Creating the Innovation Culture: Leveraging Visionaries, Dissenters and Other Useful Troublemakers

More Praise for Creating the Innovation Culture

"Frances Horibe illustrates her very astute understanding of the forces at play inside organizations. By challenging our zealous devotion to vision, quality, teams and alignment, she points out how our best intentions conspire to stomp out the very innovation that we are all dependent upon. She offers pragmatic solutions for how to continue to hear dissent, how to keep it in the open, get it out of the underground, and prepare the ground for innovation. This is a must-read for leaders serious about creating the conditions for innovation."

——Rod Brandvold, Vice President, Organizational Development, Cognos Inc.

"Frances Horibe has made a compelling case for leaders to encourage diversity of ideas and to embrace 'dissenters' for their organizations to be innovative and successful."

——Sol Kasimer, Chief Executive Officer, YMCA

"We are on the edge of awareness that organizations have to learn how to really think, not just 'manage knowledge.' This book builds this awareness in plain, simple, and hard-hitting language."

——Dr. Min Basadur, Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University