How individuals and organisations can innovate in a recession
Lynda Gratton explains why recessions are a good time for new management practices to emerge
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In a new podcast Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice in Organisational Behaviour at London Business School, discusses her new book Glow and her research into innovation.
During a recession the instinctive reaction of many employees and managers is to keep their heads down, but Lynda Gratton suggests that an economic downturn is the ideal time to learn how to be different and make innovative changes to the way you work and manage.
Lynda's new book Glow argues that we all have the capacity to glow, to radiate enthusiasm, energy and inspire other people: and that all organisations have the potential to be innovative. Lynda's research with over 150 teams in Europe and America found that sometimes the most unlikely teams were the most innovative, and the most introverted people can learn to glow the most.
In the podcast Lynda discusses the way her research into innovation has been put into practice around the world, and the way in which a change in attitude to work and means Lynda's work into collaboration and innovation is increasingly relevant.
Glow: how you can radiate energy, innovation and success, is available now from FT Prentice Hall and Berrett-Koehler.
Listen to the podcast for more of Lynda's thoughts on personal and organisational innovation.
Read Lynda's recent article discussing how individuals can learn to glow
Hear Lynda discuss these issues further on her programme, Managing People through the Downturn, on 15 - 16 June