Incremental Innovation

Melissa Morriss-Olson encourages universities to embrace innovation and entrepreneurship as they develop new program offerings .

Her recommendation that innovation should be incremental rings true to me, as I have seen several massive "bet the farm" iniatives go down in flames. Even if the university survives, the entire organization is stressed and its credibility suffers. On the other hand, I perceive that a mix of nurtured (but limited) disruptive innovation and incremental innovation may provide the best response to opportunity and threats.

-DD