Innovative Intelligence: The Art and Practice of Leading Sustainable Innovation in Your Organization

Acknowledgments

Innovative Intelligence had its inception in the similar ideas and experiences of the two authors, who have worked independently for many years. Our careers intersected when we were both teaching at the Schulich Executive Education Centre of York University. We want to thank Harvey Skinner, Dean of the Faculty of Health, York University, for introducing us and encouraging us to work together. After we met, we collaborated on a major innovative thinking development project for the senior leadership of a global pharmaceutical company. We then wrote an article titled “Innovative Team Learning,”¹ which gave us the confidence we could co-write effectively. We combined our areas of expertise to write this book, Innovative Intelligence. It has been a great journey together, and we are grateful to each other for the shared insights and collaborative team spirit.

A great deal of the development and refinement of our ideas for the book came from our association with the many clients throughout the world with whom we have worked. One of the joys of strategy, leadership, and innovation consulting is the privilege that comes from working with ambitious, dedicated, and intelligent leaders with the genuine desire to continually take their organizations to higher levels of performance. In particular, we thank our clients who had the confidence in each of us and the courage to champion the development of innovative intelligence, innovative thinking, and leadership capacity within ...