Innovation Killer #4.
Treating innovation as a mysterious specialist activity prevents broad participation.
This anti-pattern comes from Jim Carroll’s 10 Surefire Ways to Kill Creativity, Innovation and Strategy!
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Let Innovators Work in Secret
Treating innovation as a mysterious specialist activity prevents broad participation.
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| Publish Date | 2019-12-02 |
| Updated Date | 2026-09-18 |
| Maturity | proven |
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IndustriesWorkforce & Professional ServicesExpertise is being reorganized around AI augmentation, knowledge velocity, new career structures and the ability to assemble skills at speed.IndustriesEconomic DevelopmentRegions increasingly compete on speed: the ability to align talent, infrastructure, energy, research and capital with industries that are themselves being reinvented.IndustriesAutomotive & TransportationThe vehicle is becoming a computer, a battery, a data platform and an increasingly autonomous node inside a larger mobility system.DomainsSociety, Skills & WorkChanging skills, careers, demographics, generational values and the organizational structures of work.DomainsConnectivity & Digital ExperiencePervasive connectivity, immersive interfaces and the blending of physical and digital experiences.DomainsCities & InfrastructureSmart infrastructure, urban reinvention, resilient systems and the technology reshaping how places are built and operated.
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