The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures
Creativity can be messy, and it needs discipline and management.
Feb 04, 2019
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12 min read
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Innovation
Sustaining Innovation
Culture
Radical Innovation
Summary
Innovation basically involves the exploration of uncertain and unknown terrains to come up with creative ideas for the continuing success of the organization. Creative cultures help pilot any organization towards innovation but they are hard to create. Gary Pisano reiterates that these cultures inhibit characteristics like tolerance for failure etc. that must be counterbalanced by tougher approaches such as No tolerance for incompetence, among others for them to exist. Read more about innovative cultures here about their characteristics (fun behaviors) and their corresponding frankly-less behaviors paramount for any innovative culture to thrive.
Takeaways
- Innovative cultures are characterized by tolerance for failure and a willingness to experiment. They are seen as being psychologically safe, highly collaborative, and nonhierarchical.
- Innovative cultures are hard to create. This is because some of the behaviors that translate into better innovative performance must be counterbalanced by tougher and less fun behaviors like intolerance for incompetence, rigorous discipline, brutal candor, and strong leadership to achieve them.
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