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StuDocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university Appunti, tutte le lezioni - Leadership & innovation - a.a. 2015/2016 Leadership & innovation (Politecnico di Milano) StuDocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university Appunti, tutte le lezioni - Leadership & innovation - a.a. 2015/2016 Leadership & innovation (Politecnico di Milano) Scaricato da Alessandro Nava ([email protected]) lOMoARcPSD|2751981 7/3/16 LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION – Opening Lecture WHY LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION i Management = coordinating the efforts of people to accomplish goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively. In a changing environment all terms of this definition keeps changing. To manage a company nowadays implies to be an INNOVATOR. Management is: i Innovation = a novel, more valuable, solution. In blurred environments, where the concept of value is undefined, solutions are complex and resources are not controllable, innovation requires an act of making sense, setting directions and influencing, rather than just planning and controlling (i.e. an act of leadership). To promote and realize innovation nowadays implies to be a LEADER. Innovation is: HR members have been asked: what are the main features people must have to be considered as talented people in the future (2020)? Emotional intelligence is very important. STORIES OF LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION AT POLITECNICO DI MILANO ƒ Francesco Brioschi: in 1863 he founded the Polytechnic University of Milan, where he worked until his death, lecturing in hydraulics, analytical mechanics and construction engineering ƒ Giuseppe Colombo: he was an engineer, entrepreneur and Italian politician. He covered a fundamental role in the industry development both in Milan and in Italy.…