Addressing organizational challenges with innovation

Let me share with you some of the challenges…you might face as you begin to use…your new creativity skills.…Even though companies want innovation,…you should still expect to hit some resistance…to your new ideas.…After all, innovative ideas, by their very nature,…are risky.…They're likely to cause some form…of change and people are naturally…fearful of change.…A new, disruptive innovation might be seen…as a threat to someone's job or their status…in the organization.…

People worry that a highly innovative project…might steal away some of their resources…in terms of budget and manpower.…Even the leaders within your company…may resist change.…They might worry about the riskiness…of a project and whether or not it's going to work.…No one wants to be responsible for a failed project.…Your customers might resist innovative ideas…and the change that goes along with it.…A new product or service might cause them…to have to change their habits.…

An innovative product might require…special training or customer support.…Your innovative idea might cause them…