Innovation Succession

Resource Type
RTM Publication
Publish Date
01/02/2018
Author
Jim Euchner
Topics
Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement, Culture
Associated Event
Publication

A big frustration of innovation managers is the difficulty they face in adopting promising new innovation practices, even ones that have been very successful at other companies. Cultural factors—the corporate analogues to the conditions of soil, sunlight, and rainfall in the forest—loom large. Although there are common requirements for successful adoption across the spectrum of practices—an openness to new practices, senior management support—there also appear to be environmental factors that are particularly important to specific practices. To the extent that these preconditions can be understood and taken into account in driving an innovation program, success rates should improve.