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<p>Foreword xi</p> <p>Preface xv</p> <p>Acknowledgments xxi</p> <p>Author’s Note xxiii</p> <p><b>Introduction Innovation and the Eight Disciplines 1</b></p> <p>Defining Innovation 2</p> <p>Making Innovation Business-as-Usual 2</p> <p>Different Contexts 5</p> <p>The Eight Disciplines 8</p> <p><b>Chapter 1 Listen 13</b></p> <p>Patience, Humility, Respect 15</p> <p>Listen: Levels of Effectiveness 17</p> <p>Preparing Ourselves to Listen 18</p> <p>How I Go about Listening 19</p> <p>“Listening” to the Facts 21</p> <p>Listening to What is <i>Not </i>Being Said 24</p> <p>Listen—Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action 29</p> <p><b>Chapter 2 Lead 33</b></p> <p>Leadership Essentials 36</p> <p>Leading with Passion 37</p> <p>Leading with Vision 38</p> <p>Respect, Trust, and Integrity 41</p> <p>The Soft Skills of Leadership 43</p> <p>Sound Judgment 46</p> <p>Creating a Culture of Innovation 47</p> <p>Lead: Levels of Effectiveness 54</p> <p>Lead—Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action 55</p> <p><b>Chapter 3 Position 57</b></p> <p>A Roadmap for Change 57</p> <p>Positioning Our Sights 60</p> <p>Developing Our Roadmap 65</p> <p>Positioning for Change 68</p> <p>Position: Levels of Effectiveness 70</p> <p>Personal Positioning 71</p> <p>Position—Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action 72</p> <p><b>Chapter 4 Promote 75</b></p> <p>Branding 77</p> <p>The Importance of Establishing a Baseline for Innovation 78</p> <p>Promoting Our Innovation Ideas 79</p> <p>Opportunities to Promote 88</p> <p>Promote: Levels of Effectiveness 90</p> <p>Promoting State Street’s Environmental Sustainability and Green Programs 91</p> <p>Promote—Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action 94</p> <p><b>Chapter 5 Connect 97</b></p> <p>Connect: Levels of Effectiveness 107</p> <p>The Connect Culture 108</p> <p>Connect and Cooperate 110</p> <p>Connecting Strategy, Processes, and Systems 112</p> <p>Ways to Connect 114</p> <p>Connecting with My Team 115</p> <p>MIT Collaborative Initiatives and the Albright Challenge 117</p> <p>Connect—Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action 120</p> <p><b>Chapter 6 Commit 123</b></p> <p>Culture and Commitment 124</p> <p>Innovation Management in the Safety Zone 128</p> <p>The IBM Way 129</p> <p>Funding as Commitment 130</p> <p>Personal and Team Commitment 135</p> <p>Timing and Commitment 139</p> <p>Commit: Levels of Effectiveness 140</p> <p>Commit—Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action 141</p> <p><b>Chapter 7 Execute 143</b></p> <p>Meeting the Highest Standard for Our Astronauts 144</p> <p>Flawless Execution 145</p> <p>Rapid Value Delivery 148</p> <p>Putting the Pieces Together 153</p> <p>Execute: Levels of Effectiveness 154</p> <p>Server Certification Process 155</p> <p>Execute—Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action 157</p> <p><b>Chapter 8 Evolve 159</b></p> <p>Overcoming Success 160</p> <p>Going Further Beyond 164</p> <p>Continual Innovation, Not Constant Change 166</p> <p>Clearing the Path 169</p> <p>Adversity and Change 172</p> <p>Evolve: Levels of Effectiveness 176</p> <p>Evolving from Certification to Cloud 177</p> <p>Evolve—Concrete Steps for Putting This Discipline into Action 178</p> <p>Afterword 181</p> <p><b>Appendix I The Eight Disciplines—Summaries and Action Plans 183</b></p> <p>Listen 183</p> <p>Lead 186</p> <p>Position 189</p> <p>Promote 192</p> <p>Connect 195</p> <p>Commit 198</p> <p>Execute 200</p> <p>Evolve 203</p> <p><b>Appendix II Biographies of Individuals Interviewed for This Book 207</b></p> <p>Tenley E. Albright, MD 207</p> <p>Deborah Ancona 208</p> <p>Eugene Y. Chan, MD 209</p> <p>Gerald Chertavian 210</p> <p>Dean Kamen 210</p> <p>Tarkan Maner 211</p> <p>Tom Mendoza 212</p> <p>Admiral Michael Mullen 212</p> <p>Nathan Myhrvold 213</p> <p>Samuel J. Palmisano 214</p> <p>James S. Phalen 215</p> <p>Linda S. Sanford 216</p> <p>John Swainson 216</p> <p>John Thompson 217</p> <p>Ming Tsai 218</p> <p>About the Author 221</p> <p>Index 223</p>

<p><b>MADGE M. MEYER</b> is a public speaker, author, and founder of Madge Meyer Consulting, LLC. She has received twelve personal awards for her industry and community achievements. Formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer & Technology Fellow at State Street Corporation, she oversaw the company's global Information Technology infrastructure teams, which earned thirty-two innovation and excellence awards under her leadership. Meyer also held executive positions at Merrill Lynch and IBM and serves on several boards in industry, academia, and nonprofit institutions.

<p>Praise for</br> THE <b>INNOVATOR'S PATH </b> <p>"What Madge Meyer has done in her book is use a simple, commonsense approach to following through with the good idea that all too often dies a premature death. Focusing on eight disciplines, she carefully describes a set of critical skills for turning a good idea into reality and, many times, into competitive advantage."</br> <b>—From the Foreword by Ron Logue former chairman and CEO, State Street Corporation</b> <p>"Madge Meyer is truly a force of nature. Need a solution to a problem? She invariably has both the genuine desire to find a solution and a lot of great ideas. Her eight disciplines provide incredible insights into how a truly committed problem-solver addresses innovative technological solutions—by jumping in with both feet and a very focused mind. This is a great book on a topic of major importance for both corporate and?? non-profit organizations in this ever more competitive world."</br> <b>—Cathy E. Minehan, Dean, Simmons School of Management; former president and CEO, The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston</b> <p>"<i>The Innovator's Path</i> introduces eight disciplines that anyone who wants to create a successful innovation strategy should follow. Each discipline contains three levels of effectiveness that can be used to assess current versus desired performance. Workplace-proven techniques are provided to help you adopt the disciplines and incorporate them within your teams. Madge also shares her own experiences using those techniques, as well as personal case studies illustrating them at work. This is a must-read for anyone who is committed to creating, encouraging, and sustaining innovative change within their own organization."</br> <b>—Gerald Chertavian, CEO and founder, Year Up</b> <p>"If you are interested in innovation, especially in the corporate world, this is the book for you. Madge shares her many years of experience as a change agent and provides a foundation for aspiring innovators via her eight disciplines: listen, lead, position, promote, connect, commit, execute, and evolve. These are essential competencies for harnessing the potential creativity and commitment around us. Once we understand and exercise her eight disciplines, we can create better business value and increase our competitive advantage."</br> <b>—Tarkan Maner, previous CEO, Wyse Technology; serial entrepreneur and investor</b> <p>"In my opinion, the global competitive landscape for nations and companies is being defined by the capability and ability to innovate. While I have seen definitions of invention as the process of turning money into ideas and innovation as the process of turning ideas into money, I have never seen anyone define the pathway to innovation as crisply (and as imaginatively structured) as presented in this book. Madge Meyer has offered all of us a 'game changer' with her ideas and model. And as such, this book is required reading for anyone in the 'game' of competition."</br> <b>—Dr. Howard Rubin, founder, Rubin Systems Inc.; Professor Emeritus, City University of New York</b>

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