{"id":167,"date":"2016-02-22T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T20:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.morphis-insights.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2024-01-26T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T11:10:57","slug":"innovation-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morphis-tech.com\/blog\/innovation-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Out With The Old And\u2026In With Old (The Innovation Challenge)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the first part<\/a> of this two-part post, we discussed how Royal Melbourne Hospital\u2019s Pathology department was infected by a new variant of the Qbot malware and responded by upgrading from (out of support) Windows XP to (out of support) Windows 7 (out with the old and\u2026in with the old<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I pondered how [intelligent people within] organizations could make such \u201ccurious\u201d decisions.<\/p>\n

Around the same time, I found this post from ShopifyPlus that revealed The Dirty Little Secret Traditional Enterprise Software Companies Don’t Want You Knowing<\/a>. The argument made was that the five major software vendors and their associated ecosystem of system integrators and consultants have locked their customers (probably you) into a multi-$B industry that does little to add real value.<\/p>\n

Nobody got fired for buying IBM, right? The result being that 80% of enterprise spend is on legacy systems leaving little budget for innovation.<\/p>\n

– Is there a connection between the two posts?
\n– Are the \u201ccurious\u201d decisions a result of the \u201cdirty little secret\u201d?
\n– Is the lack of innovation really down to budget or is the environment for innovation sub-optimal in large enterprises?
\n– Is \u201cbudget\u201d really the logical justification for an emotional decision already made?
\n– What is driving that emotional decision?<\/p>\n

This thought process led me back to the world of Simon Sinek. Simon is a leadership expert who explores how leaders can inspire cooperation, trust and change.The concept that \u201cpeople make emotional decisions and then use logic to justify them\u201d is something I first encountered 20 years ago. Simon\u2019s \u201cStart With Why<\/a>\u201d was the first biological explanation I saw for that concept and was beautifully wrapped in a dialogue of why great leaders inspire, and why great companies succeed.<\/p>\n

In turning to Simon for answers to my questions, I extrapolated what I will describe as a hypothesis for the lack of innovation in the [vast?] majority of large enterprises. I believe it to be probably true, you may think it possibly true, or you may dispute it entirely. If you do dispute it entirely, I would love to hear your alternative hypothesis.<\/p>\n

Simon wraps his philosophy on innovation, trust and risk in a concept he calls \u201cLeaders Eat Last\u201d. The short form of where he heard that term and what it means can be seen here:<\/p>\n

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