Posted by: fraser in Untagged on Mar 11, 2010
A group at BYU and Harvard just completed a study trying to get at the root of what makes people innovative. Reading the list of traits I kept thinking - this describes nonprofit leaders to a T!. And then I wondered - why do some think our sector is so staid and risk adverse?
Here is one quote "the most effective leaders "are much more likely to ask 'What if' questions, such as, 'What would happen if we do this?' They ask things like, 'What if we try doing things a new way, how will it change the world?'
The study appears in the Harvard Review of Business this week.