Have you heard people say things like, that is R&D’s job; boss will never go for it; Innovation is not our business; I am getting too old for this, etc etc.
These are some of the excuses you hear often in a corporation, when you ask people why there is a lack of innovation. Excuses are what we use to avoid the work or as Mitch points out they may also be a clear assessment of current reality.
In any case, we the people have to take control and challenge excuses and question the assumptions. People innovate not the corporations! How do we fix this? Like everything else in life, take it slow, address the excuses piece by piece. As Mitch suggests, take three of the most bothersome excuses and turn them into questions like, how can I/we? and brainstorm. I wouldn’t personally just stick to, ‘taking three excuses’ literally, I would say go with, how many ever excuses that make sense given your environment and go for it.
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Why can’t you have a excuse? Like what if I say I want to eat snack later because I don’t want to eat a banana, I think what you mean is big things because you say having excuses like that are okay.
You should add the part about no excuses for big things.
-A.V.