{"product_id":"grabbing-lightning-isbn-9780787996642","title":"Grabbing Lightning","description":"Established companies are clamoring for breakthrough innovation, but are often hamstrung by the highly reliable, repeatable processes of their management systems. Based on years of research, \u003ci\u003eGrabbing Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e shows how twelve companies have tried to develop a capability for sustainable breakthrough innovation and outlines best practices for your organization.  \u003cp\u003eThe authors show how the management system for innovation is different from the traditional one in that it allows?and even encourages?mistakes and failures in order to promote learning. \u003ci\u003eGrabbing Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e outlines the three building blocks of breakthrough innovation (BI) and shows what it takes to become an organization that values the BI management system.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Management Systems for Innovation 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Assessing Your Organization’s Capacity for Breakthrough Innovation 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Discovery Competency 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Incubation: The Long and Winding Road 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Acceleration: Gathering Steam and Building Critical Mass 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The DNA Innovation System 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Incorporating the DNA: The Role of the Orchestrator 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Getting Started: Initiating and Maturing an Innovation Management System 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Innovation Function 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Companies Participating in the Breakthrough Innovation Research Study 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Assessing Your Firm’s Breakthrough Innovation Competency 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 323\u003c\/p\u003e Voted \"Best Book of 2008\" in Innovation, \u003ci\u003eStrategy + Business\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cp\u003eThe Authors \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGina C. O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of marketing at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's (RPI) Lally School of Management and Technology. She currently serves as the director of the executive M.B.A. program and is also the academic director of the Radical Innovation Research Program. \t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Leifer\u003c\/b\u003e is an emeritus professor at the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. \t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert S. Paulson\u003c\/b\u003e is Gilbreth Chaired Professor in the Technologies of Management at RPI andchief investment officer at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments. \t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLois S. Peters\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor, past-director of the Ph.D. program, and current director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy at Lally School of Management and Technology at RPI. \t    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGRABBING LIGHTNING\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTO STAY COMPETITIVE in today's global marketplace, companies need to learn how to harness and sustain innovation rather than relying on the unexpected. \t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEstablished companies are clamoring for breakthrough innovation, but are often hamstrung by the highly reliable, repeatable processes of their management systems. Based on years of research, \u003ci\u003eGrabbing Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e shows how twelve companies have tried to develop a capability for sustainable breakthrough innovation and outlines best practices for your organization. \t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors show how the management system for innovation is different from the traditional one in that it allows—and even encourages—mistakes and failures in order to promote learning. \u003ci\u003eGrabbing Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e outlines the three building blocks of breakthrough innovation and shows what it takes to become an organization that values the breakthrough innovation management system. In \u003ci\u003eGrabbing Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors:  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplore the \u003ci\u003ediscovery\u003c\/i\u003e competency and show how it differs from R\u0026amp;D\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamine the \u003ci\u003eincubation\u003c\/i\u003e competency and reveal how incubation can greatly enhance an organization's options for new business creation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocus on the \u003ci\u003eacceleration\u003c\/i\u003e competency and address the activities it involves and approaches companies are taking toward it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \t \u003cp\u003eThe book also explores the challenges organizations can expect to face once a breakthrough innovation capability is initiated and offers advice for establishing innovation as a sustainable business function in organizations. \u003ci\u003eGrabbing Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e is a hands-on resource for all established organizations who want to make breakthrough innovation the norm rather than the exception.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989306130661,"sku":"NP9780787996642","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787996642.jpg?v=1761783601","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/grabbing-lightning-isbn-9780787996642","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}