Innovation is Everybody's Business: How to Make Yourself Indispensable in Today's Hypercompetitive World

by Robert B. Tucker

Innovation isn't something you do after you get your work done. It's how you do your work.Organizations all over the world are shedding jobs in record numbers. Yet today, they are desperately in need of people with the abilities and skills to think ahead of the curve, delight customers, motivate colleagues, slash costs, and achieve unconventional results.

In this practical road map to becoming irreplaceable, global innovation guru and bestselling author Robert B. Tucker reveals why honing your I-Skills (Innovation Skills) may be the smartest career move you'll make. Based on interviews with forty-three innovation-adept managers and individual contributors, "Innovation Is Everybody's Business" guides you in: Mastering the seven essential I-Skills you need to become indispensableUnleashing the "mindset, skillset, and toolset of the innovator" that enable you to anticipate and rise to the challenges your organization faces in a hypercompetitive eraDeveloping your Personal Innovation Strategy to address the critical components of becoming irreplaceableAssaulting your assumptions at the personal, organizational, and industry levelsBuilding tools for work-life balance and creating your own job satisfaction

If you're ready to stop talking about innovation and start adding value today - in your job, department or organization - you're ready to read and benefit from the powerful message of Innovation is Everybody's Business.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Bryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simply written. Tucker explains innovation in such a way that is easy to understand and implement.

[Ernesto Pérez-castro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro auténticamente inspirador al menos para mí en los días que corren. Llegó a mis manos como obsequio de mi jefa en el trabajo y lo dejé pasar varias semanas. Cuando empecé a leerlo, lo único que lamenté fue no haber comenzado antes. Tucker propone una idea de innovación que rompe con mucho de lo que ordinariamente se piensa de esa palabra. Su propuesta no se dirige exclusivamente a los grandes emprendedores o líderes de grandes empresas; como bien dice el título, la innovación es asunto de todos. La innovación es acerca de "descubrir cómo agregar valor donde estás, donde trabajas. La innovación es el acto de venir con ideas y exitosamente darles vida para resolver problemas y crear oportunidades", propone el autor. Las ideas y habilidades que plantea Tucker son de gran trascendencia, a mi juicio, para abordar el mundo que vivimos. Creo que seguir su propuesta nos puede traer individual y colectivamente muchos beneficios y, sobre todo, ayudarnos a disfrutar lo que hacemos cotidianamente en nuestros trabajos.

[Sourabh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Being Innovative in your work is not a good to have skill anymore...It is inevitable.. must have skill or we run the risk of becoming easily dispensable.

Summary: The seven i-skills include embracing the opportunity mindset, assaulting assumptions, maintaining passion for the end customer, thinking ahead of the curve, fortifying the idea factory, being considered a standout collaborator, and building buy-in for ideas and enroll others in the vision.

[Terry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great follow up book to Tucker's first book! I am reading this for a class and to be honest it is one I will not only go back to, but in all likely hood read again.
This book is not only for leaders, but if you are in charge of just making your life better, it is a must read!

[TN · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the most inspiring books I ever read. It contains a lot of useful examples and tactics how to unlock and develop your innovation and creativity.

[SVRosenmeier · Rating 5 out of 5]

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