All too often, legacy management practices reflexively perpetuate the past - by over-weighting the views of long-tenured executives, by valuing conformance more highly than creativity and by turning tired industry nostrums into sacred truths.
Interpretation
Legacy practices can inhibit innovation by prioritizing the opinions of long-standing executives and traditional methods over creativity.
This quote by Gary Hamel critiques legacy management practices that excessively rely on the perspectives of long-tenured executives. By valuing compliance over creativity, these practices can stifle innovation and reinforce outdated beliefs, ultimately hindering an organization's ability to adapt and thrive in a changing environment.
In practice
In a corporate training session discussing the importance of innovation.
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My dear sisters, whatever your calling, whatever your circumstances, we need your impressions, your insights, and your inspiration. We need you to speak up and speak out in ward and stake councils.
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