What To Do About The Innovation “Hiccup”

Greetings from historic Gettysburg and the final day of our 2015 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat. I opened the day with some perspectives on leading innovation – What’s Your Leadership Strategy? The Challenges Of Leadership In A Time Of Innovation. My concern is that for long-time organizations in the health and human service space, the infrastructure and culture for innovation are just not there.

Many executive teams that pride themselves on being “innovative” are actually confused about what innovation really is. Being creative is not innovation – it is invention. Innovation is, by definition, developing something with commercial value – and . . .