518: The non-obvious way to gain organization support for your ideas

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Radio is ending in Jan, 2025. About the Episode:  Innovation
expert Doug Hall reveals why most organizations struggle with
innovation despite recognizing its importance. Through his
experience running Eureka! Ranch and Dexter Bourbon Distillery,
Hall discovered that successful innovation requires a bottom-up
transformation focusing first on empowering frontline employees to
fix inefficiencies (“stop the stupid”), then enabling middle
managers to improve systems, and finally allowing leadership to
pursue bigger strategic innovations. This three-level approach has
shown to increase innovation value by 28% versus the typical 50%
decline seen in traditional top-down approaches. Key Topics: The
Innovation Paradox: While 80% of CEOs say innovation is critical,
only 20% believe their organizations are good at itEmployee
Innovation Barriers: 37% don’t see innovation as their job, 29%
don’t know what to do about itMiddle Management Challenge: Managers
waste 3.5 hours daily dealing with mistakes and system flawsThe
“Stop the Stupid” Approach: Start with empowering employees to fix
immediate inefficiencies before pursuing larger
innovationsThree-Step Framework: 1) Teach innovation fundamentals,
2) Build confidence through early wins, 3) Develop systems
thinkingMeasurable Impact: Organizations can achieve 4 improvement
actions per employee per month