Nice twist.  Always heard Deming said, "No one asked for a light bulb."  Same point.  Organizations have become way to introspective to innovate.  Executives focused on rewards and targets.  The management factory puts out too many blockages in the way of governance, audit and risk - all areas that do not create or add value.  I compare it to playing "prevent defense" in football, it prevents you from winning.  All this protection to prevent profits from shrinking . . . shrink profits.

Unfortunately, with so little emphasis on the work, organizations have forgot how to innovate.  The workers on the front-line have been outsourced, shared and marginalized.  These are the folks that see opportunities and customer needs first, but they are viewed as an expense on the financials.  Instead, innovation has to become or will become a department - just like the quality department - how pathetic.

Tripp Babbitt