Organising for innovation
Attitudes within a firm can be important drivers of innovation. This chapter describes how key organisational initiatives can greatly enhance the speed and success of a firm’s innovation, using autonomy to break up bureaucracy, focusing on emerging markets over current customers, and fostering talent over institutions.

Leadership excellence at Patni
Did you always want to be in the sales and marketing division, but felt that you are stuck in the tech support team? Are you a manager who wants to groom potential leaders while simultaneously paying attention to underperformers? Patni Com-puter Systems says it has found answers to these problems through the Leadership Exce-llence at Patni (LEAP) Progr-amme. LEAP is an HR framework and is applicable to all employees of the company globally.