Principle #7 in Jim Carroll’s Mastering Innovation sequence.
“World class innovators focus on long term wins through constant incremental improvements” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running his Daily Inspiration series for March 11/18 on the theme of “What is it that World Class Innovators Do That Others Don’t Do?” The leadership ideas are based on an original keynote he gave early in 2009 after a client asked him to identify these issues. He developed this carefully curated list based on 15 years of observations of how his global clients responded to fast-paced change. Want something boring? This is it! It’s the BIG impact of the new SMALL incrementalism! Huh what? It involves thinking like this: “How can we continue to evolve our solutions in small ways that provide regular, continuous improvement for our customers?” And a realization that success can come from pursuing a mindset that success can be a cumulative process with these key attributes: Small steps add up: a growing recognition that you don’t always need the BIG wins - but instead, a realization that many small…