Recommended @Blogging Innovation: Innovation Perspectives – Excellence Only Happens in Context

About 15 months ago this blog dealt with the importance of creating constructs, connecting to that mindset (or not) and starting compact acting. This found post stresses the importance. And then and now it always is relevant on the personal and professional level. Have fun, start acting and get a little more excellent.

Found at Blogging Innovation: Innovation Perspectives – Excellence Only Happens in Context – Innovation blog articles, videos, and insights.

This is the second of several ‘Innovation Perspectives‘ articles we will publish this week from multiple authors to get different perspectives on ‘How should firms develop the organizational structure, culture, and incentives (e.g., for teams) to encourage successful innovation?’. Here is the next perspective in the series:

by Holly G. Green

Excellence only happens in context. Think about the last time you had a cruddy boss or your client forgot to give you information on something you were working on. Did you produce or deliver as well as you could have? Of course not.

A system has to work together. And your current system produces exactly what it is set up to produce. So if you want to be more innovative, you have to think about and address the whole system. Just addressing one piece of it will not serve you well.

To be continued at http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/2010/03/innovation-perspectives-excellence-only.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+business-strategy-innovation+(Blogging+Innovation)