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Call 020 7976 3512 or email partnership@theworkfoundation.com

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David Shoesmith
Programme Manager
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Leading innovation

Innovation does not happen in a vacuum. It must be led effectively and with deep sensitivity to context. Building on The Work Foundation’s path-breaking outstanding leadership research programme (2009–2011) and its 262 in-depth interviews with leaders, The Work Foundation will examine how innovation can be led in an outstanding way. This will include the role, requirements and behaviours of leaders in organisations that are successfully creating robust innovation ecosystems.

It will address the following key questions:


  • What kind of leadership is best suited to teams of intrapreneurs in an open innovation era?
  • How can it best be selected for and developed?

Related Reports

Shaping Up For Innovation: Are we delivering the right skills for the 2020 knowledge economy?
A new report from The Work Foundation explores whether our higher education sector is delivering the skills needed to drive the continued development of the knowledge economy until 2020.

Laurence Hopkins and Charles Levy
22 September 2010

Quality people management for quality outcomes
This report provides a succinct but thorough survey of existing evidence on managing people at work and a practical analysis of the gaps – a synthesis of what is already understood but also an outline of what The Future of HR's major new research project is now tasked with finding out.

Alexandra Albert, Jane Sullivan and Wilson Wong
17 August 2009

Harnessing creativity and innovation
This report will explore how organisations can harness, and benefit from, their creativity and innovation

Kelly Drewery
01 January 2003

Related Events

Leading people for innovation – technology, talent and teamworking
This event brought together a forward thinking group of business leaders from our network. We asked them to offer their insights on the idea of "open innovation" and introduced this new employer-led and solutions-focussed programme.

Thu, 23 February 2012
09:00 - 11:00

Innovation in tough times: What kind of leadership do we need?
Lancaster Leadership Centre and The Work Foundation’s Centre for Workforce Effectiveness host the first in a series of events looking at leadership in tough times and its impact on innovation

Tue, 15 November 2011
09:00 - 10:30

Related Blogs

Top Ten at Ten: Celebrating The Work Foundation’s first decade
Since its launch in 2002, The Work Foundation has been instrumental in influencing change in all areas of work. With so much happening over the past decade, we wanted to highlight ten of our most impactful programmes of the last ten years:

Ian Brinkley
18 April 2012

Has the Chancellor given up on the idea of a Budget for Growth?
Will George Osborne deliver another Budget for Growth tomorrow? If the usual trail of pre-Budget trails and leaks is anything to go by, those looking to government to take a lead on growth are likely to be disappointed. Of course, Osborne may have kept a suite of blockbuster growth policies up his sleeve for tomorrow to blow away such doubts, but the early signs don’t look good.

Andrew Sissons
20 March 2012

Connecting the creative industries for the collective good
Together the creative industries represent 5.6% of UK GVA, is the UK’s third largest export sector and generates £59bn. But, as I set out in my inaugural speech as IPA President, if we are to maintain our strong position and pioneering spirit in this rapidly evolving and converging marketplace, we must build better skills and connections - as well as re-energise the industry with fresh talent.

Nicola Mendelsohn, IPA President and Executive Chairman and Partner, Karmarama
09 March 2012

Related News

Leadership research at The Work Foundation
Dr Benjamin Reid discusses the findings and approach The Work Foundation's research on leadership.

Dr Benjamin Reid
11 January 2012