Hot Spots
Why Some Companies Buzz with Energy and Innovation - and Others Don't
We’re always hearing about companies and teams that fizz with ideas, innovation and sheer trendiness - think Nokia, think Google, think Starbucks. Sometimes, without warning or apparent explanation, condensed periods of innovation shake up an organisation or culture so that, for a short time, new ideas flow freely. Growth, co-operation and success exceed all expectations.
These are Hot Spots.
But why do they occur in some companies and teams and not others? How can you avoid the Big Freeze and, instead, encourage these concentrations of creativity, action and energy? Stefan Stern, reviewing the book in the Financial Times said: “Gratton has written a succinct and utterly compelling book. She is really a kind of one-woman hot-spot herself. To avoid the next business ice-age, try to make sure you have a few hot spots of your own burning within your walls.”