Comments on: Innovating innovation: An Interview with Scott Anthony of Innosight http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/07/23/innovating-innovation-an-interview-with-scott-anthony-of-innosight/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:28:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim McGee http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/07/23/innovating-innovation-an-interview-with-scott-anthony-of-innosight/comment-page-1/#comment-233351 Jim McGee Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:23:46 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/07/23/innovating-innovation-an-interview-with-scott-anthony-of-innosight/#comment-233351 My own sense is that small businesses are generally less process bound. A good idea/potential innovation has fewer arbitrary barriers to overcome. On the other hand, by definition a small business has fewer resources to redirect toward multiple innovations. The biggest problem I encountered in smaller organizations was managing to maintain focus on what we had the capacity to execute. Consensus building was rarely the core issue in my own experience. My own sense is that small businesses are generally less process bound. A good idea/potential innovation has fewer arbitrary barriers to overcome. On the other hand, by definition a small business has fewer resources to redirect toward multiple innovations.

The biggest problem I encountered in smaller organizations was managing to maintain focus on what we had the capacity to execute. Consensus building was rarely the core issue in my own experience.

]]> By: VIncent Carbone http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/07/23/innovating-innovation-an-interview-with-scott-anthony-of-innosight/comment-page-1/#comment-233310 VIncent Carbone Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:10:55 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/07/23/innovating-innovation-an-interview-with-scott-anthony-of-innosight/#comment-233310 One of the topics we at brightidea talk with senior executives about is helping their company "increase the potential to innovate". Innovation is by its nature chaos, so the only thing you really can do it increase the potential for the chaos to generate and implement new ideas. This involves people, software and a true desire to innovate. One of the topics we at brightidea talk with senior executives about is helping their company “increase the potential to innovate”. Innovation is by its nature chaos, so the only thing you really can do it increase the potential for the chaos to generate and implement new ideas. This involves people, software and a true desire to innovate.

]]> By: Lisa Hoesel http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/07/23/innovating-innovation-an-interview-with-scott-anthony-of-innosight/comment-page-1/#comment-233307 Lisa Hoesel Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:48:52 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/07/23/innovating-innovation-an-interview-with-scott-anthony-of-innosight/#comment-233307 Am very curious about application of Scott's thoughts to small businesses. It seems that in attempt to avoid the innovation obstacles introduced by complex hierarchies, smaller organizations tend to be overly inclusive in the decision making process, unncecessarily introducing collaboration and consensus which may often back-fire when trying to promote new solutions/products? Thoughts Am very curious about application of Scott’s thoughts to small businesses. It seems that in attempt to avoid the innovation obstacles introduced by complex hierarchies, smaller organizations tend to be overly inclusive in the decision making process, unncecessarily introducing collaboration and consensus which may often back-fire when trying to promote new solutions/products? Thoughts

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