Leadership is critical in building systematic, structured and well-embedded innovation capabilities in an organisation. Three core challenges are explored in the article: building an idea pipeline for innovation to happen, improving idea velocity by making sure that your ideas are not lost or stuck and finally improving the probability that your ideas get converted into good business outcomes. The article stresses that leadership helps to navigate all three challenges in achieving innovations and this can happen in eight vital steps. Steps are discussed for managers and practitioners to learn and innovate at their companies.
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