10. Fear of getting
it wrong.

12. Divergent
interests, cultures
and expectations.

13. Failure Divergent
to capture
ideas from frontline
interests, cultures
staff, users, customers
and expectations.
and suppliers – locally
and internationally.

14. Too many middle
managers getting in
the way.

16. Too few walled
gardens. much
Too
Think, NASA, Airbu
“collaboration”.
s, Apple, Lockhead
Martin.

17. Takeaways
As Joseph Schumpeter said, innovation is more about
will than intellect. Will is an outcome of many factors.
 Choose a definition for innovation
that everybody understands.
 Establish a common vocabulary for
innovation at your firm.
 Try to understand the underlying
process of innovation.
 Understand the many obstacles of
innovation.

18. It’s difficult to say what’s impossible, for the
dream of yesterday is the hope of today and
the reality of tomorrow.
- Robert H. Goddard
Beam me up, Scotty!
- Captain Kirk, Capt. Starship Enterprise
For more about Innovation Management (Idea Management), check
out some of my other slides. I’m very interested in Instructional
Design (including Motivational Design) for classroom and eLearning
environments. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch! Thanks!
Gordon Graham: orxil{a}yahoo.com