Creation and destruction
2013-01-17
A friend told me once how in one night vandals destroyed six months of
building work at the house he was building.
Creativity in business is similar to this. New ideas that take a lot of risk,
vulnerability, hard work and commitment can be destroyed in seconds.
Typical approaches to idea destruction are:
- Comparing new ideas to failed old ones
- Trying to get a fixed answer about the risks of the new idea
- Trouble shoot the proposal to find all potential faults
We have to think differently to foster idea creation. Especially if we want to
turn those ideas in innovation.
New ideas are like newborn babies. They are vulnerable. Like a baby, they need
nurturing, support, flexibility, love and care. Most important they need the
right space to grow.
It is far easier to destroy something than it is to create. Make space for the
creators so that their ideas can grow.
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