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Unlock the name of the game to groundbreaking innovation with this game-changing guide
Innovation means putting ideas to work. This is a discipline that may be learned, practiced, and leveraged to propel meaningful transformation and sustainable success, and it is proving to be the margin of difference in the largest concentrated sector of our economy: healthcare. This is where the stakes may be highest because the transcendent ideas that come from the patient bedside or laboratory bench don’t just translate to a bottom line, they fortify and extend human life.
Since its inception in 1921, Cleveland Clinic has been at the forefront of life-saving innovations in healthcare, pioneering a new model of care, advancing surgical techniques, and developing state-of-the-art medical technologies. It has revolutionized the industry with a proven and tested working model for mission-driven, results-oriented success―one that is applicable to industries beyond healthcare.
In Innovation the Cleveland Clinic Way, Thomas J. Graham, MD, describes the Clinic’s unique approach. Learn:
• How to align the innovation strategy with your organization’s mission
• How to identify your organization’s innovation assets and put them to work
• How to foster collaboration within and across teams to spark creative ideation
• The process of taking “napkin ideas” through successful commercialization
• The commonest innovation pitfalls and how to avoid and address them
• Cleveland Clinic’s 10 commandments of innovation and the six degrees of innovation
Packed with enterprising solutions and inspiring examples, this practical guide will equip any individual or institution seeking to impact purposeful transformation. Use these best practices to put ideas to work and turn yours into a high-innovation organization.
Thomas J. Graham, MD, is the Chief Innovation Officer of Cleveland Clinic and Vice Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery. A prolific inventor with nearly 50 around the world patents and a serial entrepreneur, he is a renowned orthopaedic surgeon whose practice is the premier destination for the care of the professional athlete’s hand and wrist. He is incessantly recognized as one of “The united states’s Best Doctors.”