Ideas? Easier than ever.
Leading innovation? Trickier than ever.
Unless you’ve got this book.
Why Do Most Innovation Efforts Fail?
In Unlocking Innovation, Bolton draws on her twenty-five years of advising leaders to provide a practical, holistic innovation framework. Her ABCs of Innovation show leaders how to reshape their roles, teams, and organizations to create new value and catalyze corporate renewal from within. Using real-life stories, Bolton follows innovation leaders’ trajectories from heading up a new team and generating first results to navigating the inevitable crosswinds, complications, and conflicts—and ultimately delivering success.
Unlocking Innovation is an essential guide for any leader tasked with innovating inside an established organization.
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Praise for Unlocking Innovation
Unlocking Innovation is the playbook every CXO needs to drive meaningful change and deliver measurable impact.
Ben Gehab
Global Chief Experience (CX) Strategy Officer, VML
Unlocking Innovation is one of the few business books I'd recommend without hesitation.
Literary Titan Book Awards
Gold Medalist
This is the kind of book you can hand to a new innovation leader and say ‘make it so.’
Joern Kallmeyer
Chief Supply Chain Officer, tms
Recognizing and celebrating excellence in book publishing
National Indie Excellence Awards
Finalist
Ideas? Easier than ever. Leading innovation? Trickier than ever . . . unless you’ve got this book.
Michael Bungay Stanier
Author of The Coaching Habit
If you have ever attempted to launch something new in a large company and hit a wall, this guidebook is for you
Reader's Choice Book Awards
Finalist
Robyn's examples...provide the kind of practical wisdom that can accelerate breakthrough discoveries
Rachel Sha
CEO, Vaxess Technologies
[Robyn] knows how to make innovation happen by introducing the necessary tools and changing the mindset and the culture.
Eric Compton
Former President and CEO
[Robyn] has captured her insights and approach in a book that will let readers benefit from her thinking—just as my colleagues and I did.
Charles Best
President, Lakeshore Learning
Founder, DonorsChoose.org
Unlocking Innovation easily conveys what it takes to lead a team and organization to create ‘something new that creates value’ in the world.
Betsy Frost
CEO, Q Mixers
In Unlocking Innovation, Robyn M. Bolton cuts through the noise with practical, mission-driven advice for leaders.
Rob Waldron
Chairman, Curriculum Associates, Inc.
Meaningful innovation is hard; Robyn M. Bolton teaches how to make it attainable.
Elliott Parker
CEO, Alloy Partners
Unlocking Innovation provides a pragmatic three-year guide to setting innovation initiatives up for real, enduring success.
Scott Kirsner
CEO and Cofounder, InnoLead
Robyn M. Bolton’s approach goes beyond surface-level discussions of vision and culture and delves into the practical steps required to embed innovation within an organization.
Nina Huntemann
Chief Academic Officer, Chegg
Unlocking Innovation is a must-read for anyone looking to build a culture of inno- vation that thrives within the constraints of established organizations.
Brian Ardinger
Author, "Accelerated: The Guide to Innovating at the Speed of Change"
I wholeheartedly believe Robyn's approach is invaluable to any leader seeking to upend the status quo.
Wombi Rose
Co-Founder and CEO, LovePop
Robyn M. Bolton is the founder and chief navigator of MileZero, a consultancy that helps leaders use innovation to confidently and consistently grow revenue. She is also an assistant professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where she teaches innovation and strategy courses.
She previously worked at Innosight, the innovation and strategy firm founded by Clayton Christensen; the Boston Consulting Group; and Procter & Gamble, where she helped develop and launch Swiffer. Bolton holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in marketing from Miami University.
Her writing and perspective Âhave been featured in Fast Company, Harvard Business Review online, the New York Times, and NPR’s Marketplace.
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