Submitted by Dave Free on Mon, 08/28/2006 - 9:34am.
Mike, thanks for the comment. I'm in complete agreement that developing a culture of innovation, including a process specifically designed to drive innovation, is absolutely necessary to avoid "decline and extinction" as you quote Peter Drucker saying.
Having said that, the intent of my post was never to define innovation as a "left brain vs. right brain practice" but to provide some useful exercises for identifying and, in some cases, invalidating assumptions that can limit innovative thinking--certainly a valid part of any innovation process.
So, by all means create a culture and a process for innovation--the more repeatable the better--and, when it makes sense within your innovation process, let your right brain out to play!
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Mike, thanks for the comment. I'm in complete agreement that developing a culture of innovation, including a process specifically designed to drive innovation, is absolutely necessary to avoid "decline and extinction" as you quote Peter Drucker saying.
Having said that, the intent of my post was never to define innovation as a "left brain vs. right brain practice" but to provide some useful exercises for identifying and, in some cases, invalidating assumptions that can limit innovative thinking--certainly a valid part of any innovation process.
So, by all means create a culture and a process for innovation--the more repeatable the better--and, when it makes sense within your innovation process, let your right brain out to play!