Agile Innovation: The Revolutionary Approach to Accelerate Success, Inspire Engagement, and Ignite Creativity

by Po Chi Wu, Langdon Morris, Moses Ma

Find your company's unique innovation style, and nurture it into a powerful competitive advantage Praised by business leaders worldwide, Agile Innovation is the authoritative guide to survival and success in today's "innovate-or-die" business world. This revolutionary approach combines the best of Agile with the world's leading methods of Innovation to present a crisp, articulate, and proven system for developing the breakthrough capabilities every organization must master to thrive today and tomorrow. You already know that effective innovation doesn't happen by accident—it is achieved by careful design. Agile Innovation addresses the three critical drivers of innovation accelerating the innovation process; reducing the risks inherent in innovation; and engaging your entire organization and your broader ecosystem in the innovation effort. The key frameworks described here build on the proven success of Agile to provide a comprehensive and customizable Innovation Master Plan approach to sustained innovation improvement in the five critical performance strategy, portfolio, process, culture and infrastructure. Major topics the power of Agile in the innovation process, how to overcome innovation risk, the best tools to evoke engagement and collaboration, branding as an integral element of innovation, and the best leadership skills and practices that create the special environment that enables transformative growth. Readers will learn specifically how to create better ideas, develop them more efficiently, and work together more profitably and effectively to achieve breakthroughs. The insights offered in this book are highlighted in 11 detailed case studies illustrating the world's best innovation practices at Wells Fargo, Nike, Volvo, Netflix, Southwest Airlines, NASA, The New York Times , and others, in dozens of specific business examples, in two dozen powerful and unique techniques and methods, and a full set of implementation guidelines to put these insights into practice. Key This is a must read book, a practical guide for fostering a culture of innovation, nurturing creativity, and efficiently developing the ideas that drive strategic growth. And since innovation is not imitation, you know that copying the ideas and strategies of other successful organizations will not produce the desired outcomes. Hence, all leaders must develop their own way of innovating and nurture the right style of collaborating for their own organization. This book will guide you to find your own unique pathways to success. Blaze your own trail to the high levels of innovativeness and organizational agility by learning from the expert guidance and practical, actionable advice offered throughout this important book.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Audiobook

400 pages, Hardcover

Published September 22, 2014

Reviews

[Craig Dube · Rating 2 out of 5]

A few interesting ideas, but not enough to really make it worth the time. Basically a brief explanation of Agile and then ideas on how to apply this to Innovation teams. The entire tone of the book is fairly smug and the audio performance only reinforces that impression. There was one chapter towards the end that seemed to be an endless string of buzzwords that had me laughing out loud at points.

[Nawarerk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Using idea originated from software development, then apply with the innovation project. In globalization, all firms are facing rapid market changes. The ability to adapt quickly is indispensable. This book is more on a practical point of view since there are many business cases. More importantly, this book suggests to all innovators to think deeply and to change not only your behavior but also your way of thinking from inside.

[Paul Mashack · Rating 4 out of 5]

The authors use the words "hence" a lot. This is neither good or bad thing, just a random observation..

[Jose Papo · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is good, but to someone who already read a lot about Agile and about innovation it's not so interesting. Part 1 is basically recap of Agile development and innovation. The really good chapters for me were 11, 12 and 13.