What’s Thwarting American Innovation? Too Much Science, Says Roger Martin
By pushing the principles of scientific management too far, corporations are short-circuiting 
their own futures, says the designiest dean of all the business schools. “The enemy of innovation is the phrase ‘prove it,’” Roger Martin says.
The folks at McKinsey, Bain, and BCG should be happy that Roger Martin likes his job. Otherwise, he could cause them a heap of trouble.
As it is, the dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto is traveling the country, throwing down the gauntlet to companies who hope to analyze and strategize their way out of a recession by bringing in armies of management consultants. You’ll get what you pay for, he warns, and it won’t be innovation.
“The business world is tired of having armies of analysts descend on their companies,” he says. “You can’t send a 28-year-old with a calculator to solve your problems.” Read full story:
