On Innovation
Innovation has always been at the heart of my professional work. And because innovation is about bringing ideas together, collaboration is critical for sustained innovation. Much of my career has focused on understanding both – and helping organizations strengthen their capabilities.
My first book, Third Generation R&D was co-authored with two colleagues from the innovative “think tank” Arthur D. Little, where I worked for almost 20 years. The book, which became a staple within many R&D organizations, explored the way to make investments in research and development and to create a link to corporate strategy.
More recently, I’ve focused on ways to make your organization fundamentally more innovative – to increase the probability that innovation will occur in your organization. I’ve learned that three things are essential:
- Building collaborative capacity
- Asking compelling questions
- Providing disruptive perspective
Third Generation R&D: Managing the Link to Corporate Strategy, Harvard Business School Press, 1991, (co-authored with Philip A. Roussel and Kamal N. Saad)
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Explore these references:
Third Generation R&D: Managing the Link to Corporate Strategy, Harvard Business School Press, 1991, (co-authored with Philip A. Roussel and Kamal N. Saad)
“Eight Ways to Build Collaborative Teams” Harvard Business Review, November 2007 (co-authored with Lynda Gratton)
“Bridging Faultlines In Diverse Teams” MIT Sloan Management Review, Summer 2007 (co-authored with Lynda Gratton and Andreas Voigt)
“What It Means to Work Here” Harvard Business Review, March 2007 (co-authored with Lynda Gratton)
