It’s hard to believe that there less than 48 hours left to 2008. Yet soon, we will be welcoming the New Year. Will the coming year bring as many surprises as this one? One thing is certain. The coming year will bring change and with it opportunities.
Of course, opportunities are just that. Vision and execution are required to transform them into something of value. If you have begun your journey from the world accidental innovation into the world of sustainable, high performance innovation practice, you will be well positioned to capitalize on the opportunities ahead. If you have not begun adopting the tools and techniques to build a sustainable innovation practice, now is the time.
Either way, try thinking about your innovation resolutions for 2009. Set some measurable goals. Imagine where your organization to be, and make a plan to get there. Stretch yourself and your abilities as you plan to create new value for your clients and your enterprise.
My 2009 innovation resolutions are simple:
- To help my customers by providing new ways of performing their critical tasks that deliver transformative value
- To listen to my customers carefully and the capabilities they would ask for it they only knew they could
- To support my customers innovation goals with new technology to make sustainable innovation practice easy to deploy broadly
What are your innovation resolutions?
Hi James:
Thank you for enlightening me with your excellent blog this year (2008). I do believe "crisis is an opportunity" and the new year may bring lot of focus on innovation, not just the way people just talk about innovation, but also really practicing it. My resolution for the year ahead is:
- Encourage stop talking about innovation, but start practicing it (after all practice makes you perfect...)
- Move away from the over hyped word of innovation and bring it to the level of "Problem solving"
Wish you a very happy new year ahead and look forward to see your thought post...
Posted by: Prakash | December 30, 2008 at 05:06 AM
Hello, Prakash, and Happy New Year! Thanks for your readership. It is great fun sharing with all my innovation friends and collaborators through InnovationToWin.com. Comments from you and other readers are what make it most interesting. Please keep posting your feedback.
Posted by: James Todhunter | January 26, 2009 at 04:22 PM
wishing u a gret year ahead. and keep this rocking
Posted by: butter | March 15, 2009 at 02:27 PM