You’ve heard of the Seven Deadly Sins, of course, and you do your best to avoid most of them most of the time. But did you know those same sins also apply to your business’s innovation efforts? In his new book, The Little Black Book of Innovation (Harvard Business Review Press), Singapore-based business consultant Scott D. Anthony devotes a chapter to the most common mistakes companies make when they promote innovative strategies. By recasting these seven mistakes as deadly sins, Anthony reminds us that success takes consistent hard work and effort, and that the price of failure can be high. Here’s a look at the seven sins, and how you can turn them into virtues.

1. 7
The
deadly
sins of
innovation

2. 7
The
deadly
sins of
innovation
and how to
avoid them

4. 1. Pride

5. overshooting.

8. 2. Sloth

10. ( That's Sloth )

11. too long

12. window opportunity

13. Why does innovation take so long?

15. analysis over action.

16. It's all too easy to fill your day with
activities that make it feel as if you are
making progress tackling a problem.

18. Genius
Perspiration.

19. 3. Gluttony

23. Innovation to Enable Creativity.

24. 4. Lust

26. Innovation Efforts,

27. Stopping is as Important as Starting.

28. nothing.

29. innovators
opportunities

30. 5. Envy

32. no corporate innovation.

33. celebrate
successes
avoid the sin of Envy.

34. 6. Wrath

35. “Failure is not an option.”

36. most certainly

37. well-thought-out risks

38. Beautiful Business Plans
Beautiful Businesses.

39. rewarding behavior

40. 7. Greed

41. greedy for the right thing.

43. you are forced to
look to what exists.

48. Stylization of an Article
“The 7 Deadly Sins of Innovation
and How Avoid Them”
In
“The Little Black Book of Innovation”
By: Scott D. Anthony