“Innovative capacity arises from the intelligence, insights, and wisdom of people working together. Hot spots happen because people are excited, willing, and able to cooperate with each other."
-- Lynda Gratton
Business is seldom compared to nature, but it is hard to argue that 2009 and 2010 were years of organizational hibernation. To survive, many organizations went into sleep mode, taking their financial stores and digging in for the duration. It was a challenging time, but not all organizations stood still. The organizations that continued to thrive during the financial downturn had leadership that was not afraid to keep moving forward and continue to buzz with energy and innovation. What did these organizations do to counteract the impulse to go into hibernation? More importantly, what actions can leaders implement as 2010 comes to a close and an exciting new year begins?
Participants in this program will learn:
· How to avoid the Big Freeze and stay ahead of the curve
· The three principles that are the foundation of glowing
· How to ask the questions that spark energy and innovation
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Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School and is the founder of the Hot Spots Movement. She has written six books and numerous academic articles and is considered one of the world's authorities on people in organizations. In 2007 she has been ranked by The Times as one of the top 20 Business Thinkers in the world today and in 2008 The Financial Times selected her as the business thinker most likely to make a real difference over the next decade. She was also in the top two of the Human Resources Magazine's "HR Top 100: Most Influential" poll and actively advises companies across the world. Gratton’s book Living Strategy, originally published in 2000, has been translated into more than 15 languages and rated by US CEOs as one of the most important books of the year. Her book, The Democratic Enterprise, was described by Financial Times as a work of important scholarship and has provided a fascinating insight into how companies will change over the coming decades. Gratton has received a number of awards for her research and writing. For example, in 2002, her article “Integrating the Enterprise,” which examined cooperative strategies, was awarded the MIT Sloan Management Review best article of the year. Her 2005 case study of BP’s peer assist integration practices won the ECC Best Strategy Case of the year award and went on to win the best case of the year. Her book, published in 2007, is Hot Spots – why some teams, workplaces and organizations buzz with energy and others don’t, focused on bringing innovation and energy to organizations. The book has already been translated into more than 10 languages and the Financial Times rated it as one of the most important business books of 2007; and her latest book for 2009 is Glow: how to bring energy and innovation to your life.
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