Genius at Scale: How Great Leaders Drive Innovation

Linda Hill, Emily Tedards, and Jason Wild make a compelling case that innovation fails not from a lack of ideas but from a lack of the right leadership to scale them. Drawing on real-world profiles from organizations like Mastercard and Pfizer, the book maps three distinct leadership roles required to move an organization from experimentation to durable impact. Where Hill's earlier work Collective Genius established that innovation must be led, this volume pushes further, arguing that scaling innovation demands cocreation: deliberate collaboration that crosses internal teams and extends into broader ecosystems.

Dual narrators Sara Van Beckum and Steve Menasche bring welcome balance to the material, with Van Beckum's clarity anchoring the conceptual frameworks and Menasche lending authority to the executive case studies. At just over ten hours, the pacing suits the density of the content, giving listeners room to absorb each leadership profile before moving forward. For business audiences, hearing these models articulated aloud reinforces their practical application in ways the printed page rarely matches.