An Innovator's Tale: New Perspectives for Accelerating Creative Breakthroughs - Softcover

Hickman, Craig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471443883 ISBN 13: 9780471443889

Verlag: Wiley, 2001

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A compelling novel of business intrigue, suspense, and transformation from a critically acclaimed author
In an exciting departure from his writing on leadership, corporate culture, and strategic change, Craig Hickman, the author of such titles as Creating Excellence and Mind of a Manager, Soul of a Leader, gives us a compelling tale of corporate intrigue and innovation. A suspenseful business novel that engages the reader on every dramatic level while teaching important lessons on how to be a more effective innovator and creative problem-solver, An Innovator's Tale focuses on the trials and tribulations of a newly promoted vice president who has been thrust into a world of corporate turnaround, duplicity, and espionage. Readers learn by her example as she discovers and applies four different levels and five critical stages of innovation, while struggling to contain containing the damage done by stolen business secrets, computer hacking, and high-level company officers who are not quite what they seem to be.

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CRAIG HICKMAN is the author or coauthor of a dozen books, including Mind of a Manager, Soul of a Leader (Wiley); The Strategy Game; The Oz Principle; and Creating Excellence. He founded the Management Perspectives Group, whose clients included some of the largest domestic and international companies. Currently, he is a partner with Provation, Consultants to Leadership on Organizational Innovation. He earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School. For more information and materials on An Innovator's Tale, please visit www.craighickman.com

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Praise for an innovator's tale

"An Innovator's Tale weaves a suspenseful story while communicating the nine I's of Innovation that all organizations need to achieve creative breakthroughs in today's world. You won't be able to put this down until you've finished it!" --Ken Blanchard, Coauthor of The One Minute Manager(r)

"What a great combination-- an absorbing and thoroughly entertaining story, combined with a thought-provoking approach to stimulate and drive innovation in an organization. I read it in one sitting, and began applying the innovative principles immediately within our company." --Mark Hoffman, President & CEO, North America, Corporate Express, A Buhrmann Company

"A fun and engaging way to explore concepts of strategy and innovation...an easy yet thorough summary of different approaches to breaking out of old patterns of thinking in organizations. Hickman has found a way to make these concepts easily accessible to a broad audience." --Paul McKinnon, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Dell Computer Corporation

"At last, a business book you can take to the beach...and a suspense thriller you can feel good about your employees reading at work. The leadership lessons on how to create a context for people to achieve accelerated solutions and extraordinary results are provocative and powerful." --Joseph A. Cannon, Chairman of the Board, Geneva Steel

"The perfect primer for your next strategy retreat or innovation forum...a great read!" --Fiona C. Laird, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Unilever Bestfoods North America

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Carter-Crisp Foods is under the gun. Trapped in a losing battle with its biggest rival, the mighty Nibblers Corporation, everyone knows that the company will be sold if it can't develop new sources of revenue and profit. Now it's up to Taylor Zobrist, the new Vice President of Product Development, to do the impossible: develop and deliver a variety of innovative new products to market in only ninety days. Taylor must right the ship in a last-ditch effort to save the company and probably hundreds of jobs. It's the biggest challenge in her career, but one she's determined to conquer.

Only rapid strategic innovation can save Carter-Crisp. But as Taylor spurs her development team into finding new sources of creativity, the stakes are rising. With Nibblers throwing its considerable resources into corporate espionage tactics, Taylor knows that there are only a few people she can trust.

In this tale of corporate intrigue and espionage, one professional learns the secrets of innovation and survival in supercompetitive markets. The lessons she learns apply to managers at every level. The book teaches new techniques, new ways of thinking and evolving, and ways of overcoming the fear of change that destroys even the strongest companies. An Innovator's Tale will show you how to embrace and conquer change and turn a company into a paragon of innovative thinking. It goes beyond "thinking outside the box" and embraces new ways of imagining products and concepts. It offers the tools to reinvent a company through creativity, making it healthy and strong for the twenty-first century.

An Innovator's Tale is a compelling and suspenseful novel that offers a great story and specialized guidance for managers who need to find fresh ideas and fresh profit-- fast.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0471443883
• ISBN 13: 9780471443889
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 234
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland