Tuesday
Apr292008
Excuses, excuses

The Top 100 Lamest Excuses for Not Innovating
(Once again via Stephens Lighthouse. How does he find these things?)
Read the list and then here is the challenge:
- Make a list of your three most bothersome excuses.
- Turn each excuse into a powerful question, starting with the words "How can I?" or "How can we?" (For example, if your excuse is "That's R&D's job," you might ask "How can I make innovation my job?" or "How can I help my team take more responsibility for innovating?"
- Brainstorm each question -- alone and with your team.
My excuses..
- It's not broken. Why fix it?
- It involves a power shift and somebody will get mad.
- I don't have the energy.
In a sense, I object to innovation for innovation's sake. It's a means to an end. Not an end in itself. Is that my 4th excuse?
What keeps you from innovating? What are your excuses?
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