The Innovative Leader: Step-By-Step Lessons from Top Innovators for You and Your Organization

The Innovative Leader cracks the code to how industry leaders get ahead of the curve.

How do leaders such as Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Panera's Ron Shaich, and Levi's Chip Bergh make themselves and their organizations innovative, year after year? Authors Wunker, Law, and Nair, celebrated experts in innovation themselves, unveil the secrets that make these industry giants the world-class trailblazers that they are. 

The Innovative Leader offers anyone tasked with innovation – from budding entrepreneurs to high-level executives, in the business sector, government, or nonprofits – a unique blend of expert insights and concrete examples.

Grounded in interviews with 50 esteemed innovators and informed by the authors' own deep experiences, this book lays out detailed, actionable steps to make yourself and your organization into innovative powerhouses.

The unique blend of expert insights, real-world examples, and a step-by-step approach combine to make The Innovative Leader an indispensable guide for a wide audience. The Innovative Leader is an engaging treasure trove of practical wisdom and invaluable lessons. 

Stephen Wunker is the Managing Director of New Markets Advisors, a global consulting firm focused on innovation. He was responsible for one of the world’s first smartphones, pioneered the mobile marketing and commerce industries, and was a long-time colleague of Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen in building up his consulting firm. He is the author of three award-winning business books, has written for Forbes since 2011, and has keynoted speaking events on five continents. Stephen resides in San Juan, PR.

Jennifer Luo Law was a Principal at New Markets Advisors, where she was named by Consulting magazine as one of the global Rising Stars of Strategy Consulting. She is the co-author with Stephen Wunker of their past book, Costovation: Innovation That Gives Customers What They Want, and Nothing More. Law is now an innovation leader at Philips for the global patient monitoring business. Jennifer is based in Boston, MA.

Hari Nair is Vice President of R&D at Procter & Gamble, where he has led the company into several new ventures. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Harvard’s School of Public Health and was recently an Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard. He previously served as a C-level executive and global Managing Director at global corporations and was Venture Partner for Christensen’s venture capital firm. Hari currently lives in Cincinnati, OH.