Fixedness makes it difficult to innovate, as it limits our ability to see old tools in new ways. However, structured innovation tools can help break this barrier.
Bottom-up innovation leaders are entrepreneurial, supported by management’s emphasis on creativity and a can-do culture, and often possess eight critical aptitudes.
Innovation requires system thinking and a common language to facilitate communication. Capturing tacit knowledge, sharing intelligence, and combining atoms and bits are critical in attaining dynamic tension and sustained innovation.
