Reading Seth Godin’s post,
top
ways to defend the status quo, made me think about survivors.
Aren’t they the ones defending
the status quo?
Survivors wait to see
which way things are moving before they commit. They wait to see if the leader will be punished or rewarded before they
will voice an opinion.
They don’t help find the
answers or explore new options because they can’t risk being associated with a
“failure”.
They are often eager to
point to the “failures” of others.
They
can be passive-aggressive, protectionist, and territorial.
They
are not innovators.
Innovators
are explorers not survivors.
Innovators
are risk takers.
Innovators
have opinions and share them.
Innovators
are passionate. They try to lobby
support to get an idea off the ground and they don’t care if the idea wasn’t
theirs – as long as it’s got potential!
Innovators try to find ways
to do things that haven’t been done before.
I love your addition! I’m also enjoying reading all of your comments – it’s always nice to know people are out there!
I am just loving reading your posts! Once again, I find myself nodding my head vigorously in agreement with your assertions. If I might add to your list–survivors get by, while innovators thrive.
I did and I’d definitely recommend it to others!
I couldn’t agree more with that. I actually linked to it in the Innovation Zen site, hope you have time to check it out.