Episode 85 – The Innovation Inhibitor

In small enterprise, innovation is almost easy - natural. But what happens when we try to innovate at scale? What forces hold us back and slow us down?



In large groups, fear becomes much more pervasive - fear of failure, fear of looking foolish, fear of going first



It doesn’t help that management does not create structures to allow people to speak their truth, and to leap



However, even when fully permitted and free to do so, people have been conditioned to hold back, and this is what the leader must break through.