23 Mar Identify one key leadership trait or style from your textbook that you believe is critical for fostering innovation in teams. Provide an example from your
Purpose
Leadership is a key driver of innovation, shaping team culture and fostering creativity within organizations. In this discussion, you will explore the connection between effective leadership traits and diverse sources of innovation.
Task
This discussion encourages you to critically examine the challenges leaders may encounter when fostering innovation and propose strategies to overcome these obstacles while ensuring sustainable growth. After reading and reflecting on Chapters 5 and 6 in Managing Innovation, analyze how leadership styles influence innovation, and how leaders can leverage specific sources to create value.
In your initial post, address the following:
- Identify one key leadership trait or style from your textbook that you believe is critical for fostering innovation in teams. Provide an example from your experience that illustrates this leadership trait or style in action.
- Select one source of innovation from your textbook that aligns with this leadership style. Explain how leaders can leverage this source of innovation to create value for their teams or organizations.
- Discuss the challenges leaders might face when fostering innovation from this source and propose strategies to overcome these challenges.
- Reflect on how organizations can balance the push and pull of innovation to ensure sustainable growth.
In your responses to your peers, address the following:
- Compare their leadership examples or sources of innovation to your own.
- Offer additional strategies or leadership practices that could maximize innovation in their examples. Use specific insights or examples from the readings or your own experiences to support your suggestions.
Submission
- Post your initial response (2–3 paragraphs) supported by at least two reliable sources by 11:59 p.m. ET on Saturday. Properly cite all sources using an appropriate citation style.
- Respond to at least two classmates (1–2 paragraphs each) by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Your responses should encourage meaningful dialogue and provide constructive feedback.
Criteria for Success
Discussion participation is graded using a rubric based on the following criteria:
- Quality
- Quantity
- Timeliness
- Writing
- For more information, review the Discussion Rubric.
This discussion is worth 50 points and will be graded using the Discussion Rubric.
BMGT 620 Discussion Rubric Course: BMGT 620 9085 Innovation & Entrepreneurship (2252)
Initial Post Excellent Proficient Approaching Proficiency
Needs Improvement
Not Evident (0) Criterion Score
Initial Post
(10 pts)
/ 10
Timeliness (5
pts)
/ 5
10 points
Applied
knowledge of
appropriate
topical content
in a
comprehensive
and insightful
way. In-depth
analysis is
present.
(10 pts)
9 points
Demonstrates a
good
understanding
of the topical
material and
applies it in a
satisfactory
way. Good
analysis is
present.
(9 pts)
8 points
Demonstrates a
more basic
understanding
of the topical
material and
applies it in a
basic way.
Rudimentary
analysis is
present.
(8 pts)
7 points
Demonstrates a
limited
understanding
of the topical
material or
applied it in a
limited way.
Little or no
analysis is
present.
(7 pts)
0 points
No evidence, or
the post was
dated after the
end of the
discussion
activity.
(0 points)
5 points
Submits initial
post on time
(4.5 – 5 points)
4 points
Submits initial
post within 24
hours of the
deadline.
(4.25 – 4 points)
3.5 points
Submits initial
post within 48
hours of the
deadline.
(3.75 -3.5
points)
3 points
Submits initial
post within 72
hours of the
deadline.
(3.25 – 3 points)
0 points
No evidence, or
the post was
dated after the
end of the
discussion
activity.
(0 points)
Initial Post Excellent Proficient Approaching Proficiency
Needs Improvement
Not Evident (0) Criterion Score
Response 1 (5
pts)
/ 5
Response 2 (5
pts)
/ 5
5 points
Provided a
sufficiently
detailed and
insightful
response,
demonstrating a
deep
understanding
of the course
material.
(4.5 – 5 points)
4 points
Provided a
sufficiently
detailed
response,
demonstrating a
basic
understanding
of the course
material.
(4.25 – 4 points)
3.5 points
Provided a
response that
was not
sufficiently
detailed or
insightful and
did not
demonstrate a
clear
understanding
of the course
material.
(3.75 -3.5
points)
3 points
Provided a
response that
was poorly
written and
organized and
demonstrated
little or no
understanding
of the course
material.
(3.25 – 3 points)
0 points
No evidence, or
the post was
dated after the
end of the
discussion
activity.
(0 points)
5 points
Provided a
sufficiently
detailed and
insightful
response,
demonstrating a
deep
understanding
of the course
material.
(4.5 – 5 points)
4 points
Provided a
sufficiently
detailed
response,
demonstrating a
basic
understanding
of the course
material.
(4.25 – 4 points)
3.5 points
Provided a
response that
was not
sufficiently
detailed or
insightful and
did not
demonstrate a
clear
understanding
of the course
material.
(3.75 -3.5
points)
3 points
Provided a
response that
was poorly
written and
organized and
demonstrated
little or no
understanding
of the course
material.
(3.25 – 3 points)
0 points
No evidence, or
the post was
dated after the
end of the
discussion
activity.
(0 points)
Initial Post Excellent Proficient Approaching Proficiency
Needs Improvement
Not Evident (0) Criterion Score
Cumulative
Posts:
Evidence and
research. (7.5
pts)
/ 7.5
Cumulative
Posts:
Professional
writing and
organization
skills (5 pts)
/ 5
7.5 points
Included
multiple specific
and relevant
examples to
support claims
from course
resources and
additional
research.
(7.5-6.75
points)
6 points
Included some
good examples
from course
resources and
research, but
they were not
always specific
or relevant to
claims.
(6.5 – 6 points)
5.25 points
Included only a
few examples
from course
resources and
research, or the
examples
provided were
not specific or
relevant
enough.
(5.75 – 5.25
points
4.5 points
Did not include
evidence from
course
resources or
research or
provided
inaccurate
evidence to
support claims.
(5 – 4.5 points)
0 points
No evidence, or
the post was
dated after the
end of the
discussion
activity.
(0 points)
5 points
Demonstrated
professional
writing and
organization
skills, with very
few or no
errors.
(4.5 – 5 points)
4 points
Demonstrated
professional
writing and
organization
skills with some
minor errors.
(4.25 – 4 points)
3.5 points
Demonstrated
professional
writing and
organization
skills but with
several errors.
(3.75 -3.5
points)
3 points
Demonstrated
poor writing and
organization
skills with
multiple errors.
(3.25 – 3 points)
0 points
No evidence, or
the post was
dated after the
end of the
discussion
activity.
(0 points)
Total / 50
Initial Post Excellent Proficient Approaching Proficiency
Needs Improvement
Not Evident (0) Criterion Score
Cumulative
Posts:
Application of
course
material to
real-world
situations (5
pts)
/ 5
Evidence of
Skills (7.5 pts
/ 7.5
5 points
Post(s)
incorporated
examples of
real-world
situations to
support and
substantiate the
position.
Demonstrated a
deep
understanding
of how the
course material
can be used to
solve business
problems.
(4.5 – 5 points)
4 points
Post(s)
incorporated
some examples
of real-world
situations to
support and
substantiate the
position.
Demonstrated a
good
understanding
of how the
course material
can be used to
solve business
problems.
(4.25 – 4 points)
3.5 points
Post(s)
incorporated
few examples of
real-world
situations.
Examples may
not have been
specific or
relevant, or the
post(s)
demonstrated a
limited or
inaccurate
understanding
of how the
course material
can be used to
solve business
problems.
(3.75 -3.5
points)
3 points
Post(s) did not
incorporate any
examples of
real-world
situations or
demonstrated
inaccurate
understanding
of how the
course material
can be used to
solve business
problems.
(3.25 – 3 points)
0 points
No evidence, or
the post was
dated after the
end of the
discussion
activity.
(0 points)
7.5 points
Submission
provided an
exceptional
application of
business
strategies skills
in the
discussion
response
(7.5-6.75
points)
6 points
Submission
provided a
sufficient
application of
business
strategies skills
in the
discussion
response
(6.5 – 6 points)
5.25 points
Submission
provided a
somewhat
sufficient
application of
business
strategies skills
in the
discussion
response which
did not show
proficiency
(5.75 – 5.25
points)
4.5 points
Submission
provided an
insufficient
application of
business
strategies skills
in the
discussion
response
(5 – 4.5 points)
0 points
No evidence, or
the post was
dated after the
end of the
discussion
activity.
(0 points)
Overall Score
Excellent 45 points minimum
Proficient 40 points minimum
Approaching Proficiency 35 points minimum
Needs Improvement 30 points minimum
No Submission 0 points minimum
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Student Resource
Chapter 6: Sources of innovation
Chapter 6: Sources of innovation
• In the following PowerPoint slides you will find the key headings from CHAPTER 6 together with the main illustrations, tables, etc.
• There are also slides summarizing the key messages in bullet-point fashion, and a wide range of activities which you can use to help students explore around these themes.
• Finally there are some reflection questions which can be used as the basis for discussion or assignments.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter you will develop an understanding of:
where innovations come from – the wide range of different sources which offer opportunities to entrepreneurs
the idea of ‘push’ and ‘pull’ forces and their interaction
Innovation as a pattern of occasional breakthrough and long periods of incremental improvement
the importance of different sources over time
where and when you could search for opportunities to innovate.
Sources of innovation
Knowledge push
Accidents
Design-driven and experience innovation
Benchmarking / learning from others
Need pull
Process improvement
Crisis driven and extreme contexts
Frugal innovation
Mass customisation
User –led innovation
Recombinant innovation
Regulation
Prototyping and experiment
Futures and forecasting
Core themes and material
from the book
Where do innovations come from?
Figure 6.1 of the book indicates the wide range of stimuli which can begin the innovation journey
Sources of innovation
• Knowledge push
• Need pull
• Product innovation
• Process improvement
• Crisis-driven
• Frugal innovation
• Mass customization
• User-led innovation
• Prototyping
• Benchmarking
• Recombinant innovation
• Design-driven innovation
• Regulation
• Futures and forecasting
• Accidents
Knowledge push innovation
Types of product innovation
Figure 6.2 of the book indicates a typical breakdown, and we could construct a similar picture for process innovation
New to the world products
New product lines
Line extensions
Repositionings
Cost reductions
Incremental product improvements
Disruptive innovation
Mass customization
Table 6.1 of the book summarises options in customization (after Mintzberg and Lampel)
Mass customization (continued)
Mass customization (continued)
Mass customization (continued)
Design driven innovation
Source: Based on R. Verganti (2009) Design-Driven Innovation. Harvard Business School Press
Meaning
Technology
Incremental change
Radical change
Radical change
Incremental change
Market pull (user centred)
Technology push
Design-driven
Summary
Innovations come from many different sources
Innovations don’t just appear perfectly formed – and the process is not simply a spark of imagination giving rise to changing the world. Instead innovations come from a number of sources and these interact over time.
Sources of innovation can be resolved into two broad classes – knowledge push and need pull – although they almost always act in tandem. Innovation arises from the interplay between them.
Summary
There are many variations on this theme – for example, ‘need pull’ can include social needs, market needs, latent needs (squeaking wheels), crisis needs, etc.
Whilst the basic forces pushing and pulling have been a feature of the innovation landscape for a long time, it involves a moving frontier in which new sources of push and pull come into play.
Examples include the emerging demand pull from the ‘bottom of the pyramid’ and the opportunities opened up by an acceleration in knowledge production in R&D systems around the world.
Summary
Users are a rich source of innovation ideas and can help accelerate diffusion
Regulation is an important element in shaping and directing innovative activity – by restricting what can and can’t be done for legal reasons, new trajectories for change are established which entrepreneurs can take advantage of
Accidents, crises and extreme conditions can provide unexpected triggers for novel directions
Videos
• There are several videos which can help explore and present the key themes of the chapter:
• knowledge push and need pull as sources of innovation
• examples of knowledge push innovation
• different kinds of need pull innovation:
• Incremental improvement • Radical innovation • Disruptive innovation
Videos
Other films which explore in more detail:
• User-led innovation (part 1) • User led innovation part 2 • Interview with Pedro Oliveira talking about
the Patient Innovation platform, a way of mobilizing user innovators in the healthcare space
• Mandy Haberman talking about user innovation
• Interview with Helle-Vibeke Carstensen talking about innovation search in the public sector
• Continuous improvement at Veeder Root • Finding innovation opportunities in
healthcare settings • Emma Taylor and employee innovation • The birth of bike • The birth of mp3 • Sweeping the floor with innovation
Videos
• Interview with Michael Bartl of Hyve, talking about the use of ‘netnography’ in the search for new innovation opportunities
• Interview with Tim Craft (audio and video) talking about his experience as a user- innovator
• Interview with Catharina van Delden and her company Innosabi which mobilizes external communities as a source of innovation for businesses
• Interview (audio) with Helen King of the Irish Food Board talking about their use of futures methods to search for innovation opportunities
• Interview with Lynne Maher, UK National Health Service talking about user experience as a source of innovation
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