After 30 years of watching and helping companies that struggle with innovation I’ve realized that there are a few things that most often stand in the way of innovation. I call them the Innovation Killers; they stealthily eliminate that vast majority of ideas without so much as trace.
These Innovation Killers aren’t malicious attempts to kill innovation. Our intentions are always good ones: to minimize risk, to deliver predictability, and to satisfy market and analysts’ expectations. The innovation killers always have armies of well-intentioned corporate citizens behind them, ready to defend their turf and keep innovation at bay, lest it disrupt the status quo.
