Leading the Revolution How to Thrive in Turbulent Times by Making Innovation a Way of Life

Gary Hamel, world-renowned business thinker and co-author of Competing for the Future, the book that set the management agenda for the 1990s, now brings us Leading the Revolution. An action plan-indeed, an incendiary device-for any company or individual intent on becoming and staying an industry revolutionary, this book will ignite the passions of entry-level assistants, neophyte managers, seasoned VPs, CEOs, and anyone else who worries that their company may be caught flat-footed by the future. Hamel argues that in an increasingly nonlinear world, only nonlinear ideas will create new wealth. To thrive in the age of revolution, companies must adopt a radical new innovation agenda. The fundamental challenge companies face is reinventing themselves and their industries not just in times of crisis-but continually.Based on an extensive study of "gray-haired revolutionaries," including Enron, Charles Schwab, Cisco, Virgin, and GE Capital, Leading the RevolutionExplains the underlying principles of radical innovationExplores where revolutionary new business concepts come fromIdentifies the key design criteria for building companies that are activist-friendly and revolution-readyDetails the steps your company must take to make innovation an enduring capabilityPacked with insight and practical advice, Leading the Revolution shows you how toGet off the treadmill of incrementalismSave your company from becoming a "one-vision wonder"Harness the imagination and passion of every employeeDevelop new financial measures that focus energy on the challenge of creating new wealthCreate vibrant internal markets for ideas, capital, and talentDrawing on the examples of activists who profoundly changed their companies with their bare hearts, Hamel outlines the practical steps anyone can take to lead a successful revolution in their own firm.Leading the Revolution is not a book for cozy corner-office types. It is for everyone who has the guts to act on the knowledge that our heritage is no longer our destiny. With an arresting four-color design and a compelling message that will set the new innovation agenda for the next century, this groundbreaking book from the premier business thinker of our time is a call to arms for the dreamers and doers who will lead us into the age of revolution.