How far out are you looking out to create significant changes in your business? Through the next six months? The end of the year? How about looking out at least to 2020 with an innovation theme to set priorities?
While you typically hear about an annual theme as the New Year starts, the point here is different: establish an innovation theme for next year NOW. Looking months out sets up completing preparatory work throughout the current year to be ready for strong implementation in the next.
Reviewing the Fast Company World's Most Innovative Companies issue suggested fourteen potential innovation themes based on the strategies the magazine reported.
Based on this list, think ahead: What you would do NOW to prepare if 2020 were going to be the year of . . .
Do you see any possibilities in this list? Does it inspire you to imagine other innovation themes to focus on for the year AFTER the current year? – Mike Brown