> There are a lot of bad ideas out there and the "system" is there to weed out the bad ideas. However, you can have too much system where it will defeat even the good ideas too, so there's a sweet spot.
Innovation means figuring out which are good and which are bad. It's hard to tell which is which from the beginning. Failure is inevitable. It's just whether there's a net benefit to the company instead of a net cost.
The problem is that the people and processes resist ANY failure, which necessarily throws out any innovation along with it.
> you need people with enough leftover money and time who can "screw around" a little
And this is about right. There needs to be enough slack to not strangle ANY idea that can possibly fail. The author just went so far as to say that the "leftover" needed to be part of the budget.
> Also a place where everyone is not grumpy.
Quite right. We need a place where some people are optimistic about new ideas instead of rejecting everything.
Innovation means figuring out which are good and which are bad. It's hard to tell which is which from the beginning. Failure is inevitable. It's just whether there's a net benefit to the company instead of a net cost.
The problem is that the people and processes resist ANY failure, which necessarily throws out any innovation along with it.
> you need people with enough leftover money and time who can "screw around" a little
And this is about right. There needs to be enough slack to not strangle ANY idea that can possibly fail. The author just went so far as to say that the "leftover" needed to be part of the budget.
> Also a place where everyone is not grumpy.
Quite right. We need a place where some people are optimistic about new ideas instead of rejecting everything.