Book description
A step-by-step guide to the 10 essential and practical skills a business needs to innovate and thrive in uncertain times
The reinvented world of business will profoundly impact America's leaders and workers in the decade ahead. Companies capable of transforming their organizations during this period of "Great Disruption" will thrive in the reinvented world however, the reverse holds true as well.
Innovation in a Reinvented World reveals how transformation occurs when business leaders and their organizations apply these 10 Essential Elements, providing both a road map and definitive blueprint for companies of any size looking to bridge the old world with the new world of business.
Discusses the "new courage" required for innovating in a reinvented world
Looks at 10 Essential Elements winning companies count on today
Innovation in a Reinvented World helps executives and leadership teams navigate and manage their organizations' inflection points in designing, building, and sustaining innovation—even through the post-recession playing field.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION: Great Recession, Great Disruptions
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CHAPTER 1: The Old World of Business versus the New World of Business in Four Major Industries
- Industry Snapshot: Retail—Circuit City Stores, Inc.
- Industry Snapshot: Technology and Telecommunications—Motorola, Inc.
- Industry Snapshot: Transportation—Airlines, Rails, and Automobiles
- Industry Snapshot: Journalism, News Media, and Publishing
- Facing the Facts: The Old Rules No Longer Work
- New Rules for a Reinvented World
- The Takeaway
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PART I: SUCCEEDING IN THE NEW WORLD OF BUSINESS
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CHAPTER 2: Element #1: Vision and Values
- EMC: Mark S. Lewis, Chief Strategy Officer
- Zuvo Water: Andy Butler, CEO
- Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology: Dr. Telle Whitney, President and CEO, and Jerri Barrett, VP of Marketing
- Fresh Lifelines for Youth: Christa Gannon, Founder and Executive Director, and Skye DeLano, Director of Development
- The Takeaway
- CHAPTER 3: Element #2: Entrepreneurship
- CHAPTER 4: Element #3: Navigation
- CHAPTER 5: Element #4: Responsible Risktaking
- CHAPTER 6: Element #5: Disruption and Discontinuity
- CHAPTER 7: Element #6: Experimental and Exploration
- CHAPTER 8: Element #7: Innovation and Invention
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CHAPTER 9: Element #8: Transition and Training
- SAP: Phyllis Stewart Pires, VP of Human Resources, Global Diversity Leader, Gender Diversity Expert
- New World Transitions: Gayle Uchida, Consultant
- Zuvo Water: Phil Houdek, VP Engineering and Operations, Quality Office
- Zuvo Water: Joseph Taylor, Regional Sales Manager, Betty Kinney, Regional Sales Manager
- The Takeaway
- CHAPTER 10: Element #9: Networking and Collaboration
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CHAPTER 11: Element #10: Execution
- Zuvo Water: Margaret Diesel, VP Finance
- EMC: Heather Healy, VP and Business Unit CIO
- Tara Collison, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs
- EMC: Chris Claudatos, Senior Director, EMC CTO Office Research & Development, and Shawn Douglass, Senior Director, Advanced Technology Ventures
- Zuvo Water: Esterina Gentilcore, Social Responsibility Manager
- The Takeaway
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CHAPTER 2: Element #1: Vision and Values
- PART II: THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF REINVENTION
- About the Author
- Index
Product information
- Title: Innovation in a Reinvented World: 10 Essential Elements to Succeed in the New World of Business
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2011
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118027356
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