Ajay: Hey, is that a new haircut?
Colleague: Yeah. My daughter said my old looks were getting a bit too boring and got me to
get a makeover.
Ajay: She isnt wrong, you know? Be it an individual or an organization, constant innovation
and re-innovation are important.
Coll: What has a snip here and a snip there got to do with innovation? Dont we talk about
innovation in much more serious and larger contexts?
Ajay: Innovation is a mentality, my friend. Its an attitude that reflects in your personality and
in everything you do, including how you run your organization.
Coll: Care to elaborate?
Ajay: Think about it this way. You may be a handsome chap, but would you be appreciated if you walk around flaunting a hairstyle or an attire thats a decade old? Your poor choice will undermine even your greatest features. So you need to upgrade yourself according to the changing times, else you will be written off as obsolete. In other words, you need to constantly innovate yourself to become a man of the 21st century. Now replace you with an organization, say Microsoft. It has the most used and most appreciated operating system across the world. But it didnt come this far with just Windows 98 or Windows XP or even Windows 10 for that matter.
Of course, all these operating systems garnered a lot of goodwill, but Microsoft kept innovating, built on that goodwill, and is now about to release Windows 11 for which the entire world seems to be eagerly waiting.
Coll: That was a real eye-opener!
Ajay: And thats a really good haircut you have there!