Getting Beyond Ideas

An astonishingly quick and effective method for producing game-changing business innovations MIT Sloan School researcher Michael Schrage is a top advisor and researcher on the disruptive economics of innovation. In Getting Beyond Ideas, he details his "5x5x5" X-teams methodology-an ingeniously simple, cheap, quick, and persuasive approach that transforms how individuals and organizations identify and explore innovation opportunities. The 5x5x5 method is deceptively simple and straightforward: You give 5 people no more than 5 days to come up with a diversified portfolio of 5 "business experiments" that should take no longer than 5 weeks to run and cost no more than $5000 to implement. By pushing small groups of people to think inside the box-a very unusual and special box with well-crafted constraints-this method makes cost-effective innovation not just possible but probable. Too good to be true? It's not. Read this book and you'll discover how this methodology goes beyond traditional innovation "best practice" cliches.*
From one of the leaders in thinking about innovation, an eye-opening, proven method for sparking breakthroughs in any organization* Offers surprisingly sustainable value at a very low-dollar cost and resource commitment* Can completely change the way top management talks about, behaves around, and invests in innovation More than just inspiration, here's a step-by-step, fast, agile, and effective way to empower your most talented people to push the envelope of your most cherished organizational assumptions.