"We need more innovation around here. We need people to think more creatively and be more entrepreneurial. I've been saying this for the last couple years, and yet very little seems to be changing. It's very frustrating."
This was a recent lament from a client, a senior leader at a medium-sized professional services firm. He was frustrated that even though his organization was encouraging people at every turn to take chances on new ideas, too few were actually stepping up to do it.
I pushed him a little further and asked him what he meant when he said he was "encouraging people at every turn to take chances."
To read the original article: To Increase Innovation, Take the Sting Out of Failure - Doug Sundheim - Harvard Business Review
