“Change masters are - literally - the right people in the right place at the right time. The right people are the ones with the ideas that move beyond the organization's established practice, ideas they can form into visions. The right places are the integrative environments that support innovation, encourage the building of coalitions and teams to support and implement visions. The right times are those moments in the flow of organizational history when it is possible to reconstruct reality on the basis on accumulated innovations to shape a more productive and successful future.” PeopleIdeasMomentsRealityMovingFormVisionPracticeSupportSuccessfulEnvironmentTeamBuildingMastersShapesFlowOrganizationBasesInnovationProductiveRight TimeRight PlaceCoalitionsOrganizational Book:Change Masters Source: Change Masters
“Someone once said that innovation is a done idea. I agree. I believe that creativity is the individual development and conceptualization and that innovation in an organizational sense is implementing ideas and intentions that come from that creativity. So in a sense, creativity is more a leadership function and innovation is more a managerial function.” BelieveDoneIndividualI BelieveCreativityInnovationAgreeIntentionOrganizational Author:Michael Ray
“Interestingly, many of the organizational characteristics that have been identified as conducive to effectively managing diversity and as conducive to fostering innovation and creativity in the workplace are also important for enabling employees to voice their values.” ImportantValuesCreativityDiversityInnovationEmployeeWorkplaceOrganizational Author:Mary C. Gentile
“The locus of corporate innovations has been product development. But in times of rapid and unpredictable change, the creation of individual products becomes less important than the creation of a general organizational aptitude for innovation.” Has BeensImportantCultureIndividualCreationProductsDevelopmentInnovationCorporateUnpredictableRapidsAptitudeOrganizationalProduct Development Author:John Seely Brown
“I came to the conclusion long ago that limits to innovation have less to do with technology or creativity than organizational agility. Inspired individuals can only do so much.” LongIndividualBusinessCreativityTechnologyLimitsInnovationInspiredIndividualityConclusionLong AgoOrganizationalAgility Author:Ray Stata
“Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.” PhilosophySpiritEconomicAchievementResourcesOrganizationInnovationStructureRelativeTimingTechnologicalOrganizationalOrganizational StructureEconomic Resources Book:THE WILL TO MANAGE CORPORATE THROUGH PROGRAMMED MANAGEMENT Source: THE WILL TO MANAGE CORPORATE THROUGH PROGRAMMED MANAGEMENT
“Innovation is the lifeblood of an organization. Knowing how to lead and work with creative people requires knowledge and action that often goes against the typical organizational structure. Protect unusual people from bureaucracy and legalism typical of organizations.” PeopleActionCreativeKnowingProtectOrganizationInnovationStructureUnusualTypicalBureaucracyCreative PeopleOrganizationalLegalismOrganizational StructureKnowledge And Action Author:Max De Pree