Real-world strategies for uncovering potential and capitalizing on opportunity Innovation is worth little unless it generates lasting success, and gaining measurable results from new ideas requires more than creative risk-taking. Successful innovation demands a tactical approach, and Getting Innovation Right reveals how your company can secure real traction and growth in the marketplace. With Seth Kahan's outcome-based approach, based on his experience leading innovation initiatives at a diverse range of organizations, you will identify the inflection points that generate market opportunities for your company and leverage the best techniques for securing a foothold in a lucrative new space. Offers a framework of 7 key activities for results-driven innovation, from intelligence-gathering through execution Goes beyond abstract advice to offer hands-on approaches that are relevant and applicable in any organization The companion and follow-up to Seth Kahan's bestselling first book,Getting Change Right and FastCompany.com blog Leading Change Grounded in market-based reality, Getting Innovation Right is an indispensable resource for leaders looking to drive results and move in fresh directions.

Real-world strategies for uncovering potential and capitalizingon opportunityInnovation is worth little unless it generates lasting successand gaining measurable results from new ideas requires more thancreative risk-taking. Successful innovation demands a tacticalapproach, and Getting Innovation Right reveals how yourcompany can secure real traction and growth in the marketplace.With Seth Kahan's outcome-based approach, based on his experienceleading innovation initiatives at a diverse range of organizationsyou will identify the inflection points that generate marketopportunities for your company and leverage the best techniques forsecuring a foothold in a lucrative new space.* Offers a framework of 7 key activities for results-driveninnovation, from intelligence-gathering through execution* Goes beyond abstract advice to offer hands-on approaches thatare relevant and applicable in any organization* The companion and follow-up to Seth Kahan's bestselling firstbook,Getting Change Right and FastCompany.com blogLeading ChangeGrounded in market-based reality, Getting InnovationRight is an indispensable resource for leaders looking to driveresults and move in fresh directions.

List of Figures and Tables ixIntroduction xi1 Pursue and Leverage Inflection Points 1Expert Input: Cindy Hallberlin of Good360.org on Getting Aheadof an Inflection Point 312 Build Innovation Capacity 37Expert Input: Jeanne Tisinger of the Central Intelligence Agencyon Building Capacity 44Expert Input: Paul Pluschkell of Spigit on Idea Management593 Collect Intelligence 65Expert Input: Ken Garrison of Strategic and CompetitiveIntelligence Professionals on Competitive Intelligence 864 Shift Perspective 93Expert Input: Roger Martin of the University of Toronto'sJoseph L. Rotman School of Management on Thinking Differently1045 Exploit Disruption 109Expert Input: William D. Eggers of Deloitte's PublicLeadership Institute on Disruption and Government 1246 Generate Value 147Expert Input: Mark Katz of Arent Fox LLP on Generating Value1587 Drive Innovation Uptake 183Expert Input: Mark Hurst of Creative Good on Getting Close toCustomers 201Appendix A: Sample Business Intelligence Contract 219Appendix B: High-Level Outline of a Typical Business Plan223Appendix C: Simplified Business Plan Financial Model 225Notes 227Acknowledgments 233About the Author 235Index 237