Innovative Leaders Must Be Effectual Explorers
----------------------------------------------------------- Innovative Leaders Must Be Effectual Explorers
Innovative leaders who wish to find larger fields of opportunities should incorporate the innovation strategy used by Edison.
Edison kept analyzing things and questioned why things worked the way they did just to prospect new ideas, concludes Dr. Paul Israel of Rutgers' University, in New Jersey.
Dr. Israel, who serves as director and editor of the Thomas A. Edison Papers Project, explains how, "Some of Edison's discoveries came from experiments that were meant simply to increase his knowledge." [learn more by visiting the Edison Project website - http://edison.rutgers.edu]
Edison's industry and curiosity paid off handsomely - how many other inventors have been as creative or as clever as him?
Creative, innovative leaders improve themselves to be curious - they analyze the habits, behaviors and actions of Innovators like Columbus, Newton, Ben Franklin, Lewis & Clark, or Edison.
Leaders can enhance the depth, breadth and sustainability of their innovations and capabilities by implementing three things:
1) Commit to innovation strategies which spur and reward experimentation and exploration;
2) Pursue any and all causal factors lurking within the unexpected situation, problem or success;
3) Display whatever truths are hiding behind the imperfections, inconsistencies, incongruities, idiosyncrasies or impurities of life's daily snafus.
Only by skillfully questioning, investigating and un-peeling the shortfalls and weaknesses in your organization, will you uncover better, more reliable and efficient solutions to your difficulties.
Creatively leading and managing and innovative organization means:
1) Digging into or evolving the probabilities;
2) Reaching up towards miraculous revelations;
3) Holding onto the possibilities with all of your mind, faith and passion.
Are you ready to lead your associates into the lands of creative, innovative and evolutionary promises? Be a leader who accepts new knowledge and ideas to prospect new opportunity.
You can learn about Edison as that innovative leader who inspires, guides and enlightens us to discover the jewels we need and illuminate our path to a prosperous tomorrow!
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