The Innovation Puzzle : Banish the Innovation Killers and Become an Emerging Champion

Beyond a generic innovation toolkit, this book dissects the hidden biases and behavioral traps that too often doom innovation within companies to failure.It takes the reader on a journey to learn how to banish these innovation killers for good and turn their company into an innovation champion. In The Innovation Puzzle, Professor Victor A. Gilsing reveals that in most cases, these outcomes cannot be blamed on a lack of funding or a failure to follow innovation gurus’ playbooks.Often, the real problem is that companies unwittingly build hidden barriers to innovation within themselves.From the systems they use to structure and monitor their business units to their hiring and promotion policies, not to mention their executives’ leadership styles.Many of these processes and practices underpinning their core business activities end up depriving innovation of the time, space, vision, talents, and perseverance it needs to succeed.Building on this insight, The Innovation Puzzle helps readers i