02/15/2024

How the Best Leaders Drive Innovation

Take on three key roles: architect, bridger and catalyst

If you're leading innovation, you need very specific leadership skills.

Harvard Business School professor Linda Hill has studied leadership and innovation for decades and is the coauthor of Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation. She says that leaders who shepherd innovation can’t rely on formal authority. Instead, they need to understand how to get people to co-create with them, which requires mastering three key roles —architect, bridger, and catalyst—or the ABCs of innovation.

In this episode, you'll learn how to fill each of these roles—from how to assemble the right team to how to build real connections and mutual commitment. As Hill said, "You cannot tell people to innovate. You can only invite them."

Please select this link to read the complete article from Harvard Business Review.