How to manage for collective creativity | Linda Hill | TEDxCambridge

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. At the heart of innovation is a paradox: you have to unleash the talents and passions of many people, yet you have to harness them into a work that is actually useful. Management professor Linda Hill offers three keys to overcoming this paradox and building a truly innovative organization.
Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She is the faculty chair of the Leadership Initiative and has chaired numerous HBS Executive Education programs, including the Young Presidents’ Organization Presidents’ Seminar and the High Potentials Leadership Program. She was course-head during the development of the new Leadership and Organizational Behavior MBA required course. She is the co-author, with Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback of Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation and coauthor with Kent Lineback of Being the Boss: The 3 Imperatives of Becoming a Great Leader. In 2013, she was named by Thinkers50 as one of the top ten management thinkers in the world.
Professor Hill’s consulting and executive education activities have been in the areas of leadership development, talent management, leading change and innovation, implementing global strategies, and managing cross-organizational relationships. Organizations with which she has worked include General Electric, Reed Elsevier, Accenture, Pfizer, IBM, MasterCard, Mitsubishi, Morgan Stanley, the National Bank of Kuwait, AREVA, and The Economist.
Professor Hill is a member of the Board of Directors of State Street Corporation, Eaton Corp., and Harvard Business Publishing. She is a trustee of the The Bridgespan Group and the Art Center College of Design. She is on the Board of Advisors for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund USA and a Special Representative to the Board of Trustees of Bryn Mawr College. She is a former member of the Board of Trustees of The Rockefeller Foundation. She is also on the Advisory Board of the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Leadership Quarterly.
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[@shevvviii]

This was enlightening, her delivery was flawless. Now I need to figure out how I can apply this lesson of collective genius as a student and entrepreneur.

[@dannytimothyknaus2227]

Fun fact: The 15th Pixar Movie was Inside Out and it was definitely a winner.

[@gettingfitwithredlipstick7021]

She is GENIUS. I love the way she deliver materials. Good job.

[@lindycan27]

I could listen to her all day! Like others have mentioned, I had to keep stopping the video so I could take notes. "At the heart of innovation is a paradox: You have to unleash the talents and passions of many people, and you have to harness them into a work that is actually useful". So brilliant!

[@bahasolutionfolder]

I do not remember taking so many notes from a TED talk like I have done watching this talk. Simply fantastic!

[@b.n.6923]

She's a Harvard Professor. They're SO BRILLIANT

[@beatricemphoranyali6604]

I have learned a lot from this presentation. It is a 'MUST WATCH" for leaders in developing countries with a desire to make jump strides in economic development. Lesotho is one of these countries.

[@pauladianabarrett8931]

I am so glad to hear this being taught. The Japanese have done this for years. I intend to hear more from Ms. Hill. God bless.

[@gailtullymidwife]

"Leading innovation is about creating the space where people are willing and able to do the hard work of innovation problem solving." "Leadership is about creating a world in which people want to belong."

[@ptrckkear1]

This is one of the best presentations on leadership and innovation I have ever seen. I am amazed how true this is in companies that are doing cool stuff. The hard work of innovation from collaborative problem solving is missing in many of the companies that struggle to improve.

[@b.n.6923]

Agreed.

[@AA-ul9qh]

Dr. Hill is a brilliant genius! Thank you very much for this informative talk.

[@ManuelWernicky]

great learning in here, one of the best talks in all the TED series.

[@noeeb3993]

One of the best talks I’ve listened to!

[@ghostlymaestro1]

This is an outstanding TED talk. Ms. Hill did an outstanding job!

[@bernardhecker5706]

What a fantastic talk. A concise and insightful synthesis that will definitely have an impact on how I think about leadership. It really resonates.

[@lorettajames6536]

Brilliant. Great work you get to do Linda. I see the inverted pyramid as being a model so many organizations would benefit from.

[@LostMekkaSoft]

It seems to be the case that this shift of priorities is seen almost everywhere nowadays. There are many organizations that are almost decentralized, only held together by a central basis that promotes communication, encourages diversity and provides and coordinates resources. Parallel computing like in multi-core processors and cloud computing is about managing a system, where the manager is only there to coordinate and keep the system consistent. Most prominently, the internet is this incredible organic place, where all kinds of ideas emerge; they are shared, discussed, refined and combined with other ideas. The whole knowledge of humanity, interconnecting in new ways every second. And TED and TEDx are good examples for such coordinators. I envision that some day this concept may find its way into politics, but i doubt that any politician will happily give up his or her power. It saddens me to see that politics always lives in a time bubble that is way behind the rest of the world.

[@amooonalharbi6720]

great learning in here, one of the best talks in all the TED series

[@L_L_L_o_l]

It was a very interesting experience. Thank you very much for sharing! I see it from a totally different point of view now.

[@rodolfovarela5631]

How manage a collective innovation is a key factor in any organization. .

[@dsmith2035]

Watched 10:37PM Monday 2/13/23

[@sch4891]

basically democracy works! power should flow from the bottom up not the other way around. let people be in charge of their own work by letting them elect their leaders

[@clementgavi7290]

Excellent

[@RajuGurung]

Excellent research and overview. Her Management courses must be awesome too.

[@cemkapancioglu3920]

amazing.

[@strawacademyafrica3790]

This is superamazing! It has revolutionized our Organisation

[@Antinafratio]

Unleadership is the key to innovation.

[@mtamgt]

Very enlightening!

[@littlebitavocado1321]

Wonderful video

[@mohammedsimsim3238]

Great talk

[@thabetalwadani3328]

Great

[@xionghoney9949]

I like TEDx

[@aaaaaaaaooooooo]

This is awesome.

[@gabrielverasorselli7303]

fantastic !

[@goddessesanewconsciousness4540]

Thank You for sharing this :)

[@moizjabbar794]

who else came from University of the People?

[@selargoya64]

Me lol

[@khunsheng889]

Me either

[@MenteModerna]

me

[@Txb73txb73]

Thanks

[@caitlynjones7448]

Jones watched for class 4/7/20 4;39pm

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Ashley Chung, April 6, 2020 @5:34 PM

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Madison Vaughn, 4/6/2020 at 11:10pm CST

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Sarah Morrell 4/7/2020 at 11:49am CT

[@herwinrey]

Excuse me, please someone explain to me, cause she said that Creative Resolution, the innovators organizations dont compromise... i dont get it!

[@marissazcarver2871]

Marissa Zatezalo 4/7/20 at 11:18 AM

[@maverickwoman1]

Wish I could have a transcript!

[@FoxzLady]

+Bernard Hecker thanks!! great stuff!

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Thomas Miller 4/7/20 11:01am

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Mary Beth Walker 4/7/20 9:00am

[@enriquezbucheliinmobiliari7902]

buenos dias por favor en español

[@CrunchyMind]

IBM?

[@shoada1]

Great Topic nice tone but lost concentration half way thru...Sorry

[@fallenslave6684]

she is dressed modestly I like that! And look at thouse righs saying: I have a husband! I want to be fidele.

[@prasert85]

Clevelands wife

[@rachaelvanoranje1919]

lol