If 84% of top business leaders think innovation is critical to their organization’s success, then why do 95% of new products fail in the marketplace and less than 1% of the 2,000 patents issued each week ever return a profit to their company? Addressing the dismal failure rate of corporate innovation head on, The Innovation Playbook provides a complete road map to a revolution in business excellence founded on innovation.
Written by successful innovator Nicholas J. Webb who has launched more than 300 innovations and has been awarded more than 35 patents by the U.S. Patent Office Part I of The Innovation Playbook highlights the importance of innovation in today’s corporate world and details the reasons why so many of today’s organizations can’t get it done. Part II then lays out in six chapters the Nicholas Webb solution to achieving success through innovation.
Whether you are a business owner, C-level manager, R&D manager, marketing manager, or inventor, here, you will discover:
- Why innovation isn’t working in today’s organizations
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The obsession with risk and risk management
- Common myths about what innovators and innovative organizations should do
- The magic combination of customer focus, process, and culture that separates true innovation superstars from the rest of the pack
- The crucial concept of net customer value, including Webb’s value strata set of standards of excellence and how to achieve it
- How you can get really close to customers and establish the conduits of connectivity necessary to truly understand net customer value
- A unique, modifiable framework and toolbox to find new ideas from external and internal sources, filter those ideas, and move them through the development process at utmost speed
- The key cultural components in an organization that support good innovation and tips for how to get there, with particular emphasis on using today’s digital media tools to support innovation
- Case examples of companies that have made it, how they did it, and how to become a superstar using the Certified Innovation SuperstarTM certification and training program
Complemented by a companion web site that helps you put theory into practice, The Innovation Playbook’s blueprint to success prepares managers and inventors to get their Innovation SuperstarTM certification as well as implement a successful innovation culture in real corporate life.
Praise for The Innovation Playbook
“After reading The Innovation Playbook, I couldn’t wait to start my own Project X and neither will you. Nick Webb boldly debunks common myths about innovation and he’s not afraid to use children, pumpkins, or massages to do it.”
Steve Faktor, Vice President, Business Growth and Innovation, American Express
“The Innovation Playbook offers core elements that all of us can incorporate and learn from to help build success.”
Chris Thoen, Director, External Innovation and Knowledge Management, Global Business Development,The Procter & Gamble Company
“This extraordinary book shows you how to tap into your personal and organizational genius for ideas to create new products and services, market and sell more effectively, and generate greater profits than you ever thought possible.”
Brian Tracy, Author, The Way to Wealth 1-2
“Unlike so many others who write and theorize about innovation, Nicholas Webb has a proven track record as both a successful inventor and a well-known innovation strategist.”
Robert M. Siminski, Patent Attorney, Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
About the Author
Successful inventor and author of the bestselling book. The Cost of Being Sick, NICHOLAS J. WEBB is the founder and President of Lassen Innovation, a full-service management and innovation consulting firm. As a Certified Management Consultant® he provides consulting services to Honeywell and ITW Allergan as well as some of the country’s top universities. Webb and his inventions have appeared on ABC, NBC, and Fox News. Nicholas Webb is also the author of the upcoming book,The Digital Media Innovation Playbook.
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