You’re Not in Kansas Anymore
by Gene Blishen
It does seem that innovation is being constantly pounded as a key factor in how to make our credit unions resilient and alive. We have an ample number of innovation consultants now so we know the buzz word has created a new consulting industry. But what exactly does it mean to innovate?
I believe that part of growing is creating something in the future that is different from the present. This is a constant quest most are aware of and some partake of daily. Sometimes growing gets mixed up with another factor and that is one of developing. Though we may not necessarily be growing by creating we usually are constantly developing by striving to do something a little better than before. We learn by doing.
To innovate does mean some level of creation that is new. To do this means not to hammer out a summary solution but to bring forward concepts that can be actual prototypes used to solicit feedback. You innovate in small steps, inch by inch. The outcome you want in that original eureka moment takes many different forms and paths.
