motivation – Gordon Woo's Blog

Is fear the biggest impediment to Innovation? [blog post]

In the blog post “Overcoming Fear: The 3 Step Process” by David K. William he explains how feat is the “culprit” of innovation is fear. The main issues include dear of making mistakes, fear of getting fired as well as fear of conflict with a managers are some of many factors that in which he claims that inhibit innovation. He says to deal with this issue, the following should be done: firstly “leaders must truly trust employees”, secondly firms should rely more on principles rather than policy and lastly firms should allow employees to experiment before they create.

In my opinion what Davin K. William written makes a lot of sense especially how “An employee that feels supported and appreciated is more willing to devote their full energy, creativity and passion to the company and its goals, and will naturally innovate in every area within their influence.”, however what I want to know is what companies and firms that have little to no room for innovation? For example the role of an accountant is pretty straight forward and would have little room for innovation as its operating under a set guideline.

Sources: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkwilliams/2012/11/16/the-single-biggest-enemy-of-innovation-and-the-3-key-principles-for-bringing-it-back

In reply to Tim Martiniak’s “Ethical Issues – Barclays plc”

In Tim’s blog post focuses on the recent scandal by one of Britain’s largest banks, Barclay and resulted in a fine of £290 million. He then goes on and explains how managers should ” take on responsibility for actually creating a positive ethical environment, i.e. setting clear goals, adhering to policies set out by the company or by managers themselves” in order not to set an example for employees. I agree on his point of view, as acting ethically would not only motivate employees as employees feel like they are creating meaning in their lives but also be able to attract consumers as acting ethical is what is considered to be cool.

Now with the Scandal I think Barclay would need to work on fixing its’ image as well as establishing re-establishing trust with customers
. There are a lot of things in which Barclay’s would have to fix both internally and externally, and starting by acting ethical would be a good place to start.