by Robert B. Tucker (Author)
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 indispensable
- Unleashing the "mindset, skillset, and toolset of the innovator" that enable you to anticipate and rise to the challenges your organization faces in a hypercompetitive era
- Developing your Personal Innovation Strategy to address the critical components of becoming irreplaceable
- Assaulting your assumptions at the personal, organizational, and industry levels
- Building 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.
Front Jacket
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 recordnumbers. Yet today they are desperately in need of people with theabilities and skills to think ahead of the curve, delightcustomers, motivate colleagues, slash costs, and achieveunconventional results.
In this practical road map to becoming irreplaceable, globalinnovation guru and bestselling author Robert B. Tucker reveals whyhoning your I-Skills (Innovation Skills) may be the smartest careermove you'll make. Based on interviews with 43 innovation-adeptmanagers and individual contributors, Innovation Is Everybody'sBusiness guides you in:
Mastering the seven essential I-Skills you need to becomeindispensable
Unleashing the "mindset, skillset, and toolset of the innovator"that enable you to anticipate and rise to the challenges yourorganization faces in a hypercompetitive era
Developing your Personal Innovation Strategy to address thecritical components of becoming irreplaceable
Assaulting your assumptions at the personal, organizational, andindustry levels
Building tools for work-life balance and creating your own jobsatisfaction
If you're ready to stop talking about innovation and startadding value today-in your job, department, ororganization-you're ready to read and benefit from thepowerful message of Innovation Is Everybody's Business.
"Filled with powerful examples of ordinary business people usingtheir creativity to grow their companies, Tucker's book is apractical and effective guide to help you open your mind forinnovation."
--ROGER VON OECH, author of?A Whack on the Side of the Head andthe Creative Whack Pack
Back Jacket
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 43 innovation-adept managers and individual contributors, Innovation Is Everybody's Business guides you in:
- Mastering the seven essential I-Skills you need to become indispensable
- Unleashing the "mindset, skillset, and toolset of the innovator" that enable you to anticipate and rise to the challenges your organization faces in a hypercompetitive era
- Developing your Personal Innovation Strategy to address the critical components of becoming irreplaceable
- Assaulting your assumptions at the personal, organizational, and industry levels
- Building 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.
"Filled with powerful examples of ordinary business people using their creativity to grow their companies, Tucker's book is a practical and effective guide to help you open your mind for innovation." --ROGER VON OECH, author of A Whack on the Side of the Head and the Creative Whack Pack
Author Biography
ROBERT B. TUCKER is one of the most in-demand innovation speakers and workshop leaders in the world today. Since 1986, he has coached and consulted managers, executives, and entire teams at organizations ranging from IBM to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to Nokia. President of The Innovation Resource Consulting Group, with clients in 35 countries, Tucker is the author of six books, including the bestselling Managing the Future: 10 Driving Forces of Change for the New Century and Driving Growth Through Innovation. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.