The Incredible Power Of Sustained Incrementalism

A reminder, via a Greenpeace tweet this morning, about the incredible, potentially unstoppable power of the right sort of incrementalism. Here’s the story of a man who rebuilt a forest.

When I introduce audiences to our Breakthrough Compass (see below), my natural inclination is to encourage them to lean into the Breakthrough innovation space, top right.

But any implied disparaging of the right sort of incrementalism is unintentional. I always say this is where we all start. It’s the mulch from which the seeds of the new often spring.