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Innovation doesn't just happen. You need to lead it. Discover the three critical roles leaders must play in driving and scaling innovation. Constant tech disruption. Unrelenting economic volatility. Radically shifting demographics and work norms. More than ever, we need to innovate amid these daunting global challenges. But do we have the leaders and the leadership it takes to make this innovation happen successfully? Yes, we do. As preeminent leadership scholar Linda Hill, Harvard researcher Emily Tedards, and former Microsoft innovation executive Jason Wild show in this powerful book, there are indeed exemplary leaders to learn from and in Genius at Scale, the authors present stories of such leaders in fascinating detail, not only igniting your imagination but providing inspiring and instructive models to follow. Hill's award-winning last book, Collective Genius, began the crucial task of showing how successful innovation doesn't just happen it needs to be led. Now, Genius at Scale breaks new ground, highlighting that moving from generating new ideas to actually scaling them involves co-creation collaborating, experimenting, and learning with others both inside and beyond the boundaries of the organisation. This requires three distinct types of leadership mindset and behaviors: Leader as Architect: shaping culture and capabilities for co-creation Leader as Bridger: building partnerships across groups and organisations Leader as Catalyst: cultivating and activating movements across ecosystems The authors vividly profile these three types of leaders with individuals from all kinds of companies, across private and public sectors from high tech to hospitals to consumer products who illustrate the mindset and skills needed for leading in a world more uncertain and challenging than ever before. Genius at Scale provides an essential guide for any current or aspiring leader in mastering the art and practice of innovation.

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Advance Praise for Genius at Scale: ""Genius at Scale offers profound insights into the approaches and skills crucial for driving innovation within organizations, revealing how collaboration, experimentation, and continuous learning can catalyze transformation."" — Tan Su Shan, CEO, DBS Group ""Genius at Scale issues an urgent call to reimagine how cocreation, deep connection, and productive challenge unlock real innovation and impact."" — Brené Brown, New York Times bestselling author, Strong Ground ""Genius at Scale offers a compelling road map for leaders navigating real-world innovation challenges, reminding us that in a world of exponentially accelerating change, our greatest advantage is our ability to learn, adapt, and empower others to do the same."" — Omar Abbosh, CEO, Pearson ""By taking readers inside the day-to-day work of large-scale change at leading companies and organizations, Genius at Scale will help leaders in every walk of life think and work bigger."" — Rajiv J. Shah, President, the Rockefeller Foundation; author, Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens ""Genius at Scale is a practical guide for leaders who want to innovate at scale—not just within their organizations but across entire ecosystems."" — Luca de Meo, CEO, Kering ""Through vivid case studies, Linda Hill, Emily Tedards, and Jason Wild bring to life their brilliant idea of leaders as architects, bridgers, and catalysts, a concept that will deeply resonate with both established executives and emerging leaders."" — Hubert Joly, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School; former CEO, Best Buy; and bestselling author, The Heart of Business ""The ABCs of innovation! A must-read for leaders at all levels looking to drive meaningful change in business and society."" — Parminder Kohli, Chairman, Shell UK ""Genius at Scale gives leaders a clear framework to drive innovation and impact through culture, clarity, and cocreation. Not just vision—execution."" — Jacob Bendfeldt, Global Head of Strategy, Transformation, and AI Partnerships, Microsoft Research

Author Information

Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative. She is the coauthor of Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation and the cofounder of InnovationForce, named by Fast Company as a 2023 Innovative Company to Watch. Emily Tedards is a doctoral student in organizational behavior at Harvard Business School and a doctoral fellow for the Reimagining the Economy Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School. Jason Wild is the former Global Vice President and CEO of Co-Innovation and Customer Engagement at Microsoft. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President of Transformation and Innovation at Salesforce.

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