I heard Herman Kahn interviewed last Sunday on 60 Minutes. This is a quote taken out of context from that interview: "Innovation never comes from established Institutions but always from some unconventional or crazy person".
I have been digesting thos words from Sunday until now. And I have to agree. Most of the people who make real changes in our world are "different". They don't go along with the status quo. A few I can think of right away are Bill Gated, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerburg.
I think that when we have been in the job, church or culture for to long we come to believe that the way things are can't or shouldn't be changed. For us even if it is not working it is something we are familiar with and we reach a certain comfort level. I have stayed in jobs, relationships and groups that were no longer working for me. Mostly because it was easier to stay than to leave. I try not to do that anymore,
Everytime I hear the phrase :If It's Not Broken Don't Fix It", I think of the book title I mentioned a month or more back called "If It's Not Broken Break It". I think that the word break in this case is a synonym for change. It will be either the quite young or the quite old who will break the establishments rules. Particularly the young who havn't heard "That Can't Be Done or That Will Never Work" often enough to get their brain drenched with the message. Thank the Universe for the unconventional or crazy people.
Wednesday Night, March 14th, 2012........9:00p.m.
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