This brief video illustrates the challenges of leading innovation and change. This classic case (one of the oldest in the HBS system) retains its timeliness. The case describes how Lt. Sims develops a new type of gunfire at sea-continuous objective gunfire.
While 3,000% more accurate than existing guns, the video case describes how the Navy, as a successful social system, systematically rejected Sims' innovation. The instance gets at multiple resources of inertia including culture, capabilities, character, power, structure, Navy procedures, and also the truth that the U.S. Navy was one of the most successful Navies at the time. The case's extraordinary result illustrates the randomness of initiation and also the significance of strong executive leadership in leading change connected with seemingly slight (in this case architectural) innovation.
PUBLICATION DATE: May 02, 2014 PRODUCT #: 414707-VID-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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