, therefore, there are many ways to pursue innovation.

The purpose of the book “Unpuzzling Innovation - Mastering Innovation Management in a Structural Way“ is to demystify innovation puzzles in a structural way.

Ingredients of Innovation

Illuminateauthenticity Due to the exponential growth of information and frequent disruptions, authenticity is not only a leadership quality but a digital professional trait. To move forward from a knowledge economy to a creative economy, keep recirculating imagination and recycling knowledge.

Initiateauthenticity The world has become more connected and transparent, leadership is all about change, but there are so many variables to leverage in leadership refinement. Leadership is about developing people, not just managing them. Effective leadership is based on its authenticity, agility, profundity, creativity, consistency, and the context of influence, etc. Leadership is a mindset that requires commitment from the very top of an organization all the way to the bottom without exception. To unify, harmonize, and advance human society, it is imperative that "leadership" needs to be re-imagined, fully-explored, deeply understood and clearly refined for it to create multifaceted value.

Initiateglobalinnovation The global world we live in is in the digital paradigm shift due to increasing pace of changes and abundant information growth. It is a strategic imperative for today’s leaders and professionals to embrace the broader view of global society, shape a clear vision, and co-set a global innovation agenda.

Innovation Modern society is a dynamic continuum with collective human progress. Real societal advancement is made through the work of forwarding-looking mindsets, updated knowledge, creative activities, and progressive changes. Forethoughtful leaders and professionals need to ponder deeper: Why do innovations happen and what are key ingredients to drive them? How to identify innovators? Where are the hotspots to take innovation initiatives, how to connect the wider dots for spurring creative ideas and accelerate innovation performance?

Innovation With overwhelming growth of information, more demanding customers, fierce competitions, organizations across the vertical sectors must manage information effectively, bring to the table innovative solutions that meet customers’ needs while reducing the cost to market.