Breaking Down the Barriers to Innovation
by Scott D. Anthony, Paul Cobban, Rahul Nair, and Natalie Painchaud
TO CATALYZE INNOVATION, companies have invested billions in internal venture capital, incubators, accelerators, and field trips to Silicon Valley. Yet according to a McKinsey survey, 94% of executives are dissatisfied with their firms’ innovation performance. Across industries, one survey after another has found the same thing: Businesses just aren’t getting the impact they want, despite all their spending. Why? We believe that it’s because they’ve failed to address a huge underlying obstacle: the day-to-day routines and rituals that stifle innovation.
Fortunately, it’s possible to “hack” this problem. Drawing on the behavioral-change ...
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