%0 Report %D 2012 %T Innovation at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools %A Lakhani, Karim R. %A Liu, Meredith L. %K creativity %K education %K innovation and invention %K innovation and management %K public sector %X

Following its 2011 win of the Broad Prize, the most prestigious award available for urban school districts, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools must hire a new superintendent. This case examines the context of a large urban public school district and how its Board of Education and superintendent were able to create an environment that successfully fostered innovation, using a variety of tools including policy, structure, tools, and culture. It explores the particular constraints and barriers of public education and how the district leadership navigated them. Covers issues such as the resistance to innovation in the public sector, the importance of leadership in building a culture of innovation, the use of autonomy and accountability to encourage individual creativity, the difficulty of managing multiple stakeholders, and the challenge of sustaining improvements over changes in leadership.

%B Harvard Business School Case %I Harvard Business School %8 2012/2/9 %@ 612-065 %G eng %U https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/612065-PDF-ENG %9 Case Study