More Praise for The Idea-Driven Organization

“The Idea-Driven Organization is an exciting book that makes a compelling case for a simple but very powerful concept—business leaders who learn how to leverage the know-how and ideas of their frontline people will have a major winning edge because most of their competitors either don’t get it or don’t know how to do it. The detailed and provocative case examples are a major strength of the book—they show how business leaders can put ideas into action by tapping the expertise in their own organization.”

—Lee Bolman, coauthor of Reframing Organizations

“We’re at the end of the age of being able to do more with less based on tired old management models and thinking. To thrive in the new era, organizations will need to be idea driven. Fortunately, Robinson and Schroeder have written a must-read guide for leaders looking to make this transformation.”

—Chip R. Bell, coauthor of Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service and Managers as Mentors

“The Idea-Driven Organization is a challenge to the dominant paradigm of ‘Manager Knows Best,’ replacing it with a more balanced program of top-directed but bottom-driven initiative to keep creativity and productivity flowing. It is no less than a call for a complete housecleaning—from physical and spatial relationships, to organization and information flows, and to changing the mindsets of employees and management alike! Required reading in an increasingly globalized and competitive world.”

—Dean Cycon, founder and CEO, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company, and winner of a 2013 Oslo Business for Peace Award and the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles Leadership Award for Community Engagement

“Robinson and Schroeder have learned from experience the power of people at the front line of the organization actively identifying and solving problems. Building on their previous book, Ideas Are Free, they tell us how to create an environment to encourage the free flow of ideas to become a high performing organization.”

—Jeffrey K. Liker, PhD, Professor, University of Michigan, and author of The Toyota Way

“To succeed in business today, it is absolutely essential that you tap into the ideas, creativity, and innovation of every member of your team. Working with companies around the world, I have seen that one of the greatest roadblocks to their success is a failure to truly get the most possible value from their talent. I am extremely impressed with this book and have recommended it to many of my clients. The authors lay out a superb blueprint, with lots of tools and examples, for creating an idea-driven organization. This is one of those rare must-read books.”

—John Spence, author of Awesomely Simple