《《The Case for Stealth Innovation(HBR)》.pdfVIP

HBR.ORG Paddy Miller is a professor at lESE Business School. Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg is a partner at the Innovation Architects . They are the authors of Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013), from which this article is adapted . The Case for iStealth Innovation whe n its better to ask for forgiveness than seek permission by Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg You have an idea for a daring, innova- For this reason, innovators are often counseled to go tive project that could have a signifi- straight to the top, secure backing, and build a corpo- cant impact on your business. How- rate sense of urgency around their ideas, ever, you suspect that your idea will The top first strategy, however, carries its ovm meet with internal resistance: The in- risks. CEOs of large organizations are constantly novation would upend the status quo, and chances barraged with proposals for new, untested projects, are good that other parts of the organization will try and typically, the ideas get a five-minute perusal to stop it. Whats your n