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Rant on innovation

I wrote this on January 2, 2009. After coming back from two days at a conference on innovation in the public sector I was just about to write a rant about the goings on in this field. But something in me said I had already written it... And so I had. Here is a small excerpt:

If you really want your organization to be more innovative, creative and entrepreneurial - go to school and study the best. Steal from them and implement. But foremost understand that this is a process of changing culture that takes time, a long time. And be humble to the fact that you might not succeed. Organizations have been known to resist change...

Here is the full post. I'd love to know what you think.

/jan

PS. In general I find it more and more intersting to explore the charades we employ in our organizations. I'l be writing about this in a coming post. DS.

The Flip Manifesto by Dan Pink

I've just read Dan Pink's inspiring e-book on leadership, motivation and innovation.

You can get a hold of a copy by subscribing to his newsletter on danpink.com.

Recommended.

Hope to update this post later with a few thoughts in connection with my read.

 

 

Troubling stuff

Read this.

"The study, called "State of Create," found that eight in 10 people believe that creativity is critical to economic growth. But it also found that only one in four people feel like they are living up to their own creative potential. And 75% of respondents said they feel like their employers put more pressure on them to be productive than to be creative."

Sigh.

 

Holy moly

This post in Management Issues just baffled me. Consider this:

"In fact, four out of 10 of the 500 employees surveyed said that innovation is either a long shot for their company or a mere "buzz word" the company would like to embrace."

"According to research carried out in 2010 by the Nielsen Company, organizations with less senior management involvement in the new product development process generate 80 per cent more new product revenue than those with heavy senior management involvement."

"A culture of innovation will support ideas coming from any individual, any level and sometimes from unusual places in the organization."

I rest my case. Do you now get why organizations need to be more human friendly?

Hacking Management

A couple of years ago I went to London and participated in the launch of Julian Berkinshaw's book Reinventing Management. That put me on track for his and Gary Hamel's joint work into Management Innovation. As with all new strands of work you see some very interesting stuff and you see some not so impressive stuff. But they have stayed on track and their work has among other things evolved into The Management Exchange or The MiX.

I can recommend that you spend some time at The Mix. Check out what they are doing. See some interesting clips. Read about the different 'hacks' of management that are being tested.

It is work life this that we need to be doing on a wider scale, in each organization. I agree with the basic premise they make. Management as a technology is mature and needs to be innovated, or rather reinvented. 20 years from now we'll be amazed over the progress we've made. For now we're stuck in confusion and frustration over an organizational model that is losing it's ability to deliver what we need. And is step by step draining us of our most precious resource - our dignity and humanity.

Jan

Is it really worth daring to be great?

Wonderful and inspiring talk by Keith Yamashita. Had the pleasure of meeting him in San Francisco a couple of years ago. Remarkable man.

//jan

 

 

 

Must see: Sir Ken Robinson's latest TED Talk

He nails it even better this time around.

//jan 

Gratis e-bok: 32 skäl att bryta mönster!

Jag har tagit initiativ till och varit redaktör för en spännande e-bok som Bookhouse Publishing just har släppt. 32 spännande tänkare, entreprenörer och ledare som ger sina perspektiv på vad som gäller för det kommande decenniet.

Läs boken här.

//jan

The Future of Education

The sound is a bit low but I urge you to listen to every word Don Tapscott has to say about the future of education. In my mind school is the next big area of change in society. It should have started at least 15 years ago, so let us not wait any more.

//jan

Alan Webber in Stockholm Sep 30

If this hot news hasn't reached you I'd like to inform you that I'm involved in setting up a cool event with Alan Webber, author of Rules of Thumb, here in Stockholm on September 30.

The occasion is that Bookhouse Publishing is releasing the Swedish translation called Tumregler. There will be a launch reception at 17.30 on Sep 30, but the big event is the leadership seminar at 15.00 - 17.30.

Just follow this link to Bookhouse's web site for more information and to reserve a space at the events.

Alan is also in Stockholm on Oct 1. Please let me know if you'd like to book him for other events on that day.

//jan