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An Ideal As a Tool for Innovation

Posted August 20, 2009 | Leadership | Leadership |

To make something new (a thing, a service, or an idea), you might adopt a goal: to make something new. We can call that an abstract goal: it’s perfectly particular, but allows for an infinite number of realizations. You can’t describe that goal in any detail, as you would an algorithm or a piece of music. The only way to describe it usefully is to repeat it.

About The Author
Lee Devin
Lee Devin is a retired Cutter Consortium Senior Consultant. Lee's background in theatre brings a unique perspective to the challenges faced by IT managers and managers in general. Lee is Professor of Theatre, Emeritus, and Senior Research Scholar at Swarthmore College, where in 1970 he founded The Theatre at Swarthmore College and taught the first "studio" courses (acting) ever offered there for academic credit. Lee is also Senior Dramaturg at… Read More
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