Innovation and change are hot topics these days. Leaders everywhere recognize that increased agility is required to keep pace with today’s work environment. But it shouldn’t be the work of a select few, say Britney Cole and Judd Hoekstra at Blanchard®.
Cole is a co-creator of Blanchard’s Fearless Innovation™ program, and Hoekstra is the co-creator of Blanchard’s Leading People Through Change® program. They both recommend expanding the reach of innovation and change efforts to include more people.
“The conventional wisdom is that innovation belongs to the C-suite, R&D, or a dedicated innovation team,” says Cole. “But sometimes the people most qualified to innovate are the ones doing jobs that are most affected by a problem. They know the organization’s needs and they know its opportunities.”
