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Do Bigger Things: A Practical Guide to Powerful Innovation in a Changing World Kindle Edition

by Dan McClure (Author), Jennifer Wilde (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Unleash your potential to do bigger things!

In today’s changing world, where business leaders must navigate industry disruption, entrepreneurs struggle to push beyond initial success, and activists tackle hard challenges like climate change, there is a need for a more powerful way to do innovation. Too many innovators are trapped by the limits of common innovation practices. The way we’ve been taught to create and innovate for the past two decades is failing us.

It’s time for a paradigm shift. To unlock the secrets to doing bigger things, this book introduces the pioneering concept of ecosystem innovation. Drawing on their experience with a wide range of innovators, from Fortune Global 100 companies to local entrepreneurs in Nepal, authors Dan McClure and Jennifer Wilde present remarkable stories and actionable insights for achieving more with innovation.

With this step-by-step guide, you’ll acquire the big-picture mindset and capabilities you need to outmaneuver fast-moving competitors and break through the ceiling on innovation impact. Do Bigger Things offers a practical way to set bolder goals, understand harder challenges, and design more powerful solutions.

Shatter the notion that game-changing endeavors are beyond your reach, your organization’s capabilities, or your community’s grasp. The time to do bigger things is now.

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"Resistance pushes us to do small work. Perhaps it's time to realize just how much agency we have, and to commit to work worth doing instead."SETH GODIN, author of "The Practice"

“Required reading for anyone who wants to claim disruptive opportunities or shape powerful solutions.”—MARK JOHNSON, cofounder of Innosight and author of "Lead from the Future"

“What do launching a dynamic company, responding to a Himalayan disaster, and putting together a community-based musical have in common? They all require ecosystem innovation. Dan McClure and Jennifer Wilde provide the practical and inspiring playbook for mobilizing this powerful form of innovation to build a better future.”—RICHARD FLORIDA, author of "The Rise of the Creative Class"

“Do Bigger Things inspires us to dream bigger, think broader, and pursue audacious opportunities. If you’re a big-picture visionary thinker seeking a more powerful approach to innovation, this is the book you’ve been waiting for.”—BARRY O’REILLY, New York Times best-selling author of "Unlearn"

“I loved the book—it made me want to do bigger things! For those who know that the change they want to see in the world requires a whole new ecosystem change, Do Bigger Things gives you the essential tools to bring it all together and succeed.”—KASSIA ECHAVARRI-QUEEN, director of community investment at the Wikimedia Foundation

"Do Bigger Things is an upbeat guide to harnessing the lightweight business management techniques of technologists and startup entrepreneurs."- Foreword Clarion Reviews

"A practical roadmap to implementing ecosystem innovation."- Publishers Weekly BookLife Review, Editor's Pick

"Ecosystem innovation is not just an abstract concept but can be put to practical use in addressing the many challenges that the world is currently facing, as shown in Do Bigger Things."- Readers' Favorite 5-star Review

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“Resistance pushes us to do small work. Perhaps it’s time to realize just how much agency we have and to commit to work worth doing instead.” —SETH GODIN, author of The Practice

“Required reading for anyone who wants to claim disruptive opportunities or shape powerful solutions.” —MARK JOHNSON, cofounder of Innosight and author of Lead from the Future

“What do launching a dynamic company, responding to a Himalayan disaster, and putting together a community-based musical have in common? They all require ecosystem innovation. Dan McClure and Jennifer Wilde provide the practical and inspiring playbook for mobilizing this powerful form of innovation to build a better future.” —RICHARD FLORIDA, author of The Rise of the Creative Class

“Do Bigger Things inspires us to dream bigger, think broader, and pursue audacious opportunities. If you’re a big-picture visionary thinker seeking a more powerful approach to innovation, this is the book you’ve been waiting for.” —BARRY O’REILLY, New York Times best-selling author of Unlearn

“I loved the book—it made me want to do bigger things! For those who know that the change they want to see in the world requires a whole new ecosystem change, Do Bigger Things gives you the essential tools to bring it all together and succeed.” —KASSIA ECHAVARRI-QUEEN, director of community investment at the Wikimedia Foundation --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CTKQMWZJ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Greenleaf Book Group Press (February 13, 2024)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 13, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2877 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1639080694
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    My professional life has been spent running into burning buildings.

    Big messy challenges always made me want to wade in and see how tangled parts might be reimagined in some bold and original way. I was an Innovation Choreographer (although for many years I didn’t know that), someone who naturally sees the big picture and then reassembles the Lego’s of the world to make things work in different ways.

    It’s a great job, but I often felt like a creative misfit, the only one in the room who wanted to enthusiastically disrupt the status quo. Yet in my gut, I knew that being a generalist, rebel, disruptive storyteller just had to be valuable when taking on hard challenges.

    And so, I’m truly excited to have collaborated with Jenny Wilde on bringing together an end to end narrative of ecosystem innovation. After spending years futilely trying to explain what Choreographers do, it’s energizing to have a compelling way to talk about how we embrace complex problems and do bigger things.

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    Jennifer Wilde is an accomplished innovator working on the global stage. She built an international network of innovation labs, supported innovators from idea to scale, and shaped multimillion-dollar innovation programs. With more than fifteen years of experience in driving change in challenging, volatile contexts, Jennifer has a uniquely practical perspective on what it takes to identify, execute, and succeed with game-changing ideas.

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Definitely worthy of a read for anyone solving complex problems in this world!
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Definitely worthy of a read for anyone solving complex problems in this world!
There are ideas that we encounter through books that makes us feel like someone finally have heard, seen or perhaps even helped define the world around ourselves. This book has done that for me. As a business executive, I've searched long and hard to define what my team and I often do for a long time; I've finally found it. I've been a choreographer working on ecosystem transformation programs and I can help others understand how this work can most effectively be imagined, planned, and executed in a simple way through this book.A lot of business books out there have an idea that never really becomes tangible over the 2-300 pages of reading. It remains a vague idea that is hard to grasp. Do Bigger Things is not that. The first part sets up the idea, helping people understand what Ecosystem Innovation is and what are the Lego Pieces that make up this world. The second part is all about how people, organizations, countries, can actually get this done. It's dirty, it's ever changing, and it's really really hard but the outcome of a well executed ecosystem transformation is worth the grind. I know because I live this world every day and Dan and Jennifer through this book has done an excellent job of taking a complex, vague idea and bringing it to life for people to understand it easily and act upon it.It's a business book but I would recommend it to anyone out there who wants to be a positive impact to any ecosystem they find themselves in -- so that is really pretty much anyone out there.
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Johnny Klonaris
5.0 out of 5 stars A clear, understandable way to solve problems that looked too hard before.
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024
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I genuinely enjoyed reading Do Bigger Things. It makes the case for
changing how we look at problem solving; rather than trying to solve
the obvious or easy parts of the problem, taking a larger view can often
be a better path.

It looks at traditional problem solving techniques that have worked in
the past and shows how they often don't work as well, or even at all, in
today's changing world.

It does this by looking at specific problems in the past and noting how
today's problems can be different. It also gives examples of real
world problems that have been made better with a wider view. The
examples are clear and relatable.

The book also breaks down the processes needed to solve these bigger
problems: it looks in detail at the steps, how to measure success on
multiple levels, and how to visualize the interactions of the various
parts.

It describes the various roles and how they interact. In the third
section, The Practice, each chapter ends with a helpful checklist to
let you make sure you're getting it right.

The diagrams are also useful and understandable: they help to
break up the complexity into more manageable and solvable pieces.

Possibly my favorite part of the book is how easy it is to read. The
tone is relaxed and helpful, never condescending. I feel like I can
look at problems in a new light, even smaller ones.

Do Bigger Things gives you the tools you need to solve problems in new
and better ways.
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Wendy Sorek
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have guide for anyone doing innovation today
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2024
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Do Bigger Things walks us through how to innovate successfully, no matter how large or small the scale, or how difficult the problem. The book helps us to understand an existing ecosystem, plan out the desired future ecosystem, and move from current to future ecosystem by taking swift action “thin slice” by “thin slice.” We can learn from early actions, react and adapt.

As a Solutions Architect, I was enamored with the role of Choreographer, as I think of myself as a “well intentioned shaker-upper” with a big picture vision. Choreographer is a fitting name for a role I’ve played for many years, and it is so validating to see it described here.

I was delighted to read about the use of “guardrails” as a way to keep your team moving forward while staying within ethical boundaries. When you are a disrupter for positive change, it can sometimes result in unexpected side effects that hurt communities (Uber, Airbnb). Guardrails help guide everyone’s actions and decisions while building a future ecosystem.

Dan and Jennifer clearly have a lot of innovation experience and knowledge. They provide numerous compelling examples that are both accessible and enjoyable to follow along.

I think this book should and will inspire readers to TAKE ACTION and DO BIGGER THINGS to make the world a better place!
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bsvig
5.0 out of 5 stars An essential guide to tackling the worlds biggest challenges!
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
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This is the most important book I’ve read on how to take on the seemingly impossible and challenging of problems facing us today. I loved reading it. The magic of this book for me is the insight that every problem sits within an ecology of forces that can be harnessed and directed towards solutions that are attainable. In that way, it is a tremendously hopeful book. As an architect and planner for both large and small scale problems, the core concept of “ecosystem innovation” is something I needed to discover. What I found marvelous about the book is that this big and sophisticated idea is offered in plain language and brought to life with stories that animate each facet. Further, to help understand the dynamic dimensions of this approach, the illustrating diagrams give an image to the interconnectedness of the often disparate elements of any problem and any real path to meaningful solutions. In sum, an indispensable book for designers of any kind. Needless to say, I’m recommending it to all my friends and colleagues who are working on big issues and aim to change the world in meaningful ways.
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TOM BARSON
5.0 out of 5 stars A Peek at the Playbook
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024
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What do global consultants really do? I’m not talking about the swarms of McKinseyites that descend upon a client to implement a foreordained restructuring. I’m talking about the solo gurus or small teams that companies, agencies, and NGOs turn to when faced with real-world problems that seem stuck on wrong answers.
What do those consultants do? Well, for one thing, they “choreograph” – they go in prepared to work with and coordinate even seemingly opposed actors and stakeholders. For another, they embrace complexity and imagine the creative new “ecosystem” that lurks within it. Finally, they think big because you can’t scale or get to systems-level change without doing so.
Dan McClure and Jennifer Wilde have been doing this for years. In “Doing Bigger Things” they open a bit of their playbook. People who want to build difference-making organizations, roll out scalable solutions, or launch disruptive products—or to help clients do the same—would all do well to take a peek.
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John Dougherty
5.0 out of 5 stars Transformative guide to solving truly hard problems
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024
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This book more than lives up to its title! Based in the real-life world of messy and complex challenges, the authors draw on decades of personal experience to establish the need for understanding and re-imagining the overall ecosystems in which problems and their effective solutions reside.

The reader is introduced to the role of “innovation choreographer,” a generalist with big-picture thinking, cross-domain bridge-building and powerful storytelling, who creatively shepherds evolutionary innovations into practice. The authors explain actions and tools that are vital to success, and present down-to-earth approaches for recognizing and embracing real-life challenges that occur along the way. Examples are drawn from both the private and public sector.

Do Bigger Things is inspiring, practical and thoroughly readable. It is an important book for anyone tackling substantive innovation in a rapidly changing world.
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Richard Kielbon
5.0 out of 5 stars Astonishing
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2024
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I'm 68. I've studied innovation for decades. This is an order of magnitude above the norm for the subject. Get it.
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zoe
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2024
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Fantastic book. Really enjoying it
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Mark
5.0 out of 5 stars Equal parts interesting and useful
Reviewed in Germany on February 13, 2024
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Great read for anyone trying to find ways to shake things up to get bigger results. It strikes a very nice balance between interesting stories and practical steps that I can already see how I will pick up and use in my team. I’m excited!
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Bob
5.0 out of 5 stars ‘Do Bigger Things’ gives important new insights on project innovation
Reviewed in Australia on February 22, 2024
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This book gives an important new perspective on innovative project development. It shows how complex projects may be understood as ecosystems and gives many examples in diagrammatic form to illustrate the interrelationships between the various elements. The book is well written and easy to read. It is a valuable resource for developers to provide insights into how projects work.
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Sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars Clever and inspiring
Reviewed in Australia on February 19, 2024
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I loved the conversational and clever approach to eco system innovations. As I psychologist I am familiar in working in a systems approach for supporting the individual but to translate this into business and innovation makes so much sense to me. I found this easy to read and loved all the examples. Brilliant work Jenny and Dan, you are both clever and inspiring!
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Catherine
5.0 out of 5 stars Important and compelling
Reviewed in Australia on February 22, 2024
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A timely and inspiring book, just at the time that the world needs us all to do bigger things. This book really helped me to think about innovation differently and relook at some of the challenges in my sector that I assumed were beyond change.
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