Truth 10Innovation Requires Preparation
A century ago, Thomas Edison thought deeply about what drives invention or, as we call it today, innovation. One of his famous sayings—"Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration"—stresses that innovation originates not in great ideas, but in the hard work of trial and error. Edison's inventions, like the light bulb and the phonograph, emerged through thousands of attempts, refining the process step by step.
Like Edison, you need to build innovation systematically into your leadership style to foster it in your organization. Like many apparently spontaneous workplace triumphs, good innovation is the result of well-planned project management or, more specifically, "process management." ...
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