The Innovation Practice team attended the 12th Annual Innovation Immersion Conference in La Jolla, California, and synthesized 5 keys to success. We've given you a brief view of the 5 keys below.
1. Tell Stories -- a good story delivers facts with feelings and context; good stories engage us, define us, and motivate us to action. A good story affects change by challenging our thinking and providing new perspectives.
2. Embrace Differences -- Your workforce is made up of different kinds of people with different skills and styles. Some are inherently drawn to improving or perfecting the system, adaptive innovators -- while others want to make fundamental changes, radical innovators.
3. Look at Your Values -- Climate and values count! What does your organization value? What are the stories around the values and culture? What ones are still serving you and which ones should be replaced? Are they consistent with what you see for the company's future?
4. Create a new future by experimenting with new approaches. Innovation leadership starts at the top with Management embracing innovation and the change that follows. As Marshall McCluhan told us, "It is experience, not understanding, that guides behavior." Begin by creating some new experiences for employees as well as customers.
5. Celebrate! Celebrate the successes and the learning from the failures. Edison had 1600 failures before he reached success ... how do we know? He counted.
For a full copy of this report, click here: Download immersion-news1.pdf
and for more about The Innovation Practice, go to http://www.theinnovationpractice.com
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