An Interesting Metaphor
"Innovation is like a coral reef. Marine biologists don’t fully understand what causes reefs to form ... but we do know that human actions can nurture or harm the process. The same is true for innovation—a natural, chaotic, unpredictable process that is hard, perhaps even impossible, for well-meaning outsiders to foster. If we try to control or micromanage innovation, we risk squeezing out the very life forces that give rise to successful new ideas. Instead, we must focus on finding ways to nurture and accelerate the natural processes of innovation once they’ve begun organically."
Mario Morino Nurturing the Innovation Reef
http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/innovation/nurturing-the-inn...
Mario Morino Nurturing the Innovation Reef
http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/innovation/nurturing-the-inn...
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Comment by Hikealot on February 15, 2010 at 1:02pm -
Usually comes when your not looking for it!
Hikealot
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Comment by Tom Kelly on January 20, 2010 at 12:07am -
It seems to me that most innovation comes from non-related industries or fields of study crossing over and producing new applications for ideas that were originally meant to solve some other problem. Perhaps we need to be less protective of our own fields and be more open to ideas that come from "outsiders".
Tom - Eye Associates
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Comment by tienshealth on January 9, 2010 at 12:50pm
- well i like all what is natural especially plants.
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