Innovation is a better future delivered. Sounds fun right? It has many enemies, which makes it very hard.

I like this list by Tom Peters, which Vala Afshar shared, on what innovation is. The big one for me, which scares most everyone, is: If you know where you’re heading, you’re not innovating.

Innovation is:

1. messy
2. nonlinear
3. a circus
4. fun
5. heartbreaking
6. depends in full on a robust culture of “try it now”

If things work out as planned, you weren’t chasing anything interesting.

—@tom_peters #ExcellenceDividend pic.twitter.com/XnJthbLcIb

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) March 29, 2018

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