With any change there are the naysayers and the hopeful that will cry for or against the change. However, no matter how painful a change may seem or uncertain the outlook…. change is inevitable. Get use to it and adjust! Unlike what some predict the world will not end… not until October 21st… “probably” but most likely or maybe 2012
How many of you read the following:
Insert any blog or other periodical here ____________________ !
How many of you re-tweet, like, share or spread these articles and/or blogs?
When you look at your stream, linkedin, or RSS reader do you have things that come up that you have never seen before from different sources and people or are they the same articles, posts, blogs and sites that you see on a daily basis?
Spreading ideas is great but spreading the same ideas to the same people can create stagnation. Too many of us are comfortable in our silos without realizing how dependant on those silos we have become.
I don’t know about you but when I walk by those stagnant ponds with moss and green gook it is not very pleasing to me! This action of being stagnant is much like sitting in a church and preaching to the Choir. Everyone hears and agrees with the ideas but you never take an opportunity to see if there is anything better or more to the message!
Do you see the same things over and over again…? Is it insanity or is it just that you have been in the same church for too long? Do you need to go out and randomly hear another sermon?
Being Innovative often means you have to take a completely different approach.
We all like games. Maybe not the same exact one. The reactions we have to the games we play, enjoy, and hate can be interpreted differently dependant on the way we play them.
Have you ever started to play a card game with friends but before you played, you changed the rules? What were the reactions?
Ever taken the game of monopoly and played counterclockwise?
Have you ever played ping-pong on a round table?
Try it. By changing the rules you may change the outcome. And by doing that, you may just find that the game you knew is even better then it was.
Sometimes, in order to be innovative you have to change the way you play the game!
How are you playing your game?
