Question

Discuss the differences between Discovery-driven and Delivery-driven executives from the Innovator's DNA

Answer 1

• Most executives are taught to be delivery-driven, in the sense that they are working towards company or career goals. So networking for them is about furthering those goals, by looking to sell what they have to people who have power, resources, influence.
• Delivery driven leaders focus their efforts on the planning, analyzing and execution of the organization’s strategic objectives – and are extremely detailed and self-disciplined.
• Innovators tend to be discovery-driven, with the goal of finding people who sit in different social networks, and possess knowledge they don’t have.
• Discovery-driven leaders have the following skills:-
• Questioning – Critical to any opportunity for discovery or innovation, asking the right questions is essential
• Observing products,consumers and services in order to innovate new stuff and provide best quality products
• Networking is another important skill to be a discovery driven leader,meeting new people and gaining more insights increases the diversity of the person to innovate more.
• Experimenting – Try out new things, take apart products, processes, and ideas and recreate them.