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The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge

The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge

Govindarajan, Vijay
Trimble, Chris

Hardcover

Series: Harvard Business Review (Hardcover)

Business General

Publisher Price: $35.00

ISBN10: 1422166961
ISBN13: 9781422166963
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Published: Sep 2 2010
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.45 Depth: 9.53
Language: English

Companies can't survive without innovating. But most put far more emphasis on generating Big Ideas than on executing them--turning ideas into actual breakthrough products, services, and process improvements.

That's because ideating is energizing and glamorous. By contrast, execution seems like humdrum, behind-the-scenes dirty work. But without execution, Big Ideas go nowhere.

In The Other Side of Innovation, Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble reveal how to execute an innovation initiative--whether a simple project or a grand, gutsy gamble.. Drawing on examples from innovators as diverse as Allstate, BMW, Timberland, and Nucor, the authors explain how to:

- Build the Right Team: Determine who'll be on the team, where they'll come from, how they'll be organized, how much time they'll devote to the project, and how they'll navigate the delicate and conflict-rich partnership between innovation and ongoing operations.

- Manage a Disciplined Experiment: Decide how team members can quickly test their assumptions, translate results into new knowledge, and measure progress. Give innovation leaders a tough but fair performance evaluation.

Practical and provocative, this new book takes you step-by-step through the innovation execution process--so your Big Ideas deliver their full promise.

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