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Innovation Tip #10 from Joel Barker & Debbe Kennedy |
Scanning the environment keeps IDEAS fresh
One advantage of pioneering a new path is that as you "cut the brush away" on the new trail, you bump into others to support your efforts...new sources of inspiration, collaboration, and next level thinking and action.
Great leaders and innovators don’t insulate themselves from the world around them. You should be sure you are making this your practice too. Be sure you listen, listen, listen to anyone who is messing around with your paradigms. Learning from what others are doing and using those lessons to inspire and validate your direction --- while always being open to make refinements --- will enhance the NEW IDEA you are working to launch. The innovation classic, Jumping the Curve: Innovation and Strategic Choice in an Age of Transition by Nicholas Imparato and Oren Harari (Jossey-Bass 1996), defined the business reasons that remain real and relevant:
“The world outside the organization is not assumed to be still. Demographics and customers’ tastes change. Competitors find unexpected opportunities. New technologies are born. Trade rules disappear. Immediate responsiveness becomes a strategic source of OPPORTUNITY.”
What YOU CAN DO Ideas
- Make scanning the environment an strategic practice for
everyone working on your team. It will ensure your IDEA
is continually renewed and validated.
- Make scanning the environment a strategic practice for
everyone on your team. It will ensure your IDEA is
continually renewed and validated.
- Listen and learn from others working in your space.
- Practice by regularly having informal conversation at team
meetings where the expectation is that everyone shows up
to share at least one observation or a report on what they
have learned looking, listening, networking, and reading.
Do you have a NEW IDEA or PROGRAM about to launch? Are you re-introducing YOURSELF? Expand your know-how. Check out Tactics of Innovation: How to Get Buy-In for NEW IDEAS, our 2011 ONLINE professional development WEBINAR. See details below about our 2011 schedule.
We wish you success as you lead the way!
-- Joel Barker and Debbe Kennedy
Executive Instructors, How to Get Buy-In for NEW IDEAS
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