| What
people are saying about The Innovation SuperHighway
 “Debra
makes innovation a central topic with decentralized (but)
networked organizations. This paradigm is an important finding,
since most big companies tend to re-centralize their
innovation-processes to have better control!!!”
Joachim Doering, Sr. Vice President, Information Communications
Network, Siemens A.G.
“Debra
Amidon - a globally leading knowledge pioneer for decades -
leverages how past experience is the key to visualizing the
emerging longitude patterns of the Future through knowledge
innovation. This book is a milestone in the knowledge field. She
has put the spotlight on the two major dimensions - enterprising
as well as innovations. The methodologies and international
network outlined in this book represent a true global
entrepreneurial spirit for nourishing intellectual capital.”
Leif Edvinsson, CEO of UNIC and author of Intellectual Capital
and Corporate Longitude
“This is
truly a landmark book and highly recommended as essential reading
for those needed to lead innovation practices between functions of
an organization, companies within industries, across sectors of
the economy and among nations of the world. Debra suggests - and I
concur - that innovating our future through human creativity -
beyond technology and beyond content - is the key for
wealth-generation in the 21st century. In this decisive book,
Debra has been exceptionally skilled in building consensus and
working complex issues that require collaboration - with
sensitivity and resoluteness”
Dr. George Kozmetsky, Founder of Teledyne and winner of the
National Medal of Technology
“Debra
provides a sustainable path forward in what is a defining moment
in the history of our society as we determine the kind of world
our children’s children will inherit. We should all take
heed.”
Dr. Thomas F. Malone, Distinguished Scholar Emeritus, North
Carolina State University
“Debra’s
compelling vision of The Innovation Superhighway – beyond KM and
information management - connects all multidisciplinary, planetary
talents and uses collective intelligence to build the future. As
many other words in the global context, the definition has evolved
beyond invention into multi-facetted innovation: compartmental
(new attitudes), organizational (new structures), educational (new
ways of learning), economic (new values), and motivations. No one
can stop our collective imagination.”
Dr. Eunika Mercier-Laurent, CEO of EML Conseil and Professor of
INRIA and IAE Lyon University
“In this
timely text, Amidon addresses the essence of the key challenge we
face in the knowledge era: the constant need to innovate for
individuals, organizations and societies. Its architect, Debra
Amidon, inspires and weaves a worldwide conversation that embodies
the message she brings to life for so many people around the
world. It is a privilege to be part of her Network and share in
its evolution.”
Hubert Saint-Onge, former VP Clarica, Advisor for Know Inc. and
co-author of Leveraging Communities of Practice for Strategic
Advantage
“Debra
Amidon is our Sherpa guide who moves us beyond ‘knowledge as a
thing to be slice and diced’ to ‘knowledge as a process of
discovery in community.’ The Innovation SuperHighway is an
invitation to us all to roll up our sleeves and co-build a new
foundation for a world economy. Now, the twin towers of the World
Trade Center may be replaced by a new foundation of understanding
so that we can enhance the ‘world trade of ideas’ on a global
scale. We have learned to value, appreciate, and be inspired by
the uniqueness in one another and one another’s cultures.”
Dr. Charles M. Savage, Knowledge Era Enterprises, Inc. and
author of Fifth Generation Management
"This
is the breakthrough innovation book of the decade. Thoughtful,
inspirational, visionary…the book we have all been waiting for
to help guide us into the future. It is what you get when you
combine a brilliant mind with a wonderful writer."
Lynne Schneider, CEO ESSI and co-author of Non-traditional
Warfare: 21st Century Threats and Responses
“A
kaleidoscope of possibilities is revealed in this new masterpiece.
Debra M. Amidon may be the next Peter Drucker with her own
strategic blueprint for the knowledge tomorrow with global
visibility, sustainability and collaborative advantage.”
Xenia Stanford, CEO of Stanford Solutions, Inc. and Editor of
KnowMap
"This
book is a milestone in the global evolution of thinking on growth
and innovation. Full of thought-provoking, visionary knowledge
nuggets that cannot be missed by anyone trying to shape the future
- of his company, society or nation. In times when future is not
anymore like it used to be, we all need a crash-course in
mastering volatility. Debra's vision of an Innovation Superhighway
is so compelling, that it can change the way we think about
strategy in the knowledge economy."
Tomasz Rudolf, student, Warsaw Institute of Economics
"Debra
Amidon combines vision and practice in this pioneering book. Her
vision aims very high and her examples are very concrete. She
herself has been practicing what she preaches and the book is full
of live and powerful examples, many taken from her own experience.
You will find out why we all need to move from knowledge
management to innovation through collaboration and how it has
already been done by an international network of experts led by
the author."
Dr. Edna Pasher, author of "The Hidden Values of the
Desert - the Intellectual Capital of Israel," and co-editor
of From Knowledge to Value - Unfolding the Innovation Cube
"If
the 21st century is to be characterised by a profound shift
towards a knowledge-based economic infrastructure then we cannot
simply expect knowledge, innovation and learning to emerge
serendipitously. Debra Amidon brings clarity of thought and a
timely contribution to this important debate and demonstrates that
we must develop strategies that connect hitherto compartmentalised
components of our innovation pipelines."
Dr. Michael Kelleher, Director, the European Union KALiF
Project
"In this book, Debra Amidon provides a
summary of the new fundamentals of Knowledge and Innovation - plus
the 'how to's' for Leadership/Leverage of these forces into the
future. This is a must-read for Board members and executives
charged with the responsibility of choosing future directions and
ensuring the sustainability of their organizations."
Doug Macnamara – CEO, Banff Executive Leadership Inc.
“Clearly
a seminal work, laying a blueprint, and synthesizing two principal
drivers, for the 21st century economy: innovation and knowledge
management.”
Michael Stankosky, Associate Professor and co-director,
Institute for Knowledge Management, The George Washington
University
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