Richard Hamilton: "Great idea, but …"
July 5th, 2010
Richard Hamilton writes about the most common reason why good ideas fail. We underestimate the pain of our current situation and overestimate the pain of adopting a new idea.
In discussing what a manager can do, faced with this situation, he quotes President Harry Truman:
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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