Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
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Now that you have assessed your organization’s ability to support innovation by accepting heretics, per my last post, it’s time for some pointers to maintain balance between these heretics and your “routine” organization.
- Hide them . . . Good grief, what do you think is going to happen when the wrong people (like customers, critics, accountants, stodgy leaders)? They will end up as the nail that gets hammered back down! Protect them under wraps while they innovate.
- Reward attempts, not just successes . . . Innovation is fueled by support and successes can require many failures. Rewarding attempts builds the commitment of the innovators.
- Get all workers debating new ideas . . . Substantive arguments will improve many ideas and even reduce the influence of constraining egos. Debates can also help inculcate heretical ideas into the organization.
There’s more in this article in the way of tips for pumping up your organization’s creativity. It’s time to start selecting the right “wrong” people and enabling them to make the next great discovery for your organization.
Posted on: December 11, 2007 10:44 PM |
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