Alex Yumba

Transform Your Workforce Into Innovators Alex Yumba

This key text presents a practical analysis and breakdown of the main approaches an organisation can take to make innovation accessible to its overall workforce regardless of their function in the business. The book breaks down how various strategic management functions could interact with innovation on a day-to-day basis; how leaders can build an innovative workforce and create an environment in their organisation where innovation thrives. The aim here is to completely demystify innovation and define it within normal organisation functions that involve every employee in any organisation which should result in improved profitability and make it disruptor proof. Key topics covered include a discussion of the difference between incremental and radical innovation; it also covers how each organisation function can incorporate innovation within its ranks; how an organisation can build a workforce that is innovative; how leaders should manage their workforce to enhance innovativeness instead of suppressing it by creating the right innovative environment through culture, communication and structure. This book should be a must read for practicing managers and a useful text for innovation students. Management of an innovative strategy is not easy to combat pressures from globalisation, technology advances, commoditisation, disruptors and shortening product lifecycles.