And having sat through more than a few epically long meetings in my time, I appreciated its creative managerial value.

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Jim Quigley: The framework maps out eight different managerial archetypes to help leaders think deeply about how their companies create value in the market and then adopt managerial behaviors to help their people act "as one" in achieving and exceeding their goals.

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Perhaps what the Chinese managers saw, that outsiders in their enthusiasm missed, was that increasing inventive activity might well be the easiest part of successful innovation, and that it is indeed a less glamorous and more managerial long march to becoming able to realize the value associated with that increased inventive activity.

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