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Not sure about this one: Innovation is crucial to every team and organization. So my job is to encourage my people to generate and test all kinds of new ideas.
by walkon 16y ago
Not sure about this one:
Innovation is crucial to every team and organization. So my job is to encourage my people to generate and test all kinds of new ideas. But it is also my job to help them kill off all the bad ideas we generate, and most of the good ideas, too.
Why reject most good ideas? Seems like that would discourage innovation, not encourage.
- milod 16y agoWhat if he said prioritize instead of kill? Often the number of good ideas and resources required to realize them far exceeds what is available, practical, or realistic. Killing is effectively setting the priority to zero. I don't think it discourages innovation if thought about in this context because it encourages innovation on the critical path.
- akeefer 16y agoWell said. Lack of focus is often more of a danger to a company than lack of good ideas, and that goes double for startups.
- walkon 16y agoI define a "good idea" as something that is possible to realize; practical and realistic. If it's not practical business decision, it's probably not a good idea.