How to kill innovation, in five easy steps

Dwayne Harapnuik —  May 31, 2011 — Leave a comment

Jason Hiner of Tech Republic offers the following surefire ways to kill innovation:

1. Don’t give ownership of projects
2. Create too many layers of management
3. Ignore brainstorming rules
4. Rely too heavily on data and dashboards
5. Under-resource your hidden opportunities

While all five points are salient, I am particularly fond of the fourth “Rely to heavily on data…” All too often in Academia we are paralyzed by the pursuit and analysis of data. At some point someone has to make a decision and move forward–this often doesn’t happen quickly enough.

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