Comments on: Hurry up and innovate http://talentedapps.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/hurry-up-and-innovate/ We put the Talent in Applications Fri, 16 May 2008 05:01:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Christine Yokoi http://talentedapps.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/hurry-up-and-innovate/#comment-160 Christine Yokoi Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:13:19 +0000 http://talentedapps.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-160 I was reading this post http://www.fastcompany.com/fast50_08/google_marissa-mayers-9-principles-of-innovation.html on Marissa Mayer at Google last week & it reminded me of your post. Her #3 (20% of time to do whatever you want) in this post (the order isn't always the same, I found) addresses your #3 on structured downtime for ideation. Her #5 (share as much info as u can) resonates with your #4 on ideas from all levels. also, her #7 (data is apolitical) reminded me of your #2 problem statement of how we can be very hierarchical about ideas. There's a great video of her talking thru these, too. http://myeasel.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/google-9-notions-of-innovation/ I was reading this post
http://www.fastcompany.com/fast50_08/google_marissa-mayers-9-principles-of-innovation.html
on Marissa Mayer at Google last week & it reminded me of your post. Her #3 (20% of time to do whatever you want) in this post (the order isn’t always the same, I found) addresses your #3 on structured downtime for ideation. Her #5 (share as much info as u can) resonates with your #4 on ideas from all levels. also, her #7 (data is apolitical) reminded me of your #2 problem statement of how we can be very hierarchical about ideas.
There’s a great video of her talking thru these, too.
http://myeasel.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/google-9-notions-of-innovation/

]]> By: Mark Bennett http://talentedapps.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/hurry-up-and-innovate/#comment-140 Mark Bennett Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:26:09 +0000 http://talentedapps.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-140 This post hits home on why innovation doesn't work out the way we hope in organizations. There's a great book recently published that discusses this phenomenon as well as others, called, "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Myths-Innovation-Scott-Berkun/dp/0596527055/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203455553&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">The Myths of Innovation</a>", by Scott Berkun (O'Reilly, 2007). In it, he lays out how much of our frustration with innovation comes from many misconceptions/myths that have been taught/sold to us, e.g.: The Myth of Epiphany We Understand the History of Innovation There is a Method for Innovation People Love New Ideas The Lone Inventor Good Ideas Are Hard to Find Your Boss Knows More About Innovation Than You The Best Ideas Win Problems and Solutions Innovation Is Always Good He starts with each myth, talks about how we ended up thinking that way, and suggests ways to reconsider innovation without that veil of myth. This post hits home on why innovation doesn’t work out the way we hope in organizations. There’s a great book recently published that discusses this phenomenon as well as others, called, “The Myths of Innovation“, by Scott Berkun (O’Reilly, 2007). In it, he lays out how much of our frustration with innovation comes from many misconceptions/myths that have been taught/sold to us, e.g.:

The Myth of Epiphany
We Understand the History of Innovation
There is a Method for Innovation
People Love New Ideas
The Lone Inventor
Good Ideas Are Hard to Find
Your Boss Knows More About Innovation Than You
The Best Ideas Win
Problems and Solutions
Innovation Is Always Good

He starts with each myth, talks about how we ended up thinking that way, and suggests ways to reconsider innovation without that veil of myth.

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