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Innovation does not mean pursuing change for the sake of it. Rather, it needs to find its ‘still point’: a state of agile awareness from which it can respond with grace and creativity. The organization moves beyond the illusion that it can know its operating context, and finds that clarity comes with heightened listening.
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Simpson, A. (2017). Afterword: The Still Point of Innovation. In: The Innovation-Friendly Organization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48302-7_7
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