Autonomy. Solution to such org woes, in part, is discussed by Clayton Christensen in his work, The Innovator's Solution http://web.mit.edu/6.933/www/Fall2000/t

Autonomy. Solution to such org woes, in part, is discussed by Clayton Christensen in his work, The Innovator's Solution http://web.mit.edu/6.933/www/Fall2000/teradyne/clay.html http://web.mit.edu/6.933/www/Fall2000/teradyne/clay.html: Even after correctly identifying potentially disruptive technologies, firms still must circumvent its hierarchy and bureaucracy that can stifle the free pursuit of creative ideas. Christensen suggests that firms need to provide experimental groups within the company a freer rein. "With a few exceptions, the only instances in which mainstream firms have successfully established a timely position in a disruptive technology were those in which the firms' managers set up an autonomous organization charged with building a new and independent business around the disruptive technology." This autonomous organization will then be able to choose the customers it answers to, choose how much profit it needs to make, and how to run its business. --- Amazon and Cloudflare are good examples of big-orgs trying their best to implement late Prof. Christensen's ideas. Andy Jassy on Amazon's approach to innovation: https://www.hbs.edu/forum-for-growth-and-innovation/podcasts/disruptive-voice/Pages/podcast-details.aspx?episode=15834284 https://www.hbs.edu/forum-for-growth-and-innovation/podcasts...: And then if we like the answers to those first four elements, then we ask, can we put a group of single threaded focused people on this initiative, even if it seems like they're overwhelming it with strong senior people, if you try to add really busy people do the existing business and the big new idea, they will always favor the existing business because it's surer bet. So we want to peel people away from the existing business and put them just on the new initiative. Pace of innovation at Cloudflare https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-secret-to-cloudflare-pace-of-innovation/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-secret-to-cloudflare-pace-of...: ...it is not unusual for an initial product idea to start with a team small enough to split a pack of Twinkies and for the initial proof of concept to go from whiteboard to rolled out in days. We intentionally staff and structure our teams and our backlogs so that we have flexibility to pivot and innovate. Our Emerging Technology and Incubation team is a small group of product managers and engineers solely dedicated to exploring new products for new markets. Our Research team is dedicated to thinking deeply and partnering with organizations across the globe to define new standards and new ways to tackle some of the hardest challenges. --- Also read: Clayton Christensen and Stephen Kaufman on "Resources, Process, and Priorities": https://personal.utdallas.edu/~chasteen/Christensen%20-%202nd%20article.htm https://personal.utdallas.edu/~chasteen/Christensen%20-%202n...