Comments - Innovation comes by trying new things and measuring them! - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-29T02:21:11Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=502551%3ABlogPost%3A1030025&xn_auth=noThanks for the comment, Charl…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-08-05:502551:Comment:10313272010-08-05T14:49:16.652ZChris Brablchttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ChrisBrablc695
Thanks for the comment, Charlie!<br />
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I understand your point but I don't see the spaghetti toss as an act of desperation. I would hope that the choices you throw up against the wall are well thought out and decisions that you think have a chance to be successful. My biggest point with this, is that you need to try new ideas that you are not sure will be successful and make sure to have some sort of metric to measure the success of the idea. Too often organizations just go with the same choices…
Thanks for the comment, Charlie!<br />
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I understand your point but I don't see the spaghetti toss as an act of desperation. I would hope that the choices you throw up against the wall are well thought out and decisions that you think have a chance to be successful. My biggest point with this, is that you need to try new ideas that you are not sure will be successful and make sure to have some sort of metric to measure the success of the idea. Too often organizations just go with the same choices over and over again and get in a rut where they never try anything new. I don't see this as a great overall strategy when trying to beat the competition.<br />
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And I like your exercise and think it's a great way to come up with new ideas to test. But the key is that you need to test these new ideas in a real world setting and measure their success in order to truly innovate and move your organization forward. With all respect, I strongly…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2010-08-04:502551:Comment:10305072010-08-04T15:01:43.520ZCharlie Allensonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/Charlie194
With all respect, I strongly disagree with the spaghetti toss. It's usually an act of desperation when you think you've run out of ideas. Rather tossing pasta or anything else against the wall to see what sticks, take a break. If you have time, go to a movie or remove yourself for a little while from your current physical location. Then come back to the issue. If you don't have time, try an exercise I use in my <a href="http://www.improvingwithimprov.com" target="_blank">improv workshops…</a>
With all respect, I strongly disagree with the spaghetti toss. It's usually an act of desperation when you think you've run out of ideas. Rather tossing pasta or anything else against the wall to see what sticks, take a break. If you have time, go to a movie or remove yourself for a little while from your current physical location. Then come back to the issue. If you don't have time, try an exercise I use in my <a href="http://www.improvingwithimprov.com" target="_blank">improv workshops</a> based on non-linear thinking. Think a word. Then note the first word that comes to mind. Don't say that word, but note the word that the second word inspires. Say that word. By leapfrogging your thought process you can open up a whole new way of looking at what you're trying to solve and gain some new perspective on that issue. Without ruining a perfectly good box pasta.