141. An Invitation for Innovation: Why Creativity Is Found, Not Forced

141.创新邀请:为什么创造力是发现的,而不是强迫的

Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques

2024-05-07

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How leaders can foster cultures and environments where innovation thrives.
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  • Innovation requires effective communication, collaboration, and conflict.

  • I'm Matt Abrahams and I teach strategic communication at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

  • Welcome to think fast, talk Smart, the podcast.

  • Today I'm excited to speak with Linda Hill.

  • Linda is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School.

  • Her research focuses on leadership development, building agile, innovative organizations, and implementing global strategies.

  • Linda is also the author of three important and popular books, becoming a manager, collective genius, the art and practice of leading innovation and being the boss, and the three imperatives of becoming a great leader.

  • Linda, thanks for being here, and thanks to our friends at HBR for allowing us to record in their studio.

  • It's a real pleasure to be with you.

  • Excellent.

  • I look forward to our conversation.

  • Up for getting started?

  • Yes, I am.

  • All right.

  • I find your research really interesting and important.

  • One outcome of your work is your distinction between leading for innovation and leading for change.

  • Can you help us understand the difference between the two?

  • Yes, I'd be glad to.

  • So, I am a protege of John Cotter and Warren Bennis, and they taught us that leadership was about dealing with change or coping with change.

  • So leadership was about, if you will, coming up with a vision, communicating that vision, and inspiring people to want to fulfill that vision.