Innovate

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

I've just (via) watched Scott Berkun's lecture on The Myths of Innovation on Youtube. Great and entertaining. One thing that stroke me was this quote (at 35:36 in the video):

So if you're an innovator ... you're introducing change somewhere. To your work place, to your family, to your friends, to your customers, to your co-workers. You're introducing change somewhere. And if you're not aware of that, or is not thinking of the ramifications of your change, your innovation is likely to fail.

On my CV I write that I'm innovative due that exact same reason. But I've considered many times whether this was too much. Am I really innovative? Maybe, maybe not. But I've introduced a lot of changes in where I work.

So...

• Delegate and thrust
• Make room for failure - aka. invest in exploration
• Take the initiative ("Just do it)

... and you'll see innovation.

PS. By the way Scott's first book The Art of Project Management is a great book worthwhile reading.