Some people talk about the recipe for success, but I think about it more as a process for success.Įnsuring your outputs are definable and repeatable, will help you get a handle on what works and what doesn’t enabling you to reduce the time from bleeding to leading and being a more profitable and effective organisation. But once he found the way to make it he was then the leader in his field and the one to beat and became the ‘Leading edge’ in the technology.Ĭreation is messy, chaotic and risky, however leading and keeping your position requires organisation, structure and planning. His bleeding was probably sleepless nights and financial pain too. Each creation was a learning experience that evolved thinking. When inventing the light bulb Thomas Edison did not fail to make a light bulb 200 or so times he found 200 ways not to make a light bulb. You bleed, you have to be brave and ‘disrupt’ the ‘status quo’ to try something different. So how do you get from Bleeding to Leading? First. The ‘Bleeding edge’ defines something that is brand new, neither tried nor tested indicating there are going to be some ‘casualties along the way’ to get the project to market. They defined the ‘Leading Edge’ as companies or a technology that is ‘world class’ or the ‘One to beat’ in any particular sector. I though I had misheard or they had misquoted so I asked what they meant (every day is a school day!) and they explained something that made me sit up an listen and challenge what I have been saying for years. Makes sense so far?īut here is the new learning, I heard someone referencing the ‘Bleeding edge’ the other day. I have heard and been using the term ‘Leading Edge’ and ‘Tip of the Spear’ (sorry for the clichés but there is a point I promise) as an example of being the first in creating the standard or make a path for everything that follows.
Get off the cutting edge and leap to the bleeding edge and make the cut yourself! If you’re not willing to bleed with innovation, then you’re never going to lead in your profession.I am not ‘down with the kids’ with the latest terms, but I am not part of the ‘old guard’ either. So, my question for you is this: Are you on the cutting edge or the bleeding edge? Are you daring enough to explore new territory, even if it’s difficult, scary, or poses a threat to your livelihood? The bleeding edge is that boundary that has not yet been broken. Innovation is not about the cutting edge. The cutting edge is the part of the knife that does most of the work. The tip of a knife is known as the bleeding edge. But I don’t see it that way and nor should you. We believe that phrase to mean that someone, an individual or a company, is making exciting changes. With innovation, I always find it amusing when people talk about being on the “cutting edge.” Especially in technology people talk about being on the cutting edge.īeing on the cutting edge used to be good enough to rise above. You must continue to innovate and breakthrough if you want to stay relevant in business. We all know that competition is tougher than ever and you must innovate if you want to be a leader.
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