Leading in the Innovation Age

Today’s Innovation age requires a new style of leader! One that understands the importance of creating workplaces that are vibrant and future-ready, filled with people who are adaptive, life-long learners eager to participate in the innovation imperative. Leading in the innovation Age progressively unpacks a set of seven ‘Meta-Skills’ that leaders can use to unleash the knowledge, talent and experience within their teams. No organisation can afford to squander the precious resource of creativity languishing within its ranks. Whether you are an established, emerging or aspiring leader, you’ll discover the simple approaches, frameworks and tools leaders can use to engage their people in innovation, create a high performing, productive workplace and facilitate participation. The pace of change today is ruthlessly separating organisations that can adapt and stay relevant from those that can’t. Whether public sector, private sector, education or not-for-profit, the constantly changing landscape of the 21st century, is challenging all organisations to do differently. The key to achieving robust success in this new environment is to have leaders who understand how to lead in the innovation age. In this book you will learn how to: Bring out the entrepreneurial spirit in your team members and how to use this for the benefit of the organization; Open the channels of communication so that people feel a sense of empowered ownership when solving workplace problems; Harness and develop the unused potential in employees to achieve remarkable and unexpected results; Liberate, celebrate and experience higher levels of creativity using simple tools and techniques that everyone will enjoy.; Transcend established culture and default thinking to create an adaptable, future ready workforce and workplace; Look at workplace challenges through a more strategic lens; Create a workplace community that facilitates collaboration, proactive knowledge sharing and innovation; Dr. Irena Yashin-Shaw simply and elegantly demonstrates how innovation can be an everyday activity provided leaders create the right conditions. Find out how, in this book. About the Author: Dr. Irena Yashin-Shaw is an innovation thought leader, speaker, author, practitioner and mentor who is on a mission to liberate creativity and innovation within people and organisations. She works with smart forward-thinking leaders who want to unleash the knowledge, talent and experience within their people. Her programs cultivate leaders for the innovation age so they can create innovation enabled, future-focussed, vibrant workplaces. Irena holds a PhD in creative problem-solving; a Master’s degree in Adult Education, a Bachelor of Arts, a teaching degree, and communication qualifications from Trinity college London and is also a Certified Speaking Professional. Irena lives in Brisbane Australia but travels nationally and internationally to deliver keynote presentations, workshops and consulting.