I started thinking about how I could teach our industry differently. What could we do to push the envelope of innovation? Innovation is transforming an old idea into a new rejuvenated concept. Is this something we really spend enough time on fostering in our companies? What would happen if we just spent one hour a week brainstorming with our team members on innovation? I can tell you what would happen, after 21 days it would be habit! Our creative juices would be overflowing just waiting for that one hour we spend together harmonizing are ingenuity together. We would be creating an Innovation Habitat for Creative Thinking.
If you were a fly on the wall at Facebook, Intel, Apple or Google what you would see would be an air of ongoing action and entrepreneurial spirit. Mark Zuckerberg said about his organization, “We expect people to be passionate, and they're going to fight to make their case. Our environment is free -form and if you're not coming up with new ideas, then you're just along for the ride."
What if we really embraced this concept and fostered free-form thinking in our industry? How could this revolutionize our industry? Please share with us your companies “free-form” thinking and how it has made a positive effect on your company's culture.
