WEEK 6 Discussion: Risk-taking, Innovation and Responsiveness

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapters 1 and 2 in El Emary, Brzozowska, & Bubel (2021), articles by Mai, Do, & Phan. (2022), Tangsgaard (2021), and Sharma & Sharma (2022), and watch the TEDTalks (2019).

Organizations need to adapt quickly to changes in the market to maintain a competitive edge. Leaders must be responsive, take risks, and innovate to meet these challenges.

In an initial post of at least 350 words and citing at least two scholarly sourcesLinks to an external site.,

• Assess the characteristics of an innovative culture that allow an organization’s leaders to sustain a competitive advantage.
• Discuss how leaders shape innovative organizational cultures.
• Outline the skills, traits, and behaviors that leaders might need to maintain a competitive advantage.

Tutorial for Risk-taking, Innovation and Responsiveness