Grabbing Lightning: Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation
Grabbing Lightning: Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation by G. Colarelli O’Connor, published by Jossey-Bass on February 4, 2008, is a comprehensive exploration of how established companies can foster breakthrough innovation despite the constraints of traditional management systems. This 368-page book delves into the challenges organizations face in developing sustainable innovation capabilities and presents insights drawn from extensive research on twelve companies that have successfully navigated this landscape.
Readers will find a detailed examination of the management systems that support innovation, emphasizing the importance of allowing mistakes and failures as part of the learning process. Grabbing Lightning outlines three essential building blocks of breakthrough innovation, providing practical guidance for organizations aiming to embrace a management system that prioritizes innovation. The book addresses key topics such as technological innovations and new products, making it a valuable resource for those interested in enhancing their organizational capabilities in these areas.
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Established companies are clamoring for breakthrough innovation, but are often hamstrung by the highly reliable, repeatable processes of their management systems. Based on years of research, Grabbing Lightning shows how twelve companies have tried to develop a capability for sustainable breakthrough innovation and outlines best practices for your organization.
The authors show how the management system for innovation is different from the traditional one in that it allows?and even encourages?mistakes and failures in order to promote learning. Grabbing Lightning outlines the three building blocks of breakthrough innovation (BI) and shows what it takes to become an organization that values the BI management system.
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