You want to innovate. You want your company and people to embrace new ideas, get ahead of the curve – and competition. You want to be progressive, thoughtful and creative.

But you’re stymied by barriers to innovation that get in the way. They bog down your team, repel creativity and leave the organization wanting for more. Projects can’t get started. Initiatives don’t leave the gate. There’s a general failure to launch.

For some organizations, innovation is the much sought-after Holy Grail of thoughtful, productive creativity. Yet for those where innovation ceases to exist, the organization itself often is at a loss to identify the culprit.

In reality, the barriers to innovation often are the same barriers that prevent other progressive initiatives from taking root. In a recent survey, innovation blogger Braden Kelley asked readers, “What is your organization’s biggest barrier to innovation?” Continue reading “Failure To Launch: Leadership Vacuums and Overcoming Barriers to Innovation” »