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Innovation Vs. Good Idea

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Innovation Vs. Good Idea

Everyone is amazed by a good idea. However, a good idea does not have to be an innovation, even if it appears creative. Innovation comes in with converting the idea into a product or a service that people want to buy. Thus, a good idea can win creativity contest but may fall flat in the market if people are not willing to buy, and it will only remain a good idea. Innovations can shake and change markets s they affect how consumer feel about quality, enhancing life, look, feel and even price (Dahlander et al., 2021).

Leadership plays a significant role in communication strategies that help in the adoption of innovation. The correlation of different interplays brings about innovation, and communication initiates how the employee and all stakeholder view innovation. A good leadership communication strategy seeks to meet market penetration aspects, building the relationship with employees, understanding competitor and factors with partners. IF the communication between leaders and employees is weak, the ability to pull together resources to shit an excellent idea to innovative idea will be ineffective (Kremer et al., 2019)

A good example is the innovations that have been in place, majorly in transformative changes in educational systems, which are more about innovating ways to keep students engaged in the digital age when technology has revolutionized the ability to learn. A good example is a shift from the standard chalk and talks to more learning management systems, such as massive open online course and ideas like flipping the classroom. All the innovative ideas only worked if the entire organization's internal and external factors had to work on their concerns. Interior characteristics, most specifically the teacher and the students, are the most primary in initiating change because they serve the direct rule in interaction and bringing the idea to life and showing it to external factors why taking the concept is the best option. If the internal factors are ready for change, then implementation can be made with speed. However, if they do not understand the concept or even feel that the idea would not serve the purpose, they may not support it wholly (WayBack Machine, 2013).

References

Dahlander, L., Gann, D. M., & Wallin, M. W. (2021). How open is innovation? A retrospective and ideas forward. Research Policy, 50(4), 104218.

Kremer, H., Villamor, I., & Aguinis, H. (2019). Innovation leadership: Best-practice recommendations for promoting employee creativity, voice, and knowledge sharing. Business Horizons, 62(1), 65-74.

WayBack Machine. (2013, March). Innovators Among Us: How UW Faculty are Enhancing Teaching with Technology. https://www.washington.edu/provost/files/2013/02/edtrends_InnovatorsAmongUs.pdf.