Cultures are naturally resistant to change. The same shared mental models that allow large numbers of people to work together efficiently can also keep people from imagining new ways of working together. In many corporate cultures, new ideas are viewed as heresy. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Marty NeumeierA genius is someone who can tolerate the discomfort of uncertainty while generating as many ideas as possible.
Marty NeumeierDesign is the underlying skill that activates innovation. If you want to innovate, you've got to design.
Marty NeumeierWithout design thinking, the only sane response to a problem is to make a smaller, "safer" move. Smaller moves don't get you very far. They key is to let out the leash on imagination, but not take it off the leash. Imagination is the only path to innovation. It's a good example of something that humans do better than machines.
Marty Neumeier