CINEMA 1
People & Business Sustainability
Why People
&
Innovation Matter
The greatest shift an organisation can make, is to put their people first.
Priorities Matter
Prioritising your people and an open culture that embraces acuity and new ideas, are key to innovation. Building an organisational culture that embraces innovation, is more important than ever in the global pandemic context of COVID-19.
One of the greatest stories of all time about the devastating effects of NOT embracing innovation, is the KODAK story.
KODAK did everything right for almost a century. They effectively used an array of culture pillars to build their legendary brand. Who can forget the KODAK MOMENT! One of the greatest innovators of all time, they had the opportunity to continue to lead the market, yet a fatal shift in 'priorities' saw the giant stumble to its demise.
KODAK did everything right for almost a century. They effectively used an array of culture pillars to build their legendary brand. Who can forget the KODAK MOMENT! One of the greatest innovators of all time, they had the opportunity to continue to lead the market, yet a fatal shift in 'priorities' saw the giant stumble to its demise.
Fear and Control
KODAK's demise was underpinned by fear which led to a need to maintain control (recall that croc brain and it's role in creating limiting beliefs).
Organisations that have struggles, whether it is with their people, meeting their KPIs or both, have something in common. They all tend to have these two 'villans', fear and control, lurking which have the ability to take down anything and anyone indiscriminatingly, even a global giant like KODAK.
The good news is that their 'kryptonite' is vulnerability, which remember, as vulnerability expert Brene Brown has identified, can be learnt by anyone.
If vulnerability is still uncomfortable for you, consider if there is greater meaning for you to see your people and workplace thrive that can support you to overcome this 'uncomfortableness'. Stepping into vulnerability is the only pathway to succeed and achieve sustainable change and growth.
Had KODAK embraced the unknown and stepped into it, who knows where they would have been today.
Now to another American Giant, who by embracing their people and creating open pathways to innovate, resulted in quite the different outcome...
Here is the story of how a simple note saying 'THESE ADS SUCK' led to the take off of GOOGLE Ads.
Organisations that have struggles, whether it is with their people, meeting their KPIs or both, have something in common. They all tend to have these two 'villans', fear and control, lurking which have the ability to take down anything and anyone indiscriminatingly, even a global giant like KODAK.
If vulnerability is still uncomfortable for you, consider if there is greater meaning for you to see your people and workplace thrive that can support you to overcome this 'uncomfortableness'. Stepping into vulnerability is the only pathway to succeed and achieve sustainable change and growth.
Had KODAK embraced the unknown and stepped into it, who knows where they would have been today.
Now to another American Giant, who by embracing their people and creating open pathways to innovate, resulted in quite the different outcome...
Here is the story of how a simple note saying 'THESE ADS SUCK' led to the take off of GOOGLE Ads.
