Scale Innovation with Speed

Whether it’s digital transformation or operational reinvention, scaling requires more than strategy, it demands leadership behaviors that mobilize cross-functional momentum, as Linda A. Hill, Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School argued.

Professor Hill introduced a powerful framework from her research: the three leadership roles required to innovate at scale.

1. Architects – Design the conditions, systems, and values that enable innovation across the enterprise.
2. Bridgers – Connect silos, build internal and external partnerships, and foster diverse perspectives.
3. Catalysts – Mobilize people to act on bold ideas and co-create solutions at speed.

Organizations that succeed in embedding innovation are those that develop leaders who can move fluidly across these roles, not just at the top, but at every level of the organization.

For a quick insight into Professor Hill's ABCs of Leading Innovation concept, please, read the Harvard Business Impact blog:

https://www.harvardbusiness.org/insight/scale-innovation-with-speed-the-abcs-of-leading-innovation/