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This chapter provides a combination of different narratives from different areas of college management to address the importance of a holistic or systems-thinking approach to innovation management. An approach that considers different parts of the system in relation to each other is outlined and illustrated by an inclusive, interdisciplinary view of a community of practice engaged in innovation that goes beyond narrow departmental specializations. The authors conclude that innovation is not a limited surgical intervention by leadership alone, but rather a process of mutual engagement and social learning that can empower members of the whole institution to contribute to improvement. The metaphor of anatomy from the field of holistic medicine supports this perspective of a novel holistic approach to innovation that is transferable to other contexts.
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Nunn, R., Brandt, C., Hassan, A., Bradley, C. (2019). Reading for Science: Anatomy as a Metaphor for a Holistic College-Wide Innovation. In: Reinders, H., Coombe, C., Littlejohn, A., Tafazoli, D. (eds) Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. New Language Learning and Teaching Environments. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13413-6_7
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