As innovation emerges as a new organizational competency, the path it is following is similar in many ways to the one followed by the field of quality many years ago. Back in the 70’s and 80’s, Quality Circles, Total Quality Management, and ‘Quality is Job One’ were the themes and slogans of the day […]
Maintaining Innovation within a Large Organization
Conventional wisdom suggests that small companies are more innovative than larger organizations. It is also clear that large companies must have been successful (at least in the past) given their size. Considering these observations, does innovation lead to success, does success stifle innovation or are both true? Few would disagree that meaningful innovation leads to […]