Father's Day with my sister's kids
Notes from Marcus Powe's talk at the Innovation on Collins St
Innovation is the ability to deliver something (the key being the doing) and draws from a well of 'energy'
- good administration adds 10% to the bottom line profit of a business
- leaders must be at the start, middle and end of change in the workplace, where there is metrics to measure the before and after results.
- one of the hardest thing in being a consultant is the ability to listen, it is easy to prescribe templates, however each business has to create a culture that is a right fit for themselves and not to prescribe to one that may work for a fortune 100 company.
Identifying creativity blockers
Fear, Habit, Prejudice, Blind Acceptance, Stress
Innovation blockers
Poor communication, poor/no time allocation, no recognition, low/morale
more innovation blockers
Politics, tribalism, financial constraints, insecurity, change policy or lack of, no risk taking
Creativity occurs at every level of the workplace, one of the most creative activity happens in the mining industry.
'Ideas are worth nothing' find a way to detach emotion from idea as this has a habit of blocking commonsense and making you suffer.
Try and retain the ability / habit of daydreaming/playing around with ideas and concepts - have time to reflect and think properly.
Under the age of 10 we are more creative, after that we eventually get paid to be/act rational
This is a similar analogy to a young vs an established business, where eventually over-control saps away creativity.
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