inluminent

These are five great tips to keeping innovation out of the business:

1. Explain to your employees that times are tough so innovation must go on the back burner.

2. Further explain that there’s no reason to despair–a high-level executive will be spending a lot of his time working on an innovation plan for the company (whatever that means).

3. Let a lot of time pass and say nothing about it. Pretend that things are just fine.

4. In the meantime, do nothing to alter the company’s fundamental cultural and organizational problems–you know, the ones that have been in the way of an open an innovative busniess the whole time.

5. When asked about the mysterious “innovation plan” at an all-company meeting, explain that the executive is still working on it. Really! He is! Divulge no more.

Ugh… sort of takes the life outta you doesn’t it?