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Introduction
to Creating an Innovative Culture
This
chapter sets the scene by describing why organizational culture
is critical in allowing innovation to flourish or in killing
it stone dead. |
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What
is Creating an Innovative Culture
chapter examines "evaluation" - the organizational
process by which ideas get judged as "good" or "bad"
- and shows firstly, why it is central to innovation in general,
and secondly, why the organizational culture is so important
as regards how evaluation takes place. |
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Evolution
of Creating an Innovative Culture
This
chapter explains why the process of evaluation needs to be
transparent, complete, balanced, speedy, responsive, and pragmatic.
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E-Dimension:
Creating an Innovative Culture
This
chapter makes the point that organizational culture is influenced
by technology, but largely independent of it. |
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The
Global Dimension
This
chapter argues that organizational cultures are local, not
global, even in global organizations. |
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The
State of the Art
This
chapter presents an approach to make the process of idea evaluation
balanced and wise. |
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Creating
an Innovative Culture In Practice
This
chapter answers the question "What distinguishes an innovative
organization from an uninnovative one?", and describes
the two "big things" that need to be in place for
your organizational culture to be innovative, the "five
important motivators" to encourage your staff to be innovative,
and the "five fundamental organizational enablers"
that help make it all happen. |
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Key
Concepts and Thinkers
This
chapter is a glossary of terms from black hat (a metaphor
for one of the key roles required in balanced evaluation)
to yellow hat (a metaphor for another of the key roles required
in balanced evaluation). |
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Resources
This
chapter refers you to 16 key books and 10 useful Websites.
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Ten
Steps to Making an Innovative Culture
This
chapter gives you pragmatic guidance on what you can actually
do to make your organizational culture more innovative.
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