“There is a bit of keeping up with the Joneses.”ALSO READ: Why innovation in Kenya ‘died’ in 1985But it is not organisations that resist change; people resist. It boils down to some key questions that the people whom you pitch your ideas to will ask themselves, Prof Isabella said. So if a manager is not a risk-taker, he is likely to hire another person who does not take risks. Some people are not smart enough or skilled enough to tell whether or not a new idea is a good one. Every year, high-priced consultants help companies become a little less stuck on doing the ‘same old, same old’ at great expense.

Source: Standard Digital March 10, 2017 04:37 UTC