Innovation is not simply random lightbulb moments. You must overcome the eighth enemy, a lack of structure, to be successful in innovation. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation.
Episode Transcript:
Interestingly, enemy number eight of successful innovation is, in fact, a lack of structure. Many people have often thought of innovation as a lightbulb moment. It’s random, surprising ideas come out of nowhere to save the day. But in reality, ideas are only the beginning of the journey and most of your ideas are nothing more than a stepping stone to the next idea, to the next one, to the next one, which eventually brings you to those ideas that have the greatest value. You have to take all of these ideas, all of these lightbulb moments, though a structured process to actually create the energy that powers innovation. And that’s why we’ve created the Six Stages of Innovation. You need structure to move from the idea to the implementation to the maximization of the value. It requires time, discipline, resources, and good management to get the outcome that you’re looking for. So, no matter where you are in the innovation process, you need structure. And each of the six stages of the innovation process has its own structure, framework, its own tools, its own methods, and its own outcomes. It’s when you take advantage of all of this that you overcome the eighth enemy of successful innovation, which is a lack of structure.
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