Innovation [人事2-ｺﾝﾋﾟﾃﾝｼｰ・ｲﾉﾍﾞｰｼｮﾝ]
This subject – Innovation, is often on my mind.
Many people often comment that the company needs to breakthrough with innovation, invest more in innovative fields, have engineers who can come up with great ideas, etc.
However, no products or services could really be considered as innovative at the incubation period as it depends very much on the response from the market.
So how confident are you in marketing the products or services? Are you able to take risks? Are you ready to assume the responsibility should they fail?
By the way, are you even taking calculated risk in your work? If not, you might become a bottleneck of innovation.
I strongly think fostering of innovative culture within the company by encouraging calculated risk taking is crucial in driving innovation.
It is no doubt frightening to take risk on your own. I do not think you will have the courage to walk through a crossroad by yourself when the traffic light shows stop sign.
But what if there are hundreds of people walking together with you?
I hope many of you will start taking calculated risk in your work as it will certainly encourage others to do so.
Only then will innovation follow.