Have you ever said that to yourself? Well, as it turns out, there is a reason people don’t take on challenges unless you direct them . . . and you’re probably looking at that reason every morning in the mirror. If you really want people to take a few risks, be creative, and show a
Dare to be Wrong
Sir Kenneth Robinson, an author, educator, speaker, and recognized authority on creativity, has said, “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with anything original.” Think about that. He’s right, isn’t he? Trace any great achievement to its roots . . . whether in business, medicine, the arts, literature, music, education,
“Let people accomplish your objectives their way.”
Where systems or processes are concerned, it really is essential that everybody use them uniformly. Imagine an assembly line. Each station on the line must perform its function in a very precise way, each and every time, or stations further down the line won’t be able to do their work. But for the most part,
“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person’s brow.”
Bruce Lund is the owner/founder of Lund and Company Innovation, a toy design and product invention company (inventors of Tickle Me Elmo). His company is dedicated to the proposition that toys are profoundly important. Great toys teach, entertain, surprise, inspire and invite inquiry. Mr. Lund wrote this blog and I thought it was so good,
