Tuesday, 13 August 2002

Innovate or Perish? A question often posed and seldom answered.. Why? It challenges the socio-cultural structures within institutions and enterprises. Rather than simply persist with a "good idea", innovation is, in my view a social process. A process that maximises the potential of individuals but at the cost of discarding often heavily entrenched practices. Margaret Wheatley's work is interesting. Innovation has always been a primary challenge of leadership. Today we live in an era of such rapid change and evolution that leaders must work constantly to develop the capacity for continuous change and frequent adaptation, while ensuring that identity and values remain constant. They must recognize people's innate capacity to adapt and create -- to innovate. [Source: Margaret J. Wheatley in the Peter F. Drucker Foundation Web Site ] 3:12:09 PM