Comments on: Executive innovation frustrations http://www.foghound.com/blog/2007/08/14/exececutive-innovation-frustrations/ Uncovering possibilities, purpose, passion for leadership, marketing, sales Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike Morrison http://www.foghound.com/blog/2007/08/14/exececutive-innovation-frustrations/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Mike Morrison Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:42:25 +0000 http://foghound.com/blog/?p=146#comment-91 Interesting article, thanks for sharing. One of the reasons why innovation is still being chased by organisations is that for many innovation is about new products or processes. Where I have seen success is where innovation is treated as a behavior. Byrd's work in "the innovation equation" is an enlightened look at innovation in executives and people, where innovation is seen as a set of behaviours, her work suggests that different people have a different propensity to innovate or change and that as executives we need to recognise individual strengths and utilize them effectively. She some some details about the concept on her website http://www.creatrix.com Interesting article, thanks for sharing.
One of the reasons why innovation is still being chased by organisations is that for many innovation is about new products or processes.

Where I have seen success is where innovation is treated as a behavior. Byrd’s work in “the innovation equation” is an enlightened look at innovation in executives and people, where innovation is seen as a set of behaviours, her work suggests that different people have a different propensity to innovate or change and that as executives we need to recognise individual strengths and utilize them effectively.
She some some details about the concept on her website http://www.creatrix.com

]]> By: Mukund Mohan http://www.foghound.com/blog/2007/08/14/exececutive-innovation-frustrations/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Mukund Mohan Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:35:12 +0000 http://foghound.com/blog/?p=146#comment-90 <p>The pace of innovation is most held back by fear of being wrong more than 50% of the time. Second in our experience; people on think innovation is valued by senior management.</p> <br /> <p>Those are the two top reasons why people in the ranks dont focus on innovative new ideas or projects.</p> The pace of innovation is most held back by fear of being wrong more than 50% of the time. Second in our experience; people on think innovation is valued by senior management.

Those are the two top reasons why people in the ranks dont focus on innovative new ideas or projects.

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