Innovation & Implementation is where the rubber hits the road. This is where your desire, commitment, accountability and discipline are put to the test. Innovation & Implementation is all about getting others to become interested in and, in some way, buy what it is you’re selling.

Whether you want people’s money, time, effort, simple acceptance or fervent support they must find a way-in their own way-to connect with the quality of your work. The quality of what you and your people come up with here is closely interwoven with:

• The quality of your individual collective Presence
• Your ability to integrate Pattern & Practice
• How you choose to Generate Value
• The degree to which you can generate No Waste

Innovation & Implementation can be technical, ideological, organizational, governmental, systemic or simply personal. What you innovate and implement may be narrowly targeted and focused on one segment or category listed above or may cross multiple lines, weaving together technology, policy and personal practice.

Be creative, be disciplined and know well what effects you intend. After you’ve succeeded in getting your idea/service/product/practice accepted stand back and watch as the unintended effects begin to multiply. Such is life in and among open systems!

Most importantly, let what you do be personally meaningfully and speak to the answer to the question: “What sustains?” 

Doing so will allow you to buy what you are selling too.

This post comes courtesy of The Capacity Evolution blog