The Goal Of Winning Is Not Losing

A Great Thinker Once Described Innovative Thinkers This Way: "some Men See Things As They Are And Say, 'why?' I Dream Of Things That Never Were And Say, 'why Not?'" Innovative Thinkers Are Constantly Asking Questions Such As These. How Can We Improve Recruiting, Hiring And Training. How Can Be Add Greater Value To Our Products And Services By Making Them Even Better? How Can We Do More To Nourish The Personal As Well As Professional Development Of Our People? What More Can We Do As A Good Citizen Where We Do Business?

The Very Lack Of Opportunity The Group Faces Creates A Self-defeating Cycle And Puts Pressure On Members To Limit Their Aspirations.

Mindless Habitual Behavior Is The Enemy Of Innovation.

Not Everyone In An Organization Is In A Position To Accumulate Power Through Competent Performance Because Most People Are Just Carrying Out The Ordinary And The Expected - Even If They Do It Very Well. The Extent To Which A Job Is Routinized Fails To Give An Advantage To Anyone Doing It Because 'success' Is Seen As Inherent In The Very Establishment Of The Position And The Organization Surrounding It. Neither Persons Nor Organizations Get 'credit' For Doing The Mandatory Or The Expected.

The Importance Of Discretion Increases With Closeness To The Top Of A Hierarchical Organization.