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How Individual Performance Scales Up | Harvard IdeaCast

Twenty years ago, it was the HR department that would try to encourage employee self improvement. Now it's the province of the C-suite and the board of directors, says Michael Schrage, a research fellow at MIT Sloan School's Center for Digital Business and author of "Serious Play." Real innovation won't ever come from top-down initiatives, he argues. Instead, it will emerge from the rank and file -- provided that you give them right tools and techniques to succeed.

Featured Guest: Michael Schrage, research fellow at MIT Sloan School's Center for Digital Business and author of "How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate"

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