Beyond the Idea: How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization

Beyond the Idea offers a fresh perspective in understanding the dynamics of innovation in relation to the perfomance engine, and why each should respect the other. The performance engine is geared toward incremental improvements, and typically uncomfortable with innovation. Both are needed for the long term sustainablility of an organization. Innovation makes room for failure, where the perfomance engine does not. The key is controlled measurements and recognizing as early as possible when an innovative concept will not work and needs to be abandoned or re-directed. The only true failure is to stop creating and testing innovative concepts.

This book provided an interesting -- and realistic -- perspective of how to move beyond idea generation and implement solutions through innovation. It covered three different organizational approaches to innovation which I found helpful to gauge a company's true commitment to becoming truly innovative.

True innovation starts only after the parties and fanfare are over. As someone who runs an innovation program for a fortune 50 company I can attest to the validity and significant value of the work done by the authors. Highly recommended. A lighter version would be their earlier work "How Stella saved the farm" which this book accompanies.

Im working as director of business innovation and meet this daily at my workplace. Think its a must read for everyone involved in running innovation.

The book itself is an interesting exercise for small business managers - as I see it. However, the authors give such a high overhead in approaching topics such as "innovation team management", "innovation projects", "project management" for example, that have lost a richness and a reality of the theme. An attempt to be simple, transformed the content for much simpler.Vijay's earlier books were for the readings, but this one for a positive attempt, with a median result. Valuing only its chapters that talk about the three models of Innovation Initiatives.

Exactly what I thought it would be. I will definitely recommend this to others. I have no complaints with the order.

This book really goes beyond the idea and offers a guidebook to successfully execute innovation in an organization. Highly recommended!

great summary of their best work and is a very hands on hand book for anyone trying to execute real change.

Mandatory reading for executives and organisations looking for practical innovation

Great discussion of innovation management's implementation challenges.

A must read