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Why I love innovation

November 13, 2009

Innovation produces many economic benefits. It generates many new products and creature comforts. On those merits alone it ought to be greatly valued. But the truth is that although I enjoy these benefits of innovation, they are not the primary cause of my passion for innovation. The reason I care so much about innovation is […]

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On 5 minute vs. 5 year bombs

October 6, 2008

Innovation is tough. We all know this. It has become an article of faith. Right? I don’t think so. I don’t think innovation is any tougher than anything else we do. Marketing is tough. Sales is tough. R&D is tough. Life is tough. I think the bigger challenge for innovation is not how tough it […]

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Talent and innovation at big organizations

February 5, 2008

I’ve been getting some interesting emails from friends about my posts regarding ideas/innovation in large organizations. http://adam-1001words.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-large-organizations-kill.html http://adam-1001words.blogspot.com/2008/02/nature-of-institutions.html One friend made an interesting point: that large organizations draw on an average talent pool “as opposed to the more chaotic and erratic nature of a creative culture.” I think he is right. Not in the sense […]

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The nature of institutions

February 4, 2008

I have received email from several folks regarding my earlier post about how large organizations eliminate anything interesting about an idea or vision. http://adam-1001words.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-large-organizations-kill.html There is quite a lot of social theory on this topic. As a psychologist, I do believe this phenomenon largely reduces to the cognitive systems and behaviors of individual members of […]

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How large organizations kill interesting ideas

February 3, 2008

It seems to me that the nature of most big organizations compels them to destroy new and interesting ideas. We see this phenomenon at play in U.S. politics and in the output of our large corporations. Our politicians have to make sure to not say anything that will be too offensive to any group. And […]

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