Innovate on Purpose: Innovation Prevention

Innovation activities need to be carefully managed to be successful. Poorly defined innovation goals, vague or inadequate commitment of time or resources, different definitions or opinions about definitions or outcomes, a scope that avoids risk or discovery, lack of preparation, training and innovation skill development or fear of failure can alert you to the need to prevent, delay or postpone an innovation activity. It’s better to stop an innovation activity prematurely and replan it than to have it end poorly.