Global CIO: How The Crash Will Affect Corporate IT. As you evaluate disruptive new technologies, challenge every IT truism and so-called best practice used over the last couple of decades to find ideas that work well in today's economy. I was reading "urbanologist" Richard Florida's recent article in The Atlantic -- "How the crash will reshape America" and this big "aha! " jumped out at me: » SOA will lead to ‘explosion of creativity’ CIO - Blog: IT Analysis Paralysis. Do IT leaders struggle with innovation because they're too analytical?
A new study suggests that leading too much with one's head might have something to do with why many companies struggle with innovation. I've been thinking about this question since I talked with innovation consultant Gary Hamel in the fall. He observes that modern management is designed to optimize efficiency rather than the execution of new ideas. Last week, I got a copy of a study by Oliver Wyman-Delta Organization & Leadership which in part asked executives to define the leadership skills that were most critical to innovation.