Out Think: How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes

Companies throughout the world, from those with 50 employees to those with more than 50,000, want greater insight into contemporary and next-generation ideas on leadership and innovation. They not only want to keep up with their competitors but leave them in the dust. From CEOs to marketing departments, company leaders are searching for ways to leap-frog their businesses to the leading edge, imprint their brand on the public consciousness, and become more relevant to the ever-changing global marketplace--to transform their businesses into 21st-century competitive game-changers. Those aspiring to be leaders are looking for insight into how to stand out, to express their creativity and join those leading their companies into the creative age. Out Think: How to Lead a Culture of Results-Driven Innovation scores on all fronts. To lead and contribute tangible services, products, and social value, companies need to build new capabilities, new risk thresholds, and the environment and social ecosystems that foster emerging behaviors that lead to competitive advantage. Out Think: How to Lead a Culture of Results-Driven Innovation is both an idea-based and take-action-based work. In each chapter a key idea, behavior or mindset shift is discussed. The shift is illustrated through proprietary interviews with business leaders conducted by Skillsoft. Techniques will be described to show how the shift or idea can be implemented, with real-world examples. Assessments, exercises and actionable messaging will be highlighted through the book. While some books address the changing economic landscape and the challenges of the creative age, what makes Out Think: How to Lead a Culture of Results-Driven Innovation unique is the authors unparalleled access over more than a decade to executives and thought-leaders who are, in fact, making a measurable difference. Through interviews and collaboration with these individuals, Hunter has assembled insights, stories, and actionable take-aways, with an emphasis on results, that can drive the change that leaders want and need in their organizations.

Drive change in your organization for a competitive advantage From CEOs to marketing departments, company leaders are searching for ways to leap-frog their businesses to the leading edge, imprint their brand on the public consciousness, and become more relevant to the ever-changing global marketplaceto transform their businesses into 21st-century competitive game-changers. Out Think explains how to stand out, to express creativity, and lead companies into the creative age. To lead and contribute tangible services, products, and social value, companies need to build new capabilities, new risk thresholds, and social ecosystems that foster emerging behaviors that lead to competitive advantage.Out Think: How to Lead a Culture of Results-Driven Innovation is both an idea-based and action-based work. Each chapter focuses on a key idea, behavior, or mindset and illustrates these concepts through proprietary interviews with business leaders. Describes techniques to show how the shift or idea can be implemented, with real-world examples Includes assessments, exercises and actionable messaging throughout the book Based on the author's unparalleled access over more than a decade to executives and thought-leaders through his work at Skillsoft, a pioneer in the field of learning Through interviews and collaboration with thought-leaders across industries, Out Think gathers insights, stories, and actionable take-aways, with an emphasis on results, that can drive the change that leaders want and need in their organizations.