Divide the Labor: Forming a Successful Innovation Partnership Based on Effective Cross-Functional Relationships
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- Synopsis
- Just as there is a wide variety of innovation initiatives in organizations, there is a wide variety of teams that push them forward. But all these teams have something in common: They are internal partnerships. The two entities of the partnership are the Performance Engine (the organization's ongoing operations) and a Dedicated Team. The Dedicated Team consists of people who will work on the innovation initiative full time. The subset of Performance Engine personnel who are directly involved in executing the innovation (although on a part-time basis) is called the Shared Staff. In this chapter, the authors explore the first step for building an innovation team-dividing the labor. Using real-life examples from Deere & Company, BMW, Electrolux, and Timberland, they stress the importance of 1) Carefully assessing the capabilities of the Performance Engine in handling development tasks associated with the initiative; 2) Keeping the work of the innovation initiative flowing in parallel with ongoing operations; and 3) Resisting the temptation to think of the Dedicated Team as the "innovation team." The innovation initiative is executed by a partnership, and the entire project is managed through a single plan. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 1 of "The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge."
- Copyright:
- 2010
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Publisher:
- Harvard Business Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 08/02/16
- Copyrighted By:
- HBS Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.