How can leaders foster an innovative environment?
Our work on leadership development has highlighted how difficult
it is for leaders to effectively harness innovation. Innovation relies
on the interdependence of certain ways of thinking, particular
behaviors and specific forms of knowledge-integration. The
dynamic tension that this creates can generate innovative gold dust,
but can also be a challenge to navigate.
This research paper will explore how leadership fits into the puzzle
of innovation through the themes:
1. Conceiving the future creatively
2. Integrating knowledge: growth and collaboration
3. Embodying paradox: leadership flexibility
4. Failing to risk and risking failure
In the spirit of bridging the knowing-doing gap, something we’re
always focused on, these sections will use the literature and
interviews to highlight the ways in which leadership and innovation
coalesce in practice.
