Is innovation possible when one doesn has decision making power [in an organization]?
Scott Berkun: Yes. There are many stories of great innovations being made by people with little power. The invention of masking tape was led by an engineer who went off on his own, despite being told by his boss not to, and researched different ways to solve a problem he was interested in. When, after months, he had a working prototype, he used it to convince his boss of the merit of the idea. The most important thing isn’t decision making power: it’s three things. 1) your willingness to take a risk 2) Your ability to find a truly good solution to an important problem 3) Your ability to convince decision makers that you’ve done #2. Moderator: Welcome to those of you just joining us. We do see your questions coming in. They will appear on this screen as soon as today’s speaker has answered them. selinawang: I am a Chinese Junior High school student, so I don’t quite understand what’s “outside the box”, could you explain it to me? Thanks. I also want to know as a student, what can I do t
