{"id":3978,"date":"2014-07-10T17:35:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T22:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2014-07-10T17:35:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T22:35:01","slug":"3-unlikely-reasons-leaders-must-spark-new-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2014\/07\/10\/3-unlikely-reasons-leaders-must-spark-new-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Unlikely Reasons Leaders Must Spark New Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone on the team has a shaky-sounding new idea.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Try it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A brainstorming session results in an idea that would seem to have limited chance of success.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Try it anyways.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Effective leaders understand that green-lighting new ideas does not always have to do with the idea itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Indeed, the best leader I\u2019ve ever worked with had a knack of creating idea-generating machines in their organizations. And it wasn\u2019t because the ideas were necessarily world-changers.<\/p>\n

Instead, these leaders recognized the 3 unlikely reasons to constantly green-light new initiatives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>1.\u00a0 <\/strong>New ideas keeps innovation in the cultural DNA.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizations and teams are either creating innovative solutions, or else they\u2019re falling behind. There are no flat-lines when it comes to innovation.<\/p>\n

And the best leaders know that idea-generation is a muscle that must be constantly flexed and developed.<\/p>\n

And the best way to do that is through the act of innovation itself.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 <\/strong>New ideas sharpens and develops your people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s face it. In order to have an idea-generating culture you need idea-generating people.<\/p>\n

And the best leaders instill this skill in their people by encouraging them to try their hand at it.<\/p>\n

By the way, a lot of their ideas will likely be turkeys, especially at the beginning.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s okay. Let them run with the idea, let them discover its merits and faults. The more they do, the better they\u2019ll get at it.<\/p>\n

3. New ideas tend to reproduce themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You might need to follow the bouncing ball on this one, but stick with me. This is important.<\/p>\n

History is replete with innovations that emerged from the ashes of a failed innovation.<\/p>\n

3M tried to create a new super-glue, but ended up with an adhesive that could barely hold paper together.<\/p>\n

Voila, the Post-It Note was born.<\/p>\n

The point is, many great ideas result from looking at a failed idea in a unique or innovative way.<\/p>\n

And it all starts with a leader who creates an idea-generating culture.<\/p>\n

The goal is not to have your people constantly wasting their time developing can\u2019t-win screwball ideas.<\/p>\n

But nor can you say \u201cyes\u201d to an idea purely on its 100% guaranteed prospect of success.<\/p>\n

Sometimes you need to green-light an idea for reasons that are not immediately apparent.<\/p>\n

The result can be more \u201cwins\u201d than you dreamed possible.<\/p>\n

How do you create a culture of innovation?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Someone on the team has a shaky-sounding new idea. Try it. A brainstorming session results in an idea that would seem to have limited chance of success. Try it anyways. Effective leaders understand that green-lighting new ideas does not always have to do with the idea itself. Indeed, the best leader I\u2019ve ever worked with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,738,440,478,7,705],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action","category-effectiveness-2","category-failing","category-featured","category-leadership","category-strategy-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3982,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions\/3982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}