Innovative Leader

Stephen Wunker is the Managing Director of New Markets Advisors, a global consulting firm focused on innovation. He was responsible for one of the world’s first smartphones, pioneered the mobile marketing and commerce industries, and was a long-time colleague of Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen in building up his consulting firm. He is the author of three award-winning business books, has written for Forbes since 2011, and has keynoted speaking events on five continents. Stephen resides in San Juan, PR.Jennifer Luo Law was a Principal at New Markets Advisors, where she was named by Consulting magazine as one of the global Rising Stars of Strategy Consulting. She is the co-author with Stephen Wunker of their past book, Costovation: Innovation That Gives Customers What They Want, and Nothing More. Law is now an innovation leader at Philips for the global patient monitoring business. Jennifer is based in Boston, MA.Hari Nair is Vice President of R&D at Procter & Gamble, where he has led the company into several new ventures. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Harvard’s School of Public Health and was recently an Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard. He previously served as a C-level executive and global Managing Director at global corporations and was Venture Partner for Christensen’s venture capital firm. Hari currently lives in Cincinnati, OH.

"Whether you’re responsible for a big corporation with a legendary brand, or a small group that’s still creating its story, this book will ignite a spark of innovation that can transform your organization." -- Chip Bergh, President and CEO, Levi Strauss & Company"How do you make innovation happen across a corporation of more than 260,000 people? You need a straightforward approach that can also adjust to quite different contexts. That’s what The Innovative Leader does." -- Anish Shah, Managing Director and CEO, Mahindra Group"You had better hope your competitors don’t get this book and put its recommendations to work before you do! The Innovative Leader charts a clear path to creating the kind of system that can innovate over and over again. The book is just full of concepts and checklists that will allow you to start becoming a more effective innovator right away. It’s accurate, readable, actionable, and human. Now there is no excuse for an organization being unable to innovate—the playbook is right here!" -- Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School professor and best-selling author of Seeing Around Corners"The Innovative Leader does two things – 1) It tells you how you can be more innovative, and 2) it tells you how you can make your entire company a powerhouse innovator. The combination is super-powerful." -- Bracken Darrell, CEO of VF Corporation and Former CEO of Logitech"Fast-paced times call for innovative leadership more than ever before, and that’s what this book delivers. Read it, learn from the people who have done it, and be the leader that these times demand." -- Karim Lakhani, Harvard Business School Professor and Author of Competing in the Age of AI"Innovation isn’t some elusive pixie dust. It comes from systemic disciplines, for yourself and your teams. This book tells you what 50 innovative leaders from around the world have done to make it happen, and how you can make it happen too." -- Josh Linkner, New York Times best-selling author of Disciplined Dreaming and Little Big Breakthroughs