Leading for Innovation brings together a peerless collection of though leaders offering original insights to technical, organizational, product and services, and social innovation. Part of Jossey-Bass/Drucker Foundation “Wisdon to Action” series, this volume builds on the success of Leading Beyond the Walls (21K units and $220K to date) and the Future Series.
Book Details:
- Author: Frances Hesselbein
- ISBN: 9780470327692
- Year Published: 2001
- Pages: 336
- BISAC: BUS074000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Nonprofit Organizations & Charities
About the Book and Topic:
Leading for Innovation brings together a peerless collection of though leaders offering original insights to technical, organizational, product and services, and social innovation. Part of Jossey-Bass/Drucker Foundation “Wisdon to Action” series, this volume builds on the success of Leading Beyond the Walls (21K units and $220K to date) and the Future Series.
Second of three books in the “Wisdom to Action” series, Leading for Innovation brings together top authors and consultants with original articles about how to apply key management principles. The theme here is drawn from Peter Drucker’s observation that the only two tasks of an organization are marketing and innovation (marketing will be the theme of book three). Unlike earlier books in the Drucker series, we will provide some preliminary structure around which to organize the chapters, breaking the book into four sections: Technological Innovation, Product and Service Innovation, Organizational, and Social Innovation.
This essential resource brings together original chapters from top authors and business and nonprofit leaders such as Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Max dePree, Charles Handy, David Pottruck, and Frances Hesselbein. These outstanding contributors have written original articles on the topic of how to apply key management principles. The book’s overall theme is based on Peter Drucker’s observation that the only two tasks of an organization are marketing and innovation. * Divided into four main sections: Technological Innovation, Product and Service Innovation, Organizational Innovation, and Social Innovation.
About the Author
Frances Hesselbein is chairman of the board of governors of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and editor in chief for its journal, Leader to Leader. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America’s highest civilian honor, in 1998. Marshall Goldsmith is founding director of the Financial Times Knowledge Dialogue, a coaching network that connects executives worldwide with thought leaders. He has been listed in Forbes magazine as one of five top executive coaches. Iain Somerville is a strategy consultant, executive educator, and social entrepreneur. As managing partner of Somerville & Associates, he engages businesses, governments, and community-based organizations in bringing about breakthrough economic and social results. As a former managing partner with Accenture, he founded and led strategy consulting practices and the firm’s global business think tank.