Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation

Took much too long to ship and receive items but when I did, at least they were perfect.

Everyone who is or want to lead an organization should read this book. Totalmente de acuerdo con los postulados de los autores.

Most leaders know that innovation is the key to success, even survival, in a competitive global environment, but we don’t know how to do innovation! This book answers the “how to” question. The book offers not only an innovation formula but also explicit case studies of innovation in practice. Rather than create innovative vision themselves, innovative leaders create an ecosystem that allows the collective innovative vision to emerge from hard work. Leaders “set the stage” but aren’t actors on that stage. They create a “willing” team by forging a common purpose, shared values, and mutual rules. Leaders develop their teams by using techniques to implement the innovation process: Collaboration (uses the collaborative abrasion technique), discovery-driven learning (uses the creative agility technique), and integrative decision making (uses the creative resolution technique). Everyone has a slice of genius. Great leaders figure out how to find that genius and get it to play well with others. While well written and engaging, would have liked to see more structure and clarity up front around the three aspects of being willing and three of being able, which got a bit clouded at times. Otherwise, this is a fine piece research and writing for any leader and have recommended to my executive clients.

Me encantó el libro y sobre todo viene en pasta dura. La información que contiene es importante para la implementación de un área de innovación en una organización.

Innovation heads the list of goals for most organizations today (something Peter Drucker predicted 30 years ago). Linda Hill and her associates have assembled a series of explorations into how Pixar, Google, EBay and others have implemented successful innovations. From those observations they have consturcted a model of innovation that puts heavy emphasis on the leaders' role--not to do it but to create an environment that fosters it. What those leaders have to do is pretty much stay out of the way having once created a set of goals and values that informs the work of those pursuing innovation.

Book is captivating and an easy read. Highly motivating with real life stories to ignite the creative leader in yourself.

Leaders need to know that they alone cannot initiate innovation or cause creativity to happen. She or he needs to be a champion of both, a supporter, someone who fosters change by getting everyone involved - at every level - letting and encouraging ideas and even the smallest pockets of genius to surface. Those ideas and that genius are there in every organization, large and small. This work illustrates how we can bring them to light - finally.

Great insights and practical tips and best practices. I especially appreciated authors approaching soft and hard capabilities necessary to foster true innovation.

This book is easy to understand but after chapter one it’s pretty self evident

This book took me on an in depth journey through some very interesting companies and organizations. I found the conclusions liberating and gave me confidence that traditional leadership is not the only way.

interesting, shows how to create a culture that encourages innovation.

should be on the desk of every ceo! Your 'uber' is already around the corner ...

O conteúdo do livro é bom mas ele deveria ter sido impresso em cores. O gráfico da foto (p. 45) foi mal impresso/desbotou. A capa não vem impressa no livro, vem um papel cobrindo. E esse papel veio meio manchado. Pelo preço, esperava mais. A entrega foi mais rápida que o esperado mas a qualidade pecou. Pela cotação do dólar, compensa comprar diretamente no exterior.