Individuals and systems

Although my review of Christensen’s The Innovator’s Prescription is still forthcoming (I have about 100 pages left to finish the book), I keep finding gems along the way that raise important issues for leadership. This post looks at his distinction between individual motivations/drivers and systemic ones. As a leader, you have to understand both perspectives if you’re going to effectively get lots of individuals to act in ways that accomplish organizational goals.

Morality versus the marketplace

.This post may be jumping the gun a little, because I haven’t finished The Innovator’s Prescription yet, but I found myself drawing some interesting contrasts already between Christensen’s work and T.R. Reid’s (see my review of The Healing of America for a fuller consideration of his ideas).

The most striking contrast to me so far has been the different grounds from which each writer believes health care reform will emerge.