The Making of an Innovation Master

Innovation experts are only half of the story. To be truly innovative, innovation has to be baked into the culture and ethos of the organization.

I had an amusing moment working at a large pharma client where all of the full-time staff suddenly started filing out of the room in unison. I asked them what was happening, and they said "we have innovation hour!".

Apparently the company had scheduled mass townhall sessions of 100+ people on a quarterly basis where the attendees were suddenly expected to "do innovation!".

The best innovations are often known (only too well) by the staff working at a company, but unless there is a culture where they can easily share them and be recognized for doing so, most of them will never be realized.