failure

Obstinacy and its detrimental effect on innovation was the subject that I discussed in the previous post of May, 2016. In the same post I also referred to ‘Zombie amnesties’, a program through which such projects (that are continuing because of obstinacy) could be discontinued and this act should be celebrated. If company organizes ‘Zombie amnesties’ in which people do come forward and participate, it is a strong indicator that the company has a culture of ‘Freedom to fail’. ... Read More

A lot has been researched and written about the implementation or execution challenges related to Innovation. Perseverance is the key attribute that one needs to have to complete the journey from idea/concept to innovation. Perseverance is important for this journey because one is expected to come across various risks, roadblocks, drags and failures. Like every good thing, Perseverance too has a negative side, which is perhaps known as Obstinacy. In this post, I have made an attempt to explain how and why this transition from Perseverance to Obstinacy happens and what should managers and their supervisors do to avoid and overcome. ... Read More