Managing Innovation in the Digital World - by Esther Baldwin & Martin Curley (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Managing Innovation in the Digital World presents an integrated approach to innovating successfully in our increasingly digital world. Digital refers to the processing, transfer and storage and using of information by electronic means and the broad opportunity for transformation this creates. It is the catalyst, raw material and glue which will enable the creation of better and more sustainable organizations and industries.

This book highlights how the unit of competition and performance is shifting from the organization to the ecosystem and discusses the evolution of the Open Innovation 2.0 paradigm whereby multiple stakeholders collaborate and combine to deliver new propositions based on shared vision and shared values. Packed with rich case studies from both private and public sector organizations such as Intel, Mastercard, Anam and Ireland's Health Service, the book not only shares new digital innovation theory but also elucidates this with practical tools and lessons. It discusses the critical importance of an open, generative culture which supports experimentation and risk and introduces an Innovation Capability Maturity Framework which allows organizations to assess their innovation capability and then systematically identify actions to improve it.

With its focus on value as the core metric by which all innovation in measured, this is an essential book for all professionals who, using digital technologies, seek to create better products and services, better industries and a better and more sustainable world.

About the Author

Esther Baldwin is a Solutions Architect and Artificial Intelligence Strategist at Intel Corporation. She is an Eisenhower Fellow from Liverpool, U.K. Esther has enjoyed leadership and technical roles including three assignments to China and has built data centers in the UK, Japan and USA. She has served as technical assistant to the Vice President of Intel Research and Future Technologies Research and Director of Innovation for Intel Semiconductor Dalian, China and was responsible for building an innovation culture, taking ideas to prototype in months, and conceived and led the first factory machine learning for predictive maintenance project. Esther designs workshops on Innovation and AI helping companies identify relevant AI uses and "get started". She was an Executive Committee member for the American Chamber of Commerce NE China where she lectured on Innovation Science to local members and universities. Esther served on the National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE 3.0) for two United States Secretaries of Commerce and was an Economic Advisor for the Jieyang, Guangdong government. She obtained an MSc in International Management (International MBA) with Mandarin from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and has aa BSc double major in Design Engineering Technology (College of Engineering), and Design (College of Fine Arts), Brigham Young University.

Martin Curley is Professor of Innovation at Maynooth University and Director of the Digital Health Ecosystem at the Innovation Value Institute at Maynooth University, Ireland. Most recently Martin was Chief Information Officer and Director of Digital Transformation for Ireland's National Health Service (HSE) and previously was Senior Vice President at Mastercard and head of Global Digital Practice. As Chair of the European Commission Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group he co-created the breakthrough Open Innovation 2.0 paradigm. He has previously been Vice President, Senior Principal Engineer and Director of Intel Labs Europe as well as Global Director of IT Innovation at Intel Corporation. He is the author of eight books on innovation, digital and entrepreneurship. Recognized as a transcendental innovation leader, he has delivered digital and innovation executive education across the world. He is the co-founder of the Innovation Value Institute and the creator of the IT Capability Maturity Framework used by hundreds of firms globally to improve the value they create from IT. He has a BE in Electronic Engineering and a Masters in Business Studies from University College Dublin and a PhD in Information Technology from Maynooth University.