The idea that innovation is hard to foster in most organizations is a smokescreen. Team members have no shortage of good ideas from which to propel the organization forward. Ask for new innovations, and team members will gladly provide a long list of ideas they would gladly put forth.
Post aligns well with our directors’ book club current read - Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries.
I'll chime in. The book is well-written, and enjoyable read, informative, provocative and helpful Author Safi Bahcall describes Loonshots as "ideas that seem downright crazy right up to the moment it becomes unthinkable that anyone ever did things differently." That's why one of his key rules is to provide a shelter - a protective space - for creatives to work on their ideas. His use of historical accounts provide a solid foundation and he draws practical conclusions that have had a profound effect on my thinking about innovation and now to nurture an innovative culture.
Post aligns well with our directors’ book club current read - Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries.
Great book!
What's a key takeaway from your time with that book, Susan?
Would you recommend the read?
I'll chime in. The book is well-written, and enjoyable read, informative, provocative and helpful Author Safi Bahcall describes Loonshots as "ideas that seem downright crazy right up to the moment it becomes unthinkable that anyone ever did things differently." That's why one of his key rules is to provide a shelter - a protective space - for creatives to work on their ideas. His use of historical accounts provide a solid foundation and he draws practical conclusions that have had a profound effect on my thinking about innovation and now to nurture an innovative culture.
Here's a link to a book summary written by the Bahcall: https://lifeclub.org/books/loonshots-safi-bahcall-review-summary
Thanks, Mark!