Jeremy's post (at www.foundread.com) on how founders sometimes get too caught up in the Vision Thing, and focus too little on converting others to their mission has inspired many thoughtful comments for our site.(I encourage you to read it.) Personally, I see his thoughtful points as the "leadership analogue" to the longstanding debate in business strategy and economics over the distinction btw "invention" (creating a new product) and "innovation" (delivering it to the market). In both cases the former (vision/ invention)is rendered moot without the latter, since it is only when a vision or invention is DISSEMINATED that change occurs, and value is truly created. We like to muse about lofty ideas and inventions in business--and in the business press, especially--but without an accompanying action it's all just so much rhetoric, or in the case of inventions, plain old art. So thanks Jeremey, for taking this debate to the realm of leadership where actions do matter more than words.
Lastly, Jeremy's post has prompted a secondary discussion of the Founders Dilemma -- the perpetual challenge that entrepreneurs and CEOs experience in trying to distinguish good advice from bad advice. The very best leaders need help with this. Consider contributing to the debate here, or at www.foundread.com. Cheers Jeremy! Carleen
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Jeremy's post (at www.foundread.com) on how founders sometimes get too caught up in the Vision Thing, and focus too little on converting others to their mission has inspired many thoughtful comments for our site.(I encourage you to read it.)
Personally, I see his thoughtful points as the "leadership analogue" to the longstanding debate in business strategy and economics over the distinction btw "invention" (creating a new product) and "innovation" (delivering it to the market). In both cases the former (vision/ invention)is rendered moot without the latter, since it is only when a vision or invention is DISSEMINATED that change occurs, and value is truly created. We like to muse about lofty ideas and inventions in business--and in the business press, especially--but without an accompanying action it's all just so much rhetoric, or in the case of inventions, plain old art. So thanks Jeremey, for taking this debate to the realm of leadership where actions do matter more than words.
Lastly, Jeremy's post has prompted a secondary discussion of the Founders Dilemma -- the perpetual challenge that entrepreneurs and CEOs experience in trying to distinguish good advice from bad advice. The very best leaders need help with this. Consider contributing to the debate here, or at www.foundread.com.
Cheers Jeremy!
Carleen
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