INNOVATION IMPERATIVE

WE NEED TO COME DOWN ON THIS BRUTALLY HARD. AND REWARD THE A PLAYERS, WHEREVER THEY ARE. NO OPTIONS, NO COSY RELATIONSHIPS WITHOUT REAL COMMITTMENT TO ORGANISATIONAL IMPROVEMENT. IF NECESSARY, PROMOTE LESS EXPERIENCED, CULTURALLY AWARE PEOPLE OVER UNDERPERFORMING MANAGERS. MAKE IT HURT, MAKE IT REAL. #noexcuses http://www.aim.com.au/home/news/1310_Innovation.html 'While it may be increasingly difficult for organisations to achieve competitive advantage through cost, service and quality, the good news is that sustainable advantages of another kind are possible. This comes from true differentiation through innovation. And while no single innovation lasts forever, what can last for a long time is advantage through superior systematic innovation capability'.