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Does your organization have a culture that has it perfectly aligned for failure?

Probably! I see it all the time, and I can tell you exactly the mindset that your organization has, with a simple little list of questions…. read them below.

The fact is,I spend a LOT of time doing talks at corporate meetings; often, a CEO or CxO leadership event for Fortune 1000 companies as well as associations and smaller organizations.

These involve highly customized talks that focus on future trends that might impact the organization, and outline some opportunities for innovation.

What fascinates me is the number of organizations that, given fast paced change, seem like a like a deer in the headlights, stuck and unable to move, staring at the future with fear. For them, innovation remains a concept that is somehow totally foreign.

Is this you? Ask yourself these questions: is this YOUR organization today?

• everybody knows something needs to be done
• there are an awful lot of ideas as to what to do
• no one knows where to start
• no one has the courage to make the first step
• and in fact, no one has been charged with the responsibility to take over and take that first step
• there is a rampant fear that if something is done, it won’t end up going well!
• everyone remembers the other time that somebody tried to do something new, they ended up being blamed when it didn’t go well
• and so no one is prepared to try anything
• the result is that likely some other company – most likely a competitor — will end up doing exactly what should have been done

World class innovators don’t fall into this trap.

They just do what needs to be done!

Get out of your innovation rut.

Embrace the future, innovate and change!