50 Ways to Foster a Sustainable Culture of Innovation
Writing by Leila Summa on Wednesday, 11 of February , 2009 at 6:30 am
Interesting summary of 50 possible ways to foster innovation.
(via 50 Ways to Foster a Sustainable Culture of Innovation)
These I like most:
- “43. Try to get as much buy-in and support from senior leadership as you can while realizing that true change NEVER starts at the top. How often does the revolution start with the King?”
- “45. Pay particular attention to alignment. Ensure that the interests and actions of all employees are directed toward key company goals, so that any employee will recognize and respond positively to a potentially useful idea.”
- “32. Avoid analysis paralysis. Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.”
- “23. Make sure people are working on the right issues. Identify specific business challenges to focus on”
- “13. Learn to tolerate ambiguity and cope with soft data. It is impossible to get all the facts about anything. “Not everything that counts can be counted. Not everything that can be counted counts,” said Einstein.”
- “5. Make new mistakes.”
Questioning this: “Remove whatever organizational obstacles are in the way of people communicating bold, new ideas to top management.” And what, if THE organization and its top management are the obstacle?
Read also this: Top 100 Lamest Excuses for Not Innovating
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