Innovation Ecosystems: Why Systems Thinking Beats Siloed Problem-Solving | Ilene Fischer | 746

Leveraging Thought Leadership · Oct 25, 2026 · 20m

Seventy percent of organizational change efforts fail. Ilene Fischer has spent 35 years working out why. Her answer has less to do with strategy than with whether people feel safe enough to say what they actually think.

Few people have had a front-row seat like hers. She started as a chemical engineer and moved into quality management. Then she spent a decade with Peter Senge's Innovation Associates and eight years at the Tom Peters Company. Her new book, Innovation Ecosystems: A Dynamic Blueprint for Organizational Success and Engagement, combines systems thinking with a bias for action. The…