BOTTOMS UP

TALENT IS CRITICAL
• Even with the right people, there's still the huge problem of getting them to work together
productively.
• The unavoidable paradox at the heart of innovation is the need to unleash the talents of
individuals and, in the end, to harness those talents in the form of a collective innovation
that is useful to the organization.
• Leaders create the environment that somehow draws out the slice of genius in each
individual and then leverages and melds those many slices into a single work of innovation
• It's not just about talent, but it is about talent in the right context.