The goal is to have a shared understanding of what innovation truly is. An understanding of innovation as ‘adoption of new practices in a community’ that goes beyond the planned product & toward the greater solution that emerges through innovation. Aligning toward this greater potential moonshot, that will change lives, is the key to generating truly great outcomes. When you change the mindset of a brilliant team, you unleash something greater than the sum of the parts.
It’s true that an organization needs to be focused on moving toward a planned product or solution. However, with a mindset shift we can open up the culture to one of real innovation beyond the planned product. True innovation requires a deep understanding of emergence, and the practice of co-ordination, co-invention, knowledge creation & innovation.
Smart leaders incorporate systems to allow for new exploration, understanding and knowledge creation. This leads to greater value for the organization and also taps into the commitment and passion of true innovators who are always looking for way to reduce the noise of bureaucracy and increase the signal of new and groundbreaking thinking.
Reevaluate the approach. Most leaders fail their hand-selected teams because they chart the course for innovation before anyone’s ever left on the journey. This limits where and how anyone can progress. Aligning toward the big idea and then following up with a mindset that takes into consideration new opportunities as they unfold will lead to greater outcomes. Innovation is emergent.
The goal is to have a shared understanding of what innovation truly is. An understanding of innovation as ‘adoption of new practices in a community’ that goes beyond the planned product & toward the greater solution that emerges through innovation. Aligning toward this greater potential moonshot, that will change lives, is the key to generating truly great outcomes. When you change the mindset of a brilliant team, you unleash something greater than the sum of the parts.
The turn around was completed ahead of time, went further than was anticipated and spurred the engineering team to achieve world class performance that delivered both significant cost savings and additional revenues within a year.
Jennifer has a startling ability to turn teams within an organization who have warred with each other for years–in some cases unable even to talk to each other civilly–into a coherent, effective, single team.
Jennifer drove our organization to implement a more effective, commitment-based management approach that led our teams to more creative thought processes and better collaboration which has lead to greater responsiveness and improved results.
Jennifer has an innate understanding of customer concerns and develops relationships that create mutual business value. Few people possess the ability to create vision, develop strategy, and execute flawlessly. Jennifer is one of these elite individuals.
