Leading in the Innovation Age : Unleash Knowledge, Talent and Experience to Create an Innovative Workplace

Today's Innovation age requires a new style of leader! One that understands the importance of creating workplaces that are vibrant and future-ready, filled with people who are adaptive, life-long learners eager to participate in the innovation imperative.

Leading in the innovation Age progressively unpacks a set of seven 'Meta-Skills' that leaders can use to unleash the knowledge, talent and experience within their teams. No organisation can afford to squander the precious resource of creativity languishing within its ranks. Whether you are an established, emerging or aspiring leader, you'll discover the simple approaches, frameworks and tools leaders can use to engage their people in innovation, create a high performing, productive workplace and facilitate participation.

The pace of change today is ruthlessly separating organisations that can adapt and stay relevant from those that can't. Whether public sector, private sector, education or not-for-profit, the constantly changing landscape of the 21^st century, is challenging all organisations to do differently. The key to achieving robust success in this new environment is to have leaders who understand how to lead in the innovation age.

In this book you will learn how to:

• Bring out the entrepreneurial spirit in your team members and how to use this for the benefit of the organisation
• Open the channels of communication so that people feel a sense of empowered ownership when solving workplace problems
• Harness and develop the unused potential in employees to achieveremarkable and unexpected results
• Liberate, celebrate and experience higher levels of creativity using simple tools and techniques that everyone will enjoy.
• Transcend established culture and default thinking to create an adaptable, future ready workforce and workplace
• Look at workplace challenges through a more strategic lens
• Create a workplace community that facilitates collaboration, proactive knowledge sharing and innovation.

Dr. Irena Yashin-Shaw simply and elegantly demonstrates how innovation can be an everyday activity - provided leaders create the right conditions. Find out how, in this book.

About the Author:

Dr. Irena Yashin-Shaw is an innovation thought leader, speaker, author, practitioner and mentor who is on a mission to liberate creativity and innovation within people and organisations.

She works with smart forward-thinking leaders who want to unleash the knowledge, talent and experience within their people. Her programs cultivate leaders for the innovation age so they can create innovation enabled, future-focussed, vibrant workplaces.

Irena holds a PhD in creative problem-solving; a Master's degree in Adult Education, a Bachelor of Arts, a teaching degree, and communication qualifications from Trinity college London and is also a Certified Speaking Professional.

Irena lives in Brisbane Australia but travels nationally and internationally to deliver keynote presentations, workshops and consulting.

"Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw's mastery is in her ability to engage on the topic of innovation in an inspirational and fun way that is also practical and meaningful. Whilst many would connect the concept of innovation with the realms of entrepreneurs, Irena brings to life in this book the role of innovators within organisations - the 'intrepreneaur'. Irena highlights the significant role that all of us can play as 'interpreneurs'- shining a light on innovation opportunities within organisations." Amanda Yeates. General Manager. PDO Department of Transport and Main Roads. "Leading in the Innovation Age is an easy "must read" for leaders who want to use innovation as a key strategic theme to underpin developing better services and lower costs. Innovation leadership is about supporting your people to have the courage to make a start. This book will help you help them to do that." Dr Lewis Atkinson. Global Partner, Haines Centre for Strategic Management LLC. "The genius of Leading in the Innovation Age is its beguiling simplicity. Irena's book gently, but firmly, strips away any notion that innovation is a 'someday' proposition in our organisations. It challenges our belief that innovative work is only done by entrepreneurs, in startups or by techno-geeks. Instead, Irena reveals how everyday people are the secret sauce of innovation. Her book shows that, by supporting our people to build seven innovation meta-skills, our work will be competitive and commended in the Innovation Age." Dr. Emily Verstege. Founder, Multiplicite. Author of 'Getting to Awesome: A manifesto for building great stuff that people love to use' "The future is here! If you don't get on board, or you don't know how, you will become irrelevant. This book shows us how to develop the skills we need to thrive in the Innovation Age. Throughout this exceptional book, Irena gives us practical tips on how to push ourselves into a space of true leadership. She shows us the simple developments that we can and should undertake if we want an innovative workplace. An easy read that demonstrates exactly why Dr Yashin-Shaw is a leader of leaders." Dr. Amy Silver. Leadership and high performance expert. "In an uncertain and dramatically changing future, innovative practice will no longer be considered an optional extra. It will become a mandatory requirement, and Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw is the one who can help you to implement this much-needed thinking for the future. If you are serious about innovation, then read this book. Her 'Meta-Skills' will make a profound difference to the professional world." Tony Ryan. Educator and Futurist. Author of The Ripple Effect and the Thinkers Keys. "In a world of innovation-induced fear and anxiety, Irena has produced THE self-help guide to not only navigate change but lead it and reap the benefits." Paul Hodgson. Economic Development Manager. Ipswich City Council.