Guy Kawasaki published an interview on his blog with Scott Berkun, author of “The Myths of Innovation
I think the following quote is interesting:
- Question: Why do innovators face such rejection and negativity? Answer: It’s human nature—we protect ourselves from change. We like to think we’re progressive, but every wave of innovation has been much slower than we’re told. The telegraph, the telephone, the PC, and the internet all took decades to develop from ideas into things ordinary people used. As a species we’re threatened by change and it takes a long time to convince people to change their behavior, or part with their money.
Organizations are also threatened by change; far too often they can not deal with these changes and fail to benefit from the opportunities that arise from them. It’s in their nature to hold on to the profits that ‘business as usual’ brings. Is your organization ready to embrace change? Are you able to see the potential of ideas that at first seem to threatening? Do you give innovators the space they need and deserve?
