Pep talk: ‘Innovation is the ultimate act of humanity’

Name: Pep talk: ‘Innovation is the ultimate act of humanity’
Channel: Scott Kirsner
Description: Futurist, educator, and anthropologist Thornton May likes to hurl thought bombs, like “Metrics are a lazy person’s reason for saying no.” Or, “Most peop…

Futurist, educator, and anthropologist Thornton May likes to hurl thought bombs, like “Metrics are a lazy person’s reason for saying no.” Or, “Most people in organizations today are not allowed to dream.” In this three-minute video interview with InnoLead, he talks about what it takes to be a true corporate innovator.

By Scott Kirsner · August 5, 2013 · 1 min read

We sat down recently with Thornton May to talk about some of the problems related to innovation at big companies, and in established industries. “We have racism, we have sexism, we have Valley-ism,” he says. That’s the idea that “there is somebody else who is special” who is…