Engineering Govindarajan Innovation Leadership 
Coaching Tip
OCTOBER 4, 2013
All companies, no matter the size, need to continually innovate in order to remain competitive. Innovation is a two-part challenge. Organizations are not Structured to Execute Innovation. So why is innovation execution so hard? They are built to be performance engines. The first part is coming up with the big idea.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 9, 2018
which cries out for breakthrough healthcare delivery innovations that aim at significant cost reductions and wider coverage. Innovation has the power to ratchet down U.S. Innovation has the power to ratchet down U.S. Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work. In 2016, the U.S. Add to Cart.
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Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 27, 2014
The idea to design and build a $300 house first appeared here on the HBR site in August 2010, in a post by me (Vijay Govindarajan) and Christian Sarkar, and then again as one of several ideas in the HBR Agenda 2011. How can world-class engineering and design capabilities be utilized to solve the problem?
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
The other day I had coffee with a friend who was complaining about her company's ability to innovate. But you know, my leadership team is smart. Exhorting people to be more innovative when all soft and hard systems point towards incrementalism doesn't do much good. That iteration-itis post you wrote really hit home," she said.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 31, 2016
Your current business is the performance engine. But as anyone who has ever tried to lead innovation knows, the challenge goes beyond being ambidextrous enough to manage today’s business while creating tomorrow’s. Success in each box requires a different set of skills, attitudes, practices, and leadership.
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