The innovation prevention department

EVERY organization includes the innovation prevention department; it may or may not be visible, but it exists. It may include the CEO and upper level executives; managers from all the functional groups and at all levels; and the continuum from the new recruit to the technology professionals with years of technical contributions. Past innovators may also be in this group of naysayers. This innovation prevention department also includes a group of innovation killers; the organization's everyday practices and policies that govern performance.