Fearless Change Patterns for Introducing New Ideas

Corporate Angel

My boss stopped by my cubicle and said, “I hear you’ve been giving brown bags on <a new idea>. I think you should give a presentation to the vice president. His staff meeting is in a couple of weeks.” I agreed, but I didn’t understand why the high-level managers needed to hear about this particular idea. I thought it was a good idea for the technical people in the organization but that was it. I was so wrong. That presentation brought training and the purchase of cases of books and, eventually, a new job description for me that allowed me more time to work on introducing the innovation. My ideas wouldn’t have gotten far without buy-in from upper management.

To help align the innovation with the goals of the organization, get support ...