An Innovator's Tale: New Perspectives for Accelerating Creative Breakthroughs. Craig Hickman

An Innovator's Tale: New Perspectives for Accelerating Creative Breakthroughs



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Language: English
Page: 224
ISBN: 0471443883, 9780471209966

From Publishers Weekly

The logic is easy to understand. If one is going to write a book about innovation, why not take an innovative approach and present the argument in the form of a novel? That's what Hickman (Mind of a Manager; Soul of a Leader) does in his story about a relatively small snack food company's attempt to stay ahead of, and independent from, a far larger competitor that sounds suspiciously like Nabisco. The problem is, the approach doesn't work. In an attempt to create a suspenseful narrative, business problems like corporate espionage that have nothing to do with innovation get lots of attention, while Hickman's thoughts about innovation (which build off Clayton Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma and The Alchemy of Growth) get short shrift. Hickman's four stages of innovation (imagine, integrate, isolate and illuminate) and four manifestations of innovation (incremental, insightful, inventive, ingenious) are good, but never fully developed. At the same time, the characters are one-dimensional, the dialogue flat and the action not particularly riveting. As a novel, the book lacks artistry; as a business guide, it's missing substantial detail. The result is that Hickman proves the point he set out to make: innovation is even harder than it looks. Agent, Michael Snell.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Review

"This book is a cracking good tale of corporate corruption, mortal danger and triumphant innovation with a love interest thrown in for good measure. Face-paced and easy to read, I could not put it down....well worth reading." (Professional Manager, May 2002)



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