Jan22
Depending on your role, attitude, and background, senior managers and C-suite
executives may see innovation quite differently and expect different outcomes, as you can see in the picture above with the six innovation hats.
The researcher, the engineer, the investor, the advocate, the motivator, and the
organiser all have different perspectives, all valid and true.
So, get to know your top manager first to get a proper impression of his or her background and how they define innovation.
‘Understand your Management’ is the first of 15 strategies to win management buy-in for innovation from the new book ‘Breaking Innovation Barriers’.
Check it out now on Amazon to win management buy-in for innovation making you an impactful innovator.
Ps. The six hats were published in an article in HBR, 2019/11 “What kind of chief innovation officer your company need.”
Keywords: Creativity, Design Thinking, Innovation
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