Comments on: Moving Beyond Pull Systems Requires a Culture of Innovation http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2010/01/reaching-innovate-requires-culture-innovation/ Adopt, Scale and Succeed with Agile Development Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:30:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Ryan Martens http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2010/01/reaching-innovate-requires-culture-innovation/#comment-5166 Ryan Martens Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:19:30 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=4285#comment-5166 Jennifer and others, First,Thanks you for your comments. Second, Lee thank you for all your help, words and now comments on this post. I would not be doing this writing without you. Third, the comment on personal development is right at the crux of the issue in building a Culture of Innovation. We are working with all our employees to create personal visions before we do our annual 360 process. We have as core value a concept that we call "Create your own Reality." However, we are really feeling a need to invest more time in this area as we try to make this company a successful public company. We do not have enough of a foundation poured here to build that company and the culture of innovation. The personal vision is where we are starting. These posts are coming because I am working on providing the leadership to get the snowball rolling on this during 2010. Jennifer and others,
First,Thanks you for your comments.

Second, Lee thank you for all your help, words and now comments on this post. I would not be doing this writing without you.

Third, the comment on personal development is right at the crux of the issue in building a Culture of Innovation. We are working with all our employees to create personal visions before we do our annual 360 process. We have as core value a concept that we call “Create your own Reality.” However, we are really feeling a need to invest more time in this area as we try to make this company a successful public company. We do not have enough of a foundation poured here to build that company and the culture of innovation. The personal vision is where we are starting.

These posts are coming because I am working on providing the leadership to get the snowball rolling on this during 2010.

]]> By: Lee Devin http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2010/01/reaching-innovate-requires-culture-innovation/#comment-5165 Lee Devin Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:02:43 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=4285#comment-5165 I hadn't thought to mention individual responsibility. Took it for granted? But it's an important point. We're all responsible for the work we do. But our responsibility goes beyond: if the culture doesn't encourage creativity, don't we have an obligation to make waves and teach it to do so? As you say, "Inspire your leadership!" I hadn’t thought to mention individual responsibility. Took it for granted? But it’s an important point. We’re all responsible for the work we do. But our responsibility goes beyond: if the culture doesn’t encourage creativity, don’t we have an obligation to make waves and teach it to do so? As you say, “Inspire your leadership!”

]]> By: Lee Devin http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2010/01/reaching-innovate-requires-culture-innovation/#comment-5164 Lee Devin Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:58:37 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=4285#comment-5164 You make a vital point here: that the creative person will simply adapt to the stale environment. After all, that's what creative people do. They take what they find and do their best with it. We see this in the theatre all the time: even a brilliant actor brought down to the level of a mediocre cast, thinking all the while that he/she's adapting properly and doing a great job. Very sad. You make a vital point here: that the creative person will simply adapt to the stale environment. After all, that’s what creative people do. They take what they find and do their best with it. We see this in the theatre all the time: even a brilliant actor brought down to the level of a mediocre cast, thinking all the while that he/she’s adapting properly and doing a great job. Very sad.

]]> By: Lee Devin http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2010/01/reaching-innovate-requires-culture-innovation/#comment-5162 Lee Devin Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:55:44 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=4285#comment-5162 This is on the money, Kevin. A mere technique (or a consultant's fix) more often than not attempts to end the conversation. "Do this and you won't have to worry any more." A cultural attitude, Agile, begins and sustains a conversation, the end of which no one can predict. This is on the money, Kevin. A mere technique (or a consultant’s fix) more often than not attempts to end the conversation. “Do this and you won’t have to worry any more.” A cultural attitude, Agile, begins and sustains a conversation, the end of which no one can predict.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2010/01/reaching-innovate-requires-culture-innovation/#comment-5160 Jennifer Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:49:57 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=4285#comment-5160 Yes! Creativity and innovation are critical to quality software that delights the user. I am a potter and a developer and have often thought that the software culture could greatly benefit from the arts. So often, as developers, we become consumed in the logic of our work, the code as a means to an end. Most of us are incredibly busy and doing the work of many others, and the creative process - usually in design, but sometimes in authoring code - is sacrificed. Like your post says, many companies believe in innovation but may not encourage the activities (and the time for them) that grow it. This then becomes a matter of personal development - of seeing the value and making the time. Creative culture that encourages innovation then becomes not the responsibility of the company but of individuals who value it. Share your ideas, blog about them, grow others, and inspire your leadership! Yes! Creativity and innovation are critical to quality software that delights the user. I am a potter and a developer and have often thought that the software culture could greatly benefit from the arts. So often, as developers, we become consumed in the logic of our work, the code as a means to an end. Most of us are incredibly busy and doing the work of many others, and the creative process – usually in design, but sometimes in authoring code – is sacrificed. Like your post says, many companies believe in innovation but may not encourage the activities (and the time for them) that grow it. This then becomes a matter of personal development – of seeing the value and making the time. Creative culture that encourages innovation then becomes not the responsibility of the company but of individuals who value it. Share your ideas, blog about them, grow others, and inspire your leadership!

]]> By: Morgan http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2010/01/reaching-innovate-requires-culture-innovation/#comment-5152 Morgan Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:02:42 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=4285#comment-5152 Great article. Most tips I've seen on helping creativity have addressed spurs of creativity. How to set yourself in a more creative mindset temporarliy. Long lasting creativity must come from a creative environment, a system that allows and encourages creativity at all times. To just hire a creative person into an otherwise stale company is just careless. The creative person is much more likely to adapt to the environment than the other way around and then all we've accomplished is to lose another creative mind. Consultants are great but as you write, they (we) should just be a temporary patch to be ripped away as soon as possible. BR Morgan Great article. Most tips I’ve seen on helping creativity have addressed spurs of creativity. How to set yourself in a more creative mindset temporarliy. Long lasting creativity must come from a creative environment, a system that allows and encourages creativity at all times. To just hire a creative person into an otherwise stale company is just careless. The creative person is much more likely to adapt to the environment than the other way around and then all we’ve accomplished is to lose another creative mind.
Consultants are great but as you write, they (we) should just be a temporary patch to be ripped away as soon as possible.

BR
Morgan

]]> By: Kevin Donaldson http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/2010/01/reaching-innovate-requires-culture-innovation/#comment-5138 Kevin Donaldson Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:26:47 +0000 http://www.rallydev.com/agileblog/?p=4285#comment-5138 Good thought provoking post! I see Agile as less of a process/framework and more something that has to be an organizational value or as you put it - embedded in the culture to be truly successful. Good thought provoking post! I see Agile as less of a process/framework and more something that has to be an organizational value or as you put it – embedded in the culture to be truly successful.

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