The 3 Types of Leaders of Innovative Companies

HBR IdeaCast

• Episode: The 3 Types of Leaders of Innovative Companies
• Website: HBR IdeaCast
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• Duration: 00:25:50
• Published: 2019-07-09 16:30

Deborah Ancona and Kate Isaacs, researchers at MIT Sloan School of Management, say many companies struggle to be nimble with a command-and-control leadership culture. They studied Xerox’s R&D outfit PARC and the materials science company W.L. Gore & Associates and found these highly innovative organizations have three kinds of leaders: entrepreneurial, enabling, and architecting ones. These roles work together to give direction and avoid creative chaos. Ancona and Isaacs are coauthors of the HBR article "Nimble Leadership."