The New Leadership Structures that Unblock Innovation

Turn breakthrough ideas into real results at the virtual HBR Innovation Summit this November with top CEOs and masterclasses on AI and growth. Register by September 30th and save 25%. Learn more at hbr.org slash innovation summit. I'm Ada Ignatius. I'm Alison Beard and this is the HBR Ideacast.

All right, Allison, so every organization wants to innovate, right? Not just once. put over and over again. And judging from the conversations I have with CEOs, most feel they cannot accomplish this, right? They look inward, they wonder, am I smart enough?

Am I clever enough? Can I compete with genius founders? When actually it's not so much about individual brilliance, but about creating an environment where good ideas can be surfaced and tested and ultimately put into action. Yeah, I think we know from research that a lot of the best innovation comes from the front lines as well as R<unk>D departments. But then how do you harness those ideas, create effective experiments, and ultimately scale the ones that work?

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