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Culture change starts at the top. As long as those C-level executives think the culture is fine, it will never change.
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Leaders exhort the troops to be innovative, but no one understands clearly what that means.
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…on creative tasks in particular, some research suggests that people perform more innovatively when they are offered no extrinsic rewards; offering them a reward can actually reduce their creativity.
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People who are internally driven to create do seem more creative than those who are just doing it for the money.
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Understanding where innovation comes from is particularly important because we tend to believe deeply that this type of performance, even more than others, is a mysterious gift.
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What makes the biggest difference is the willingness to go through the demanding process of acquiring that knowledge over time.
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Wanting to achieve mastering of a field, committing to the long, hard work of achieving it, and then intending to innovate – that’s how it happens.
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The heavy burden of the evidence is that creativity is much more available to us than we think.
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…one of the most consistent findings in the research is that nobody makes the journey alone.
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Knowledge is the foundation of great performance, and in fields where important advances are being made continually, mastering the accumulated knowledge takes longer all the time.
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