Sky-High Innovation in the Boardroom
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In the newer, more complex realities that face organizations, governing boards are called upon to provide both oversight and innovative strategy. Parallels between the innovative boards that use John Carver’s Policy Governance and Boeing’s innovative top-tier airplane designers are described. They both employ visionary prototypes (Ends policies for Policy Governance boards and design Ends for Boeing’s top-tier designers). Five parallel value-adding features of Ends prototypes that are applicable to governmental innovators are suggested. The visionary orientation of Policy Governance is an important way for government boards to initiate and institutionalize fundamental cultures of innovation.
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