Thursday, February 17, 2005

Thoughts on DOI #4 - Innovation

And more explanation of the Declaration of Interdependence with the fourth statement focused on innovation.

#4 - Innovation

• We unleash creativity and innovation by recognizing that individuals are the ultimate source of value, and creating an environment where they can make a difference

We wanted to capture something in the DOI which expressed the notion that we view individuals as assets in a business rather than faceless resources which are somehow magically interchangneable and fungible in a 3-sided iron traingle tradeoff. People are the ultimate source of value is a recognition that modern work is knowledge work. Knowledge is value. People create that knowledge. The creation of new knowledge is an act of creativity which generated innovation. This happens better when you create an environment where people are viewed as assets and encouraged to take risks and make a difference. This isn’t really a project management practice rather a good modern management practice