top-down leadership

Innovation Management in Emerging Markets

When it comes to innovation management, I see a growing number of companies in emerging countries like Turkey, Mexico and Brazil doing a better job than their counterparts in developed (primarily Western) countries. There are many reasons for this and here you get some of my observations.

Ideascale2021-12-07T16:03:56-08:00October 6th, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, Leadership|Tags: complacency, emerging markets, Innovation Management, nordic, speed of innovation, top-down, top-down leadership|

Leaders’ Dual Roles When Managing Innovation

Leaders have dual roles when managing innovation. In a bottom-up role, they stimulate innovative results as they facilitate ideas and initiative coming from individuals and teams. In a top-down role, leaders are the primary means for the organization to realize its innovation goals and strategies. A fundamental challenge is to balance these two roles.

Ideascale2021-11-16T13:30:11-08:00September 11th, 2013|Categories: Innovation Psychology, Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: bottom-up leadership, Creativity, Innovation Culture, innovation leader, Innovation Management, innovation resources, innovation team, motivation, Problem Solving, roles, top-down leadership|