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How to Build a Culture of Originality BY ADAM GRANT (Culture of…
How to Build a Culture of Originality
BY ADAM GRANT
Disruptive / Black sheep / Not following orders
Lone wolves
Young people
Culture of non-conformity
“Culture is king,” Kohlmann says. “When people discovered their voice, they became unstoppable.”
Successful entrepreneurs are more risk-averse
Stop conformity
The best innovators are rare creatures with special gifts
Original thinking
Culture of nonconformity
Leaders fail because they have trouble moving
past their flawed assumptions
Give employees ways and reasons to generate lots of new ideas
Have the right people
Not so difficult
Incentives and opportunities
Be democratic
Select smart ideas = Balance of coherence
Being prolific actually increases originality, because sheer volume improves your chances of finding novel solutions
Create a lot of ideas
around 20 ideas but the best ideas come after 200
Work alone
Ideas don´t get shared in a group
ways to help employees generate quantity and variety without sacrificing day-to-day productivity or causing burnout.
Brain-writing
Suggestion box
multiply and diversify the ideas
create a larger haystack of ideas
difficult to find the needle
Fellow Innovators
best evaluators of original ideas
Impartial
Give radical possibilities a chance
Contests
Rewards
Good judges
Call for ideas to solve a problem or seize an opportunity
Emphasize culture
Hard time recognizing the need for change
Steady supply of critical opinions