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Book SynopsisInnovation is becoming its own discipline, its own function in companies today. Established companies are clamoring for breakthrough innovation, but are typically held back by the highly reliable, repeatable processes of their management systems.
Trade ReviewVoted "Best Book of 2008" in Innovation,
Strategy + BusinessTable of ContentsPreface ix
Introduction xv
1 Management Systems for Innovation 1
2 Assessing Your Organization’s Capacity for Breakthrough Innovation 23
3 The Discovery Competency 51
4 Incubation: The Long and Winding Road 81
5 Acceleration: Gathering Steam and Building Critical Mass 117
6 The DNA Innovation System 151
7 Incorporating the DNA: The Role of the Orchestrator 185
8 Getting Started: Initiating and Maturing an Innovation Management System 215
9 The Innovation Function 259
Appendix A: Companies Participating in the Breakthrough Innovation Research Study 275
Appendix B: Assessing Your Firm’s Breakthrough Innovation Competency 279
Notes 305
Acknowledgments 315
About the Authors 319
Index 323
