No Risk… No Innovation


No Risk... No Innovation or No Guts …no Glory, key imperative in Robert’s Rules of Innovation is RISK TAKING. Without risk, there can be no Innovation. Champions of organizational Innovation must have, and encourage, a tolerance for failure and enthusiasm for risk taking. Risk requires investment (people, time, capital), and willingness to invest without ROI assurance. There are five simple steps for encouraging initiative and Innovation. Learn more about risk-taking in the book, Robert’s Rules of Innovation.

Experimentation + Risk (+ Failure) = Improved Environment for Innovation

Thomas Alva Edison was a failure. It has been said that he “went back to the drawing board” more than 6,000 times before finding the right plant to produce a carbonized filament for his incandescent light bulb.

Six thousand times. Do you have that kind of innovative stamina?

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