Do you know what it takes to lead innovation

Leading innovation is hard. It requires leaders who see their role not as visionaries, but as the creator of a context in which others are willing and able to innovate.

Creating the context and capabilities

The willingness to do the work of innovation Requires leaders to build a sense of community based on shared purpose, values and rules of engagement

Sense of
Community

Rules of
Engagement

How we interact with each other and think about problems

Purpose

Why we exist and
who we serve

Shared Values

Bold ambition,
collaboration, learning and responsibility

The ability for organizations to innovate Requires capabilities that enable collaboration, discourse and debate, as well as experimentation and testing new ideas

Creative
Agility

The ability to generate ideas through diversity of thought debate and constructive conflict

Creative
Resolution

Make decisions that combine disparate or opposing ideas

Creative Abrasion

Experiment, reflect and quickly adapt

Capabilities

Innovation =

Anything novel and useful

Understanding how to lead innovation is critical in today’s rapidly changing world because:

A prevailing

65%

of CEOs said their biggest challenge is the rapid pace of technological change
Only

25%

of people feel that they are living up to their creative potential
A surprising

63%

of employees are "not engaged," meaning they lack motivation and are less likely to invest discretionary effort in organizational goals or outcomes

The Innovation Quotient framework helps CEOs and senior leaders unleash innovation and transformation in their organizations.

Gallup's State of the Global Workplace reportAdobe State of Create study 2012Fortune June 3, 2016Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation (Harvard Business Review Press, May 2014)
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