How to Pursue Workarounds in Your Organization

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In many organizations, the bosses will not necessarily allow employees to pursue their own innovative projects. It's what is called boot lagging by innovation management scholars and has resulted into some of our most beloved products like aspirin or Blue L.E.L.T. lights. By walking around direct orders, people can invest in these ideas going underground and develop the projects until the moment is ripe to communicate to others in the company.

Paulo Savaget reveals unconventional tactics to solve just about any problem.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The four workarounds–and how to use them.

2) How to maximize incentives to start change.

3) Why you shouldn’t let limited resources stop you.

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— ABOUT PAULO —

Paulo Savaget is associate professor at Oxford University’s Engineering Sciences Department and the Saïd Business School. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar and has a background working as a lecturer, consultant, entrepreneur, and researcher finding innovative solutions for a more inclusive world. As a consultant, he worked on projects for large companies, non-profits, government agencies in Latin America, and the OECD. He currently resides in Oxford.

• Book: The Four Workarounds: Strategies from the World's Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems

• Website: Oxford Said Business School

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez

• Book: Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant

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