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Innovative Leaders Need To Be Sharp Innovators
Innovative leaders who wish to detect larger fields of opportunities should pursue the innovation strategy used by Edison.
Edison kept investigating and studied why things worked the way they did just to explore new ideas, reveals 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 forbearance and curiosity paid off handsomely - how many other inventors have been as creative or as clever as him?
Creative, innovative leaders educate themselves to be curious - they evaluate the habits, behaviors and demeanor of Explorers or Scientists like Columbus, Newton, Ben Franklin, Lewis & Clark, or Edison.
Leaders can magnify the depth, breadth and sustainability of their innovations and creative capital by carrying out three things:
1) Commit to innovation strategies which encourage and reward experimentation and exploration;
2) Pursue any and all causal factors lurking within the unexpected situation, problem or success;
3) Disclose whatever truths are hiding behind the imperfections, inconsistencies, incongruities, idiosyncrasies or impurities of life's daily snarls.
Only by skillfully questioning, investigating and un-peeling the shortfalls and weaknesses in your organization, will you dig up better, more reliable and efficient solutions to your tribulations.
Creatively leading and managing and innovative organization means
1) Digging into or evolving the probabilities;
2) Reaching up towards pleasant revelations;
3) Holding onto the possibilities with all of your mind, faith and passion.
Are you prepared to lead your stakeholders into the lands of creative, innovative and evolutionary promises? Be a leader who grasps new knowledge and ideas to explore new opportunity.
You can grasp a hold of Edison as that innovative leader who inspires, guides and enlightens us to obtain the jewels we need and illuminate our path to a prosperous tomorrow!
Copyright © 2006, Mustard Seed Investments Inc., All rights reserved.
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