
| Introduction 1 Types of Innovation Several Types on Many Fronts Incremental and Radical Innovation Factors That Favor Incremental Innovation Innovations in Processes Service Innovations Summing Up 2 The S-Curve A Concept and Its Lessons The S-Curve Explained Three Lessons Where DoYou Stand on the S-Curve? Limits to These Lessons Summing Up 5 Idea Generation Opening the Genie's Bottle New Knowledge Tapping the Ideas of Customers Learning from Lead Users Empathetic Design Invention Factories and Skunkworks Open Market Innovation The Role of Mental Preparation How Management Can Encourage Idea Generation Two Idea-Generating Techniques Summing Up 4 Recognizing Opportunities Don't Let the Good Ones Slip By A Method for Opportunity Recognition Rough-Cut Business Evaluation Summing Up Moving Innovation to Market Will It Fly? The Idea Funnel Stage-Gate Systems A Caution on Funnels and Stage-Gate Systems Financial Issues Extending Innovation Through Platforms Summing Up 6 Creativity and Creative Groups Two Keys to Innovation Myths About Creativity Three Components of Individual Creativity Characteristics of Creative Groups Handling Conflict in Groups Time Pressure and Creativity Six Steps for IncreasingYour Own Creativity Summing Up Enhancing Creativity Enriching the Organization and Workplace Organizational Enrichment Enriching the PhysicalWorkplace Summing Up 8 What Leaders Must Do Appendix A:The Time Value of Money Appendix B:Useful Implementation Tools Notes Glossary For Further Reading Index About the Subject Adviser About the Writer |
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