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Solving the Innovation Mystery

A Workplace Whodunit

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Creativity dreams up ideas, but innovation carries them through.

Creativity dreams up ideas, but innovation carries them through.

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There isn't a CEO on the planet who hasn't considered the importance of innovation. In the face of global competition and the explosion of technology, innovation is today's business imperative. How else does a company remain both productive and adaptive?

There isn't a CEO on the planet who hasn't considered the importance of innovation. In the face of global competition and the explosion of technology, innovation is today's business imperative. How else does a company remain both productive and adaptive?

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In Solving the Innovation Mystery: A Workplace Whodunit , leadership authority Steve Gladis deftly solves the innovation equation. He gets at the slower-moving truth of how innovation actually happens and shows just why we must resist the hero tale and the mirage that is the eureka moment.

In Solving the Innovation Mystery: A Workplace Whodunit, leadership authority Steve Gladis deftly solves the innovation equation. He gets at the slower-moving truth of how innovation actually happens and shows just why we must resist the hero tale and the mirage that is the eureka moment.

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Delve into the experimentation, failure, and learning that make innovation possible as you get to the heart of innovation's collaborative nature. Then solve your own innovation equation by understanding how to fuel your company's innovation engine systematically, paving a straight path to commercializing creative business solutions.

Delve into the experimentation, failure, and learning that make innovation possible as you get to the heart of innovation's collaborative nature. Then solve your own innovation equation by understanding how to fuel your company's innovation engine systematically, paving a straight path to commercializing creative business solutions.

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Solving the Innovation Mystery: A Workplace Whodunit delivers an entertaining tour de force part theory, part story as Gladis tracks private investigator Roland Epps and executive coach Dana Glass to illustrate his innovation thesis that a safe, trusting culture is essential for creativity to thrive and for innovation to take root.

Solving the Innovation Mystery: A Workplace Whodunit delivers an entertaining tour de force part theory, part story as Gladis tracks private investigator Roland Epps and executive coach Dana Glass to illustrate his innovation thesis that a safe, trusting culture is essential for creativity to thrive and for innovation to take root.

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QUIZ: How Innovative Is Your Team or Organization? Take the Quiz!

QUIZ: How Innovative Is Your Team or Organization? Take the Quiz!

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Book Details

Book Details

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    ISBN: 9781607280071

    ISBN: 9781607280071

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    Pages: 136

    Pages: 136

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    Publication Date: October 2016

    Publication Date: October 2016

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    Formats: Paperback, PDF

    Formats: Paperback, PDF

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    Product Code: 111611

    Product Code: 111611

About the Authors

Steve Gladis

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A leadership speaker and executive coach, Steve Gladis, PhD, is an authority on the topic of leadership. CEO of Steve Gladis Leadership Partners—a leadership development company—he is also the author of 25 books on leadership. A professor at George Mason University, he serves as a senior scholar in its Center for the Advancement of Well-Being. Gladis works with businesses, associations, and US government agencies, and he speaks regularly at conferences and corporate off-sites. He is a former faculty member at the University of Virginia and also served as an FBI special agent and was a decorated officer in the US Marine Corps. His company donates a significant portion of corporate profits back to the community. Some of his books include Leading Teams: Understanding the Team Leadership Pyramid ; Leading Well: Becoming a Mindful Leader-Coach; The Trusted Leader: Understanding the Trust Triangle; Smile. Breathe. Listen: The 3 Mindful Acts for Leaders; Self-Leadership: Become the CEO of your Own Career; Solving the Innovation Mystery; and Positive Leadership: The Game Changer at Work .

A leadership speaker and executive coach, Steve Gladis, PhD, is an authority on the topic of leadership. CEO of Steve Gladis Leadership Partners—a leadership development company—he is also the author of 25 books on leadership. A professor at George Mason University, he serves as a senior scholar in its Center for the Advancement of Well-Being. Gladis works with businesses, associations, and US government agencies, and he speaks regularly at conferences and corporate off-sites. He is a former faculty member at the University of Virginia and also served as an FBI special agent and was a decorated officer in the US Marine Corps. His company donates a significant portion of corporate profits back to the community.Some of his books include Leading Teams: Understanding the Team Leadership Pyramid; Leading Well: Becoming a Mindful Leader-Coach; The Trusted Leader: Understanding the Trust Triangle; Smile. Breathe. Listen: The 3 Mindful Acts for Leaders; Self-Leadership: Become the CEO of your Own Career; Solving the Innovation Mystery; and Positive Leadership: The Game Changer at Work.


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