Geoffrey Canada on innovation
Geoffrey Canada is the CEO of Harlem Children's Zone, you might recognize him from the documentary Waiting for Superman. He recently sat down with The New York Times to talk about management, innovation and getting things done within large groups.
You have to drive folks to innovate. The tendency in lots of large organizations is to try and find a comfortable place where you think you can get measured rewards for measured work. In other words, they say to themselves, “I know how much I’m going to get if I do this much, and then my life is in balance.” I just don’t think you get a lot of innovation under those circumstances. You want people to figure out how to do things better, to figure out a smarter way. When that’s a constant process, you start seeing things innovate. It’s not because someone comes up with some brand-new idea where you say, “Oh, no one’s ever thought about this before.”
Check out the whole article on Geoffrey Canada.
Posted on Monday, December 19, 2011 in Business • Creativity • Productivity