Agile innovation : the revolutionary approach to accelerate success, inspire engagement & ignite creativity / Langdon Morris, Moses Ma, Po Chi Wu.

"Effective innovation doesn't happen by accident - it happens by design! Agile Innovation is the field guide to designing and implementing effective innovation methods and projects, and facilitating collaborative processes that enable people to solve complex problems and create breakthroug...

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Main Author: Morris, Langdon
Other Authors: Ma, Moses, 1956-, Wu, Po Chi, 1948-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Agile Innovation: A Revolutionary Approach to Adapt to Change and Accelerate Success; Contents; End User License Agreement; About This Book; Mastery of Innovation; Why Don't Large Firms Innovate?; Part I: The Innovation Revolution; Chapter 1: Starting at Sprint Zero: A Better Way to Innovate; Wait, Is There ... Resistance to Change?; The Secret Sauce of Innovation; Be Your Own Revolution; Chapter 2: Becoming Agile Rapidly and Painlessly; Individuals and Interactions; Working Innovations; New Habits; Customer Collaboration; Adapt or Die; The Challenge; Chapter 3: Transforming How We Work.
  • Innovating Is LearningTransforming Ideation; From Insight to Disruption; The World Is Changed; Transforming Execution: From Assumptions to Evidence; Transforming Time: From Meetings to Productivity; Transforming Organizations; Summary: Eight Organizational Principles; Chapter 4: Thriving in Change; Defining the Innovation Process; Change and Mind-set; A Framework for Transformation; The Innovation Master Plan; Part II: Managing Innovation for Tomorrow; Chapter 5: Accelerating Success; The Need for Speed; The Scrum and the Sprint; The Agile Software Sprint.
  • Innovation and Extreme Sports at Wells FargoUncertainty; The Agile Innovation IdeaScrum; Social Workflow; The Research Cycle: Need Finding, Modeling, Ideation, and Prototyping; Need Finding; Proactive Innovation; Modeling; Ideation; The Customer Value Proposition; Prototyping; Volvo + Apple + Symbio + Agile = Creating a New In-Car Interface in Record Time; Insight; The Agile Innovation Process; Facilitating the Workflow; Spontaneous Innovation; Gathering Feedback; Chapter 6: Reducing Innovation Risk; A System for Innovation; Strategy for Agile Innovation; Inward and Outward Awareness.
  • Differential DiagnosisArticulation of the Corporate Utility Function; Chartering of Self-Optimizing Innovation Teams; Development of a Pivotable Portfolio; Portfolio Thinking; The Venture Model; Four Types of Innovation; Innovation Portfolio Design; Step 1: Define the Strategic Terrain; Step 2: Determine the Performance Requirements for the Innovation Effort; Step 3: Design the Innovation Selection Process; Step 4: Build the Portfolio; Step 5: Make Ongoing Portfolio Improvements; Portfolio Success Factors; Measure to Manage; Broader Innovation Portfolio Metrics.
  • Automating Portfolio ManagementRedux: The Pivotable Portfolio; Summary; Chapter 7: Engaging with Collaborative Teams; Transcending Limitations; What Is Innovation?; People Are the Core; The Virtuous Cycle: Key Elements of the Innovation Culture; The Right Skills; The Right Roles in the Innovation Culture; Creative Genius; Agile Innovation Champions; Agile Innovation Leaders; Promoting Comprehensive Transformation at Wells Fargo; Summary: Innovation Culture Metrics; Chapter 8: Building Agile Innovation as a Core Competence; Agile Coaching; Facilitating and Managing Collaboration; Choice.