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I have not failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.- Thomas Alva Edison

Innovation

The triumphs of human endeavor of the last quarter century are indeed significant. The power of technology from intelligent handheld devices, high-speed wireless Internet, bioinformatics, nano and opto technologies to large scale engineering systems deployment in deep seas to hypersonic air and space travel, – in resonance with each other have opened up new frontiers of human imagination. If properly cultivated and purposed we will for the first time in history harness those hidden powers of nature, which could spread innovative solutions and well-being across all nations.

It is important to realize that unlike the previous technological discontinuities triggered by the steam engine and the internal combustion engine which essentially helped mankind to go beyond physical limits of humans there-by change the meaning of space, mass, and time, the developments of the last 25 years today enable us to leverage the power of mind, the power of human spirit, a power which in an ideal world is infinite.

In order to face these challenges and explore new possibilities, we need new approaches, new ways of relating with nature and each other, that will enhance innovative capacity of society and allow us to leverage the power of emerging technologies in ways that will make future progress more equitable, sustainable and peaceful.

Dr. Ghosh argues that leaderships of organizations will need to frequently readjust thier lens as to how they view the problems and possibilities at all levels of thinking/decision making hierarchy, – Philosophical, Strategic and Operational, in turn how we unleash the “power of innovation” to uncover the new rules of engagement with nature and each other.

The Power of Innovation in my view is a product of two fundamental vectors (Exhibit below):

Perspective or Conscience with which we view the possibilities andCourage & Creativity with which we break/reform the rules to realize new possibilities.

Industry will need to learn how to reconfigure the conventional processes with new technologies with a higher-level purpose, while developing more robust systems capabilities with a holistic perspective to tap into earth’s resources in a more responsible and sustainable fashion.

In view of the complexity of the challenges ahead organization will be required to renew strategic discipline for the management of innovation that could drive the convergence of multiple disciplines of thinking to create “innovation led“ growth paths which are profitable, perpetual and sustainable.

Partha Ghosh’s work with organizations around the world, across dozen industries suggest that “Innovation can only be inspired and maximized when senior leaders commit to the creation of a self-reinforcing culture”. A truly innovative culture is a function of four components, which he terms X, Y, Z and ? (Exhibit below), – which together shape organization’s culture and discipline of innovation and the dynamics of technology management at multiple levels of decision making, – including definition of corporate technology strategy, management of technology portfolio and guidance/execution of specific technology initiatives.

XYZ? Model Overview

Companies across industries are indeed faced with an historic opportunity to renew their approaches to access frontier technologies, while uncovering new technologies. Who will win in the future, will be determined by how companies embrace new innovation and technology management processes, and cultivate cultural attributes that will celebrate (i) cross flows of ideas and IP ( X) (ii) real-time structuring and restructuring of projects (Y) for ensuring R &D/project portfolio are dynamic, (iii) zig zag and resilient development(Z) of specific projects within strategic boundaries to reach specific targets while not loosing serendipitous opportunities in adjacent areas (iv) continue harmonization(?) of XY and Z to create the intellectual and creative ferment all across to continually nurture an innovation ecosystem.

Partha S Ghosh works in partnership with client teams to design, develop and deploy formal and informal processes – a few loose and few tight, to instill XYZ and ? to cultivate sustainable, self-reinforcing and self-enriching innovation culture.

A few articles, presentations and white papers are available below :

Culture of Innovation

Global energy & innovation 1109 at Fletcher

On Tata’s Nano Car

Inquiry into the pathways to innovation 2013

Innovation One for Adamas Partha Ghosh

Innovation Two for Adamas Partha Ghosh

Innovation Three for Adamas Partha Ghosh

Innovation Four for Adamas Partha Ghosh

Innovation Five for Adamas Partha Ghosh

Renowned Management Consultant and Policy Advisor

Leadership

Partha Ghosh believes that in the evolving turbulent dynamics, future leaders must be able to inspire and influence outcomes not necessarily because of the titles that are handed to them, but on the basis of their inner power that will uphold the codes of conduct that are defined by the values and ethics, moral and civic sense that are fundamental to an organization and above all define strategic & operational problem solving spirit and performance benchmarks, which are truly competitive, – which people worldwide could trust, and benefit from at all the echelons of the organization.

Time has come when we should pause to understand the possibilities we are faced with and repurpose our “logic & ethics” of thinking, reexamine ways we structure and make choices so that we will be in a better harmony with the forces at work in the global economic environment. that It is Dr Ghosh’s strong conviction that society as a whole, “Need Higher Level Expression of Leadership” and such qualities need to be nurtured and developed early. In the next 5 to 10 years, particularly those industries that are at the epi-center of such a “historic phase shift” will require higher level of leadership expression to lead and respond to the changes at multiple levels of their decision-making and operational hierarchy.

Leaderships of organizations must realize that they have to manage two essential fronts to develop future leaders: (i) Content of what will constitute and define tomorrow’s leaders that will be very different from what defined their own leadership persona and (ii) Speed at which next generation of leaders (as a percent of total employees) that will need to be developed, has to be significantly accelerated.

Indeed, industry will need to think strategically with uncompromising long-term commitment in developing future leaders who could inspire imagination, accelerate innovation and adopt new management and organizational models, – that will allow them to embrace higher levels of complexity and technological risks, while facing increased competition and enhanced geo-economic and geo-political uncertainties, with grace & comfort,

Accordingly Dr. Ghosh believes that leaderships of organizations must dedicate significant amount of their time and corporate resources to cultivate a leadership culture to ensure everyone in an organization feel genuinely responsible for the domain of their influence – from the immediate areas of interest to widely accepted precept of protecting the natural environment and then extending the responsibility framework to include societal obligations as well, in the process making the organization a perfect expression of global citizenry.

In view of his extensive work with leaders in more than two dozen nations, Dr. Ghosh believes that in the emerging environment, for an executive to express and utilize his/her innate leadership qualities, the individual must go through a process of self-realization (Know thy self) in the context of his/her emerging work and decision-making environment, and the vision of the nature of leader he/she wishes to be, in becoming more effective.

It is with a firm and unwavering conviction, Dr. Partha Ghosh expresses that at the most fundamental level an executive’s ability to influence outcomes is determined by how he/she naturally harmonizes three sources of “innate” power– (i) Power of Intellect (ii) Power of interconnectivity (iii) Power of intuition; in turn the basic model works toward cultivating in executive what he terms “radiance/glow of leadership”. When these three powers (as illustrated in the figure below) are fully synchronized toward a higher-level purpose in an executive’s work and decision-making environment, his/her leadership expression becomes natural, more visible, more trustworthy, in turn more inspiring and decisive in the domain of his/her influence.

Partha Ghosh Leadership model to increase the Power to Influence

It is important that senior management of companies, instead of just having leadership workshops focus on qualities such as visioning, decision making, communication etc., must first become conscious of how they could instill a leadership process that truly focuses on the development of the three powers within and then work on defining specific exercises (such as self-reflection, systems thinking, problem solving), which in turn lead to continuous development of those qualities that we revere in great leaders.

Indeed as the 3PIs are introduced in a well programed fashion organizations could sense: (i) how inner strengths and institutive capacity of the leaders could be expressed, and at “the limit” tested and measured (ii) how intellectual/thought leadership can make the difference in guiding problem solving process in uncovering transformational opportunities, and (iii) how interconnectivity can secure transparent and natural ways to establish “trust” based connections, internally between the different parts of an organization and externally with clients, suppliers, communities and governments, – with full range of stakeholders.

Dr. Ghosh believes that as organizations make uncompromising long-term commitment in developing future leaders who could innovate and adopt new management and organizational models, it will allow them to embrace higher levels of complexity and technological disruptions/risks while dealing with increased competition and enhanced geo-economic and geo-political uncertainties – in achieving superior results.

In this spirit, Partha Ghosh helps leaderships of organizations manage three essential fronts: (i) Articulating the content of what will constitute and define tomorrow’s leaders (ii) Conducting leadership workshops/retreats to accelerate the development of leaders and (iii) Mentoring and coaching executives to help them express desired leadership behaviors.

A few articles, presentations and white papers are available below:

Partha Ghosh on Leadership

Advancing the promise of humanity unedited transcribed text on Tagore

Leadership speech at a Paris Energy conference in December 2013