Who out there is an “overthinker”?  You know…someone who has a quest for perfection in everything and/or refuses to start a project until everything…EVERYTHING is “just right”!

Well…let me say it out loud:  Overthinking & Innovation Don’t Mix!

Having been labeled a life long innovator in multiple areas, it is very difficult for me to work with an individual or group that will not kick off a new initiative until every possible service/product scenario is thought through and corrective action build in.  This challenge was/is always a concern when working with government project funding.  No one wants a new project to fail…but often just the action of delaying start-up can cause “innovation minimalization”!  Progressive momentum, partner participation, customer perceptions, lessened prioritization and strategic project timing can all be negatively impacted by implementation Overthinking.

I believe in most cases there is something very special in the purity and newness of an innovation that is protected from historic Overthinking processes.  Likewise I believe that although Overthinkers mostly have good intentions for their “what about this or that” questioning, however uniqueness and creative potential can quietly become lessened by just one simple change.

Overthinking & Innovation Don’t Mix!

Give creativity an open-forum for trial and error.  Maybe you will realize even more innovative positiveness than was even projected!