There are nine main “innovation fatigue factors” that we discuss in the book. They are summarized in the grid shown below (click to enlarge). Nine of the twenty-four chapters of the book deal specifically with these. Innovation fatigue can come from three primary sources: interpersonal factors (“people fatigue”), organizational factors, and external factors such as …
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We have emphasized the importance of strengthening “the will to share” as a key to having a culture of innovation in an organization. Breaking the will to share is one of the most dangerous innovation fatigue factors that we discuss in our book. Google, typically a hotbed of innovation, continues to show that they understand …
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Fake Work: Why People Are Working Harder Than Ever but Accomplishing Less, and How to Fix the Problem by Brent D. Peterson and Gaylan D. Nielson (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009) strikes a chord in most anybody who has been in Corporate America – or most anybody who works, for that matter. Dr. Brent Peterson from the Marriott School of Engineering (Brigham Young University) and Gaylan Nielson, CEO of The Work Itself Group, apply decades of experience in facing the dysfunctions of modern business and diagnosing the problems of wasted effort. They estimate that over half of all work is meaningless, or “fake workâ€â€“work that is not related to the objectives of the business and does not help a business to survive. Fake. Meaningless. Wasted. These are terrible adjectives to apply to the exhausting efforts we go through, but they are accurate much of the time.
The Food and Drug Administration is taking aim at Cheerios, as Advertising Age reports. After two years of advertising the health benefits of the oats in Cheerios, General Mills now faces the wrath of the FDA. By claiming that it can lower cholesterol, no matter how many studies support that claim, General Mills is allegedly …
One of the nine major “Innovation Fatigue Factors” that we emphasize in the book is what we call “Breaking the Will to Share.” This describes the tenuous bonds of loyalty and trust that motivate innovators in an organization to bring forth their best ideas and breathe life into their work for the good of the …
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In Conquering Innovation Fatigue, we identify nine innovation fatigue factors at three levels: personal (including deficiencies in innovators themselves as well as personal actions of others), organizational, and external. We use nine fatigue factor icons, designed by artist Mark Benyo of Appleton, Wisconsin, to graphically capture some aspect of each of these fatigue factors. Here …