INNOVATION YOU Four Steps to Becoming New and Improved

A business innovation expert shows how individuals can harness the energy of their skills, passions, expressive preferences, and communities. Reading fresh-sounding principles adapted from organizational change models, Jeff DeGraff is a relaxed teacher who sounds authentic and accessible. His casual enthusiasm makes the program, which never quite loses its business school origins, sound more personal. Instead of compulsive monolithic change strategies that flame out quickly, his model of personal innovation emphasizes self-acceptance, moderation, and trial-and-error thoughtfulness. The most memorable sections explain the various ways we initiate personal change and guide us on how to manage competing personal values. Running narratives on how his students and clients have used these principles help unify the program. T.W. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2012]