Igniting Innovation: Inspiring Organisations by Managing Creativity Book

"The focus has shifted from encouraging individuals to come up with the Big Idea to building innovation into the companys processes." Management Today UK 1995. Are you an innovative manager? How much do you agree or disagree with these statements?We need management of current ideas rather than new ideasFailure is noticed even more than successful work in business; therefore risks should be avoidedSuperiors ought to have clear opinions about what is to be done and push them throughIt is sensible to decide about innovations at as high a level as possibleI try to arrange work schedules so that staff have time to create and develop new ideasManagement succeeds if it is able to increase output without increasing personnelThe objectives of innovative activities have to be concrete, realistic and obtainableAnd another? A managers behavioural characteristics strongly influence the innovativeness of the entire organization. Igniting Innovation makes it very clear that a high level of managerial innovativeness is the common denominator uniting overall strategic development. Innovation works!Read More