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Innovation as Usual
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Innovation as Usual

by Paddy Miller, Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
February 2013
Beginner to intermediate
240 pages
4h 9m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Content preview from Innovation as Usual
CHAPTER 1
INNOVATION AS USUAL

HOW TO CHANGE WHAT PEOPLE DO, EVERY DAY

Leaders must help their people innovate as part of their jobs

Some years ago at a casual dinner, the conversation had turned to the topic of innovation when one of our friends, a manager in a big company, made an admission:

I’m beginning to think that my people just aren’t very innovative. They are smart people, and we all know how important innovation is—but at the end of the day, we just keep doing the same old thing we’ve always done. I’m not sure what to do about that.

This book is our response to that comment. It is a practical, hands-on book written for managers and leaders, and it shows how you can help your people to be more innovative so that it becomes an integrated ...

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