The flexibility of working with incomplete ideas and mistakes, is a much more important asset for organisations, than being accurate, correct and precise. On creativity ‘Ideas occur by chance. Fleming discovered the effects of penicillin by accident […] Laennec found the idea of the stethoscope when he noticed two boys playing with a see-saw […] Westinghouse discovered the idea of the air-brake when he casually read a journal Kekule gained his clue to the nature of the benzene ring from his dream […] Einstein’s theories came from analogies about riding on light beams and travelling in lifts […] The role of senior management needs to change from command and control to sense and respond. The emphasis should be on building commitment to organisational vision rather than compliance to rules and pre-specified best practices. […] Whle the traditional business logic was based on a high level of structure and control, the dynamics of the new business environment demands a different model of organisation design. This model is charaterised by relative lack of structure and lack of external controls […] This view encourages promotion of individual autonomy in experimentation and learning, instead of emphasising “best practices” […]’ —Tony Proctor, Creative Problem Solving for Managers
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 13:37:29 +0000
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