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Getting Comfortable Taking Innovation Risks – Getting over your fear of something going wrong
Download KI_20090419.mp3 So … you’ve come up with that killer idea. To move it forward, you need to take some risk. Risk that could include: investing your retirement fund, quitting your job and possibly including convincing others to invest their retirement fund and quitting their job to join
What drives that fear that kills innovation?
Innovations are rejected for how they make make people feel long before they are reviewed on their merits. Why is it? Any new idea solicits a reaction from the people who are in decision path to approve and fund the development. The most common of emotions is fear. Fear is an interesting emotion.
Fighting Innovation FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt)
Download KI_20070715.mp3 The idea haters will come up with ways to attack, challenge and discredit your idea. They play the Innovation FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) game. The innovation FUD they can throw, the more likely you will either give up or your boss will be scared off.
