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10 Surefire Ways to Kill Creativity, Innovation and Strategy!
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| Type | article |
| Author | Jim Carroll |
| Publisher | JimCarroll.com |
| Date | 2019-12-02 |
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IdeasDefer DecisionsWaiting for certainty turns indecision into an organizational habit.IdeasForm a CommitteeCommittee structures can slow or neutralize ideas when consensus substitutes for action.IdeasHide FailureOrganizations that conceal experiments teach people not to take intelligent risks.IdeasBanish FearPretending disruption is not real removes the urgency required to change.IdeasLet Innovators Work in SecretTreating innovation as a mysterious specialist activity prevents broad participation.IdeasAccept the Status QuoAssuming today's product, process or customer model will continue blocks reinvention.IdeasBe CautiousExcessive caution allows complacency to masquerade as prudence.IdeasGlorify ProcessProcess becomes an innovation killer when perfect procedure matters more than useful progress.IdeasBe NarrowSmall thinking prevents organizations from seeing structural change and larger opportunities.IdeasStudy Things to DeathThe pursuit of risk-free certainty can delay action until the opportunity disappears.CollectionsInnovation KillersThe recurring excuses, habits and cultural anti-patterns that shut down creativity, initiative and innovation.