Teaming to Innovate -- Copyright -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- What It Takes to Innovate -- Teamwork -- A Culture of Paradox -- An Unusual Leadership Mind-set -- Situating Innovation on the Process Knowledge Spectrum -- Routine Operations -- Complex Operations -- Innovation Operations -- Encompassing the Full Spectrum -- A Recipe for Innovation -- Aim High -- Team Up -- Fail Well -- Learn Fast -- Repeat -- Aim High -- A Worthy Goal -- Teaming to Survive -- Teaming to Solve Complex Technical Problems -- Neither Top-Down nor Bottom-Up -- Engaging Hearts and Minds -- Leading Innovation at Children's Hospital -- Aiming High with Meaning -- The Power of Inquiry -- Making It Safe to Talk About Problems -- It's a Stretch -- Worthy Aspirations That Motivate Innovation -- Team Up -- Strange Bedfellows -- Teaming Across Boundaries -- What's in a Boundary? -- Types of Boundaries -- What It Takes to Team -- Mutual Curiosity -- Psychological Safety -- Process Guidelines -- When Conflict Heats Up -- Hot and Cool Cognition -- Three Practices That Cool Hot Conflict -- Embracing the Risks of Teaming -- Fail Well -- Unpacking Failure -- Failure's Causes -- Mapping the Failure Landscape -- Failing Well-At the Right Scale -- Leading Failure -- Courage and Fear -- Learn Fast -- Learning as You Go -- How to Learn Fast -- Diagnosis -- Design -- Action, or Experimentation -- Reflection -- Overcoming Barriers to Learning -- Barriers to Diagnosis -- Barriers to Design -- Barriers to Action and Experimentation -- Barriers to Reflection -- Leading Learning to Innovate -- Framing for Learning -- Repeat (Learning Never Stops) -- Conclusion -- Recommendations for a Successful Innovation Journey -- Aim High -- Team Up -- Fail Well -- Learn Fast -- Repeat -- Leaders Who Innovate -- Notes -- About the Author.