How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes
The central tenet of this book is that what the author calls "one dimensional intelligence" and isolated determination have been replaced as the drivers of competitive advantage by creativity, mental flexibility and collaboration - what Hunter calls 'symphonic thinking'.
But, he goes on to say, the methods and mindsets needed to drive innovation are only found by tapping into discretionary levels of passion, creativity and initiative. So how does that happen?
Marketquake
Hunter uses the term 'marketquake' to describe the volatile, complex and tumultuous times we live in, quoting an executive who said, "if you're not confused, you don't know what's going on". It is this context that creates the need for Out Thinking.
10 key concepts for Out Think leadership
- Trust - establish the engine of leadership
- Inquiry - provoke with questions, not answers
- Exploration - find areas where you can specialise and excel
- Aspiration - dream well, you may find yourself there
- Edge - embrace new kinds of risk
- Connection - collaborate to innovate
- Mash-Up - borrow brilliance to create something greater than the sum of its parts
- Action - get moving or accept the consequences
- Signature - make it your own
- Purpose - connect with why
"When the rate of change inside an organization is slower than the rate of change outside an organization, the end is in sight."Jack Welch