The Innovator's Field Guide: Market-Tested Methods and Frameworks to Help You Meet Your Innovation Challenges

A step-by-step guide to successfully transforming any organization

It is well recognized that succeeding at innovation is fundamental in today's hyper-competitive global marketplace. It is the only way to outperform current and emerging competitors sustainably. But what we call “innovation”  is messy and difficult and too often lacks the rigor and discipline of other management processes. The Innovator's Field Guide: Market Tested Methods and Frameworks to Help You Meet Your Innovation Challenges changes that. It is a practical guide that moves beyond the “why” to the “how” of making innovation happen, for leaders and practitioners inside organizations of all sizes.

Written by two pioneers in the field of embedding innovation in organization, The Innovator's Field Guide focuses on the most pressing innovation problems and specific challenges innovation leaders will face and offers concrete solutions, tools, and methods to overcome them.

• Each chapter describes a specific innovation challenge and details proven ways to address that challenge
• Includes practical ideas, techniques, and leading practices
• Describes common obstacles and offers  practical solutions

 Any leader or professional who needs concrete solutions―right now―to the critical challenges of innovation will find invaluable aid in the practical, easy-to-understand, and market-tested approaches of The Innovator's Field Guide.

PETER SKARZYNSKI advises large, global organizations and their leaders on growth strategy, leadership, and organizational change. He has led strategy and growth efforts for clients in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. A frequent corporate and conference speaker, he is lead author of Innovation to the Core and has written thought pieces for The Wall Street Journal, CEO Magazine, and The Drucker Foundation.

DAVID CROSSWHITE is an advisor to senior leadership of large organizations on their most significant strategy and growth challenges. For over twenty years he has guided Global 1000 organizations in their implementation of growth and innovation strategies. His work has been highlighted in several books and Harvard Business School Cases, which are taught in leading MBA programs across the country.