Are there ways to make an organization innovative? Catalyzing Innovation in an organization
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If you ever asked any senior management member, Do you want your organization to create breakthrough products and services?, you would always hear a loud affirmative. When quizzed further, How do you intend to do that?, most responses, at best, would be sketchy. That leads to me to the question, Are there ways to make an organization innovative? I firmly believe that if organizations embed certain traits into their culture, THEY CAN BECOME INNOVATIVE What are these traits?
Are there ways to make an organization innovative? Catalyzing Innovation in an organization
- 2. ..if they embed certain traits into their culture Organizations can become Innovative
- 3. What are these traits?
- 4. Rise above the Gravity of Reality 01
- 5. Are the big decisions always taken by the wise ones who have seen it all and are seemingly in control of every situation? Rise above the Gravity of Reality01
- 6. Most probably NOT Are they likely to give a go-ahead to wild concepts? Rise above the Gravity of Reality01
- 7. Itistheoneswhodontknowwhat theyareattemptingtodo,thatare mostlikelytoinnovatebecause theyaretheoneswhoare unconstrainedbythe GravityofReality. Rise above the Gravity of Reality01
- 8. Kishor Biyani never visited a Walmart store before he launched Big Bazaar. Rise above the Gravity of Reality01
- 9. Steve Jobs was engulfed with the thought of bringing the micro-computer into peoples homes Rise above the Gravity of Reality01 (In the 80s, IBM and HP only focused on commercial establishments only, as their customers)
- 10. Elon Musk, by trying to land a used rocket on a bobbing platform in the middle of an ocean, with SpaceX, Rise above the Gravity of Reality01 has attempted what senior NASA scientists, termed as crazy and impossible.
- 11. "Innovation starts with ignorance because its never been done before" Rise above the Gravity of Reality
- 13. Does your organization penalise failure or celebrate it? Encourage Simulation and Prototyping02
- 14. If an organization penalises someone who has attempted something wild and futuristic but failed in the attempt, then it is unlikely that the same person is ever going to attempt anything that can be remotely termed as a breakthrough. Encourage Simulation and Prototyping02
- 15. As a result: "No one takes a shot at creating breakthroughs" Encourage Simulation and Prototyping02
- 16. Understand Users not just Markets 03
- 17. Encourage all attempts at mining consumer insights, dont overemphasize numbers and standardization. Understand Users not just Markets03
- 18. Understand users in- depth, empathize fully with them, listen to them and co-create your offerings with them. Understand Users not just Markets03
- 19. Try to make what might sell, dont just sell what you make Rise above the Gravity of Reality
- 20. "Define your business from the users perspective not yours"
- 21. Dont ignore the extreme users 04
- 22. All statisticians will tell you to choose the most representative sample for your user analysis. Dont ignore the extreme users04
- 23. Very often, it is the outlier-user who provides the insight that makes a product more holistic, because she/he is the one who uses the product in extreme conditions. Dont ignore the extreme users04
- 24. These extreme conditions are the ones that make the product more desirable for the representative user too. Dont ignore the extreme users04
- 26. If you dont cannibalise your own products, competition surely will
- 27. Apple chokes off the sales of its earlier generation iPhones by gradually withdrawing the accessories Cannibalise your own products05
- 28. Having a deep connect with the user is the key to always remain relevant.
- 29. If you want to "Catalyse Innovation in your Organisation" connect with me: /kaustubhdhargalkar01 @kaustubhrd Kaustubh Dhargalkar hello@potentialsandpossibilities.com