<h2 id="linda-hill-genius-at-scale">Linda Hill: Genius at Scale</h2> <p>Linda Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration and Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative at Harvard Business School. Globally recognized as a top leadership and innovation expert, Linda has been named by Thinkers50 as one of the world’s top five management thinkers. She is the co-author, along with Emily Tedards and Jason Wild, of <em>Genius at Scale: How Great Leaders Drive Innovation</em> (<a href="https://amzn.to/479b5al">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90226/9781647827502">Bookshop</a>)*</p> <p>We all want to think of ourselves as innovative, but it’s often not easy to know exactly what that means in practice. In this conversation, Linda and I explore what her research shows that leaders do to drive innovation successfully – and how each of us can get just a bit better.</p> <h3 id="key-points">Key Points</h3> <ul> <li>Rather than coming up with a vision and asking people to follow it, innovation is about creating the culture and capabilities to create the future together.</li> <li>Innovation leadership shows up in three ways within organizations: the Architects, the Bridge Builders, and the Catalysts.</li> <li>Instead of setting the stage for themselves, innovative leaders set the stage for others.</li> <li>Often, we view horizontal relationships through the lens of organizational politics. The most effective innovation leaders view these relationships as leadership opportunities.</li> <li>Traditional team structures are a starting point, but not an ending point. Leaders at Mastercard, Pfizer, and Cleveland Clinic all brought in team members from both inside and outside the organization.</li> <li>Rather than thinking about a decision as final, it’s helpful for innovation leaders to frame it as a “working hypothesis.”</li> </ul> <h3 id="resources-mentioned">Resources Mentioned</h3> <ul> <li><em>Genius at Scale: How Great Leaders Drive Innovation</em> by Linda Hill, Emily Tedards, and Jason Wild (<a href="https://amzn.to/479b5al">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/90226/9781647827502">Bookshop</a>)*</li> </ul> <h3 id="interview-notes">Interview Notes</h3> <p><a href="https://coachingforleaders.com/mp-files/linda-hill-what-innovative-leaders-do-differently.pdf/">Download my interview notes</a> in PDF format (free membership required).</p> <h3 id="related-episodes">Related Episodes</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://coachingforleaders.com/podcast/invincible-company-alex-osterwalder/">How to Build an Invincible Company, with Alex Osterwalder</a> (episode 470)</li> <li><a href="https://coachingforleaders.com/podcast/innovators-get-traction-tendayi-viki/">The Way Innovators Get Traction, with Tendayi Viki</a> (episode 512)</li> <li><a href="https://coachingforleaders.com/podcast/better-than-zero-sum-thinking-renee-mauborgne/">Doing Better Than Zero-Sum Thinking, with Renée Mauborgne</a> (episode 641)</li> </ul> <h3 id="discover-more">Discover More</h3> <p><a href="https://coachingforleaders.com/free">Activate your free membership</a> for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic. To accelerate your learning, uncover more inside <a href="https://coachingforleaders.com/plus">Coaching for Leaders Plus</a>.</p>