Innovation Eats Uncertainty - by Nathan Baird (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Turn innovation into your team's competitive edge

The world you're leading in is more volatile and complex than ever before, and competition and disruption move faster than any plan can account for. You're expected to drive fresh thinking in your team, but you also have to meet your usual delivery targets. Innovation Eats Uncertainty shares the mindset and tools you need to lead through uncertainty and unlock innovation in your team. In this book, you'll discover how to better lead innovation in your everyday work and for future growth, while delivering today.

Innovation is a core leadership skill, and author Nathan Baird has spent 25+ years helping managers, leaders and executives build it. In Innovation Eats Uncertainty, he shows you step-by-step how to put in place the processes, systems and ways of working that enable innovation to take hold. You'll discover how to turn innovation from a side project into the way your team works every day.

• Build an innovative team using a six-element framework covering leadership, purpose, strategy, structure, process and governance.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and pinpoint where the highest value lies.
• Know when to lead with business-as-usual logic and when to switch to innovation logic.
• Create the conditions for psychological safety and creative thinking.
• Embed innovation so that change succeeds beyond a single project, team or leader.

Innovation Eats Uncertainty is a book for every leader who wants their team to adapt, perform and create value in a changing world -- whether or not innovation is in their job title

From the Back Cover

INNOVATION IS A LEADERSHIP SKILL, NOT A JOB TITLE

The world you're leading in is more volatile and complex than ever before, and competition and disruption move faster than any plan can account for. So how do you drive fresh thinking in your team, while also meeting your usual delivery targets? And how can you build innovation into your everyday work and create opportunities for future growth?

With Innovation Eats Uncertainty, author and innovation expert Nathan Baird shares the mindset and the tools you need to lead through uncertainty and unlock innovation in your team, turning it from a side project into the way your team works every day. You'll learn how to put in place the strategy, systems and everyday practices that enable innovation to take hold and sustain it beyond any single project, team or leader.

• Build an innovative team and culture with the Innovation Operating Model
• Identify opportunities for innovation and prioritise those worth pursuing
• Know when to lead with business-as-usual logic or switch to innovation logic
• Create the conditions for psychological safety and creative thinking

Innovation Eats Uncertainty is a must-read guide for every leader who wants their team to adapt, perform and create value in a changing world, whether or not innovation is in their job title.

About the Author

NATHAN BAIRD is founder of innovation consultancy Methodry and author of Innovator's Playbook. He is an Adjunct Program Director for Design Thinking and Experimentation at AGSM @ UNSW Business School and has spent over 25 years helping leaders and teams innovate with confidence across industries and continents.