“We do not dare to many things because they are
difficult, but they are difficult because we do not dare to do them” Lucio Anneo Séneca
Innovation, especially the organizational one,
should not remain in a good desire, in the aspiration that its managers have,
in a word that sounds good and that is also fashionable: Innovation must be an
organizational reality, because clearly companies that do not Innovate are
doomed to disappear.
Innovation becomes a reality, as long as it is
not limited to an area full of people a little rare dedicated to inventing new
things, to prototype and to propose products and services that do not
necessarily match the needs of a market and therefore are not always
Successful.
Frequently, companies has to design thousands
of products in order to have only one successful in the market, it is a very
expensive process that leads many organizations to buy from third parties
products and services that have a great certainty that they go to be successful
in the market, or even to buy complete companies that come in to fill the
inefficiency in terms of innovation of some organizations that do not opt for
this type of measures, long ago would have been extinguished.
The best way to make innovation a business reality
is to include as a core issue of the organization's DNA, to live, breath and
transpire in each member and in every space of the company.
For this, it is necessary fundamentally three
elements: Culture, People and Resources.
Let's talk about culture in the first instance,
it must be enterprising, characterized by a participative, close leadership,
accompanying its team at all times, a culture that invites to propose ideas and
suggestions in each business activity.
In this
kind of culture the error is considered as a natural in professional development,
where autonomy is a norm.
Finally, "macromanagement"
characterizes performance, teamwork understood as sharing a vision and feel
rowing in the same boat, is an organizational capacity and where the outstanding
job is fully recognized.
In the second instance we think of people, the
selection of people should not only focus on technical skills - that is the
minimum that the candidate must have to apply for a vacancy - but in soft skills,
a professional that fits into a Innovative culture must be self-managed, must
be autonomous, take risks, make their own decisions, must have mastery of the
subject to which it is dedicated, in this should not improvise, must be
rigorous, select the best in each area of knowledge, Whatever the position
that is required, from what some call operatives to what others call strategic.
It is essential that these people have a purpose,
that they understand why their work is important, how they are contributing to
humanity, this gives meaning and allows each of them to deliver the best of
themselves. Finally they must be people who are comfortable in ambiguity, who
navigate deftly in turbulent waters, in changing environments, have know how to
overcome difficult times, and feel the need to continually reinvent themselves.
Innovation can not remain only in a dream or in
a fairy tale and from here the third condition of an innovative organization,
resources, without people, technology, raw materials and money, it is very
difficult to innovate, we are not in Disneyland " We are in a very
competitive market, constantly changing and highly demanding.
In short, innovation is not simply a matter for
research and development departments, is an issue primarily of culture, people
and resources. The final recommendation is that you measure how innovative your
organization's culture is, find the gaps and act to close them, otherwise innovation
will cost a lot and it will do so at a much slower speed than the current
market requires, Putting in very high risk its differential advantage and its
permanence in the market
Oscar Javier Jiménez Yepes
MBA Javeriana University
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