• Editor: Frances Hesselbein
• Editor: Marshall Goldsmith
• Editor: Iain Somerville

Foreword (Frances Hesselbein).

The Editors.

Introduction (Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith, Iain Somerville).

Part I: Leading the People Who Make Innovation Happen.

1. We Are All Innovators (Margaret J. Wheatley).

2. Fleas and Elephants (Charles Handy).

3. Creative Leadership (Max De Pree).

4. Changing the Behavior of Successful People (Marshall Goldsmith).

5. Good Work in Business (Howard Gardner, Kim Barberich).

Part II: Creating an Environment That Encourages Innovation.

6. Creating the Culture for Innovation (Rosabeth Moss Kanter).

7. The Organization! Is It a Friend or Foe of Innovation? (C. William Pollard).

8. To Build a Culture of Innovation, Avoid Conventional Management Wisdom (Jeffrey Pfeffer).

9. Innovation in Government (Stephen Goldsmith).

10. How Company Culture Encourages Innovation (David S. Pottruck).

Part III Changing How You Think About Leadership and Innovation.

11. The Ultimate Creation (Jim Collins).

12. Managing to Innovate (Henry Mintzberg).

13. Inviting Innovation (M. Kathryn Clubb).

14. The Value of "Been There, Done That" in Innovation (Dorothy A. Leonard, Walter C. Swap).

15. Leading with Vision, Strategy, and Values (Robert E. Knowling Jr.).

16. When 1 + 1 = 3 (James Burke).

Part IV: The Practice of Innovation.

17. Coping with Your Organization's Innovation Capabilities (Clayton M. Christensen).

18. An Innovation Protocol (Dave Ulrich).

19. Beware: Innovation Kills (Arie de Geus).

20. Capturing Innovation Power in the Genomics Era (Daniel Vasella).

21. Leading for Innovation and Results in Police Departments (William J. Bratton, William Andrews).

22. Inventing E-Services (Ann M. Livermore).

23. Reinventing Innovation: A Perspective from The Idea Factory (John Kao).

Index.

Renowned thought leaders offer their insights on innovation
In this second volume of the Jossey-Bass/Drucker Foundation "Wisdom to Action" series, Frances Hesselbein brings together a peerless collection of leading thinkers and practitioners. Building on the success of the widely recognized Leading Beyond the Walls (Jossey-Bass: 0-7879-5555-8), this volume focuses on Peter Drucker's observation that the only two tasks of an organization are innovation and marketing (marketing will be the theme of the final book in the series). This outstanding group of contributors includes business and nonprofit leaders such as Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Max DePree, Charles Handy, David Pottruck, and other luminaries in the field. The book provides an essential resource for executives from the business, nonprofit, and government sectors as well as for consultants and board members.
Frances Hesselbein (New York, NY) is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management and Editor-in-Chief of Leader to Leader (Jossey-Bass: 0-7879-5802-6 (Vol. 22); 0-7879-5801-8 (Vol. 21)). She served as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. from 1976 to 1990 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, in 1998. Marshall Goldsmith is a founding director of Keilty, Goldsmith and Company, one of America's key providers of customized leadership development. He is also a cofounder of the Learning Network, an association of the world's top consultants. The Peter F. Drucker Foundation aims to strengthen the social sector by providing intellectual resources to leaders in business, government, and the social sector.

In this second volume of The Drucker Foundation's Wisdom to Action Series, twenty-seven remarkable thought leaders help today's leaders meet the challenge of releasing the power of innovation. Leading for Innovation brings together Clayton M. Christensen, Jim Collins, Howard Gardner, Charles Handy, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, C. William Pollard, Margaret Wheatley, and other thought leaders to offer you practical guidance on leading your organization to a new dimension of performance. This unprecedented collection explores the unique qualities required to lead innovators, and shows you the way to develop a culture that promotes innovation.

The contributors encourage you to take the time to think about innovation and describe how you must abandon practices that no longer work for advancing the practice of innovation. Filled with specific examples of the hands-on work needed to make innovation a reality for leaders and their organizations, Leading for Innovation offers a wealth of thoughtful and incisive essays that will help leaders everywhere take their organizations and communities to a new level of excellence.

"..a cut above most such anthologies.."

(Director, January 2002)