Comments on: The question I’m going to ask everyone at SND and APME

By: Danny Sanchez

Danny Sanchez — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:19:23 +0000

I like the revised question Ryan. The first one was a bit leading

By: Greg Linch

Greg Linch — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:09:13 +0000

I like the updated question, but I don’t know how long the answers will be.

Hopefully two words: Elephant Gun.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:18:42 +0000

Make it positive and even simpler:

“How are you innovating in your newsroom right now?”

I think any good answer would show how obstacles were dealt with, or what roadblocks still remain. Plus give concrete, boots-on-the-ground ideas for action.

We spend plenty of time already in the media blogosphere identifying problems, naming them, mocking them, decrying them, distributing blame for them. Let’s talk ideas.

By: Erik Rolfsen

Erik Rolfsen — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:10:33 +0000

Something that’s slightly more positive and invokes action:

What’s the single most important change your organization could make to unleash more innovation?

By: John Robinson

John Robinson — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:36:10 +0000

I think the question is fine. Your challenge will be to dig deeper into the answers. My observation is that the answers will be around three topics: lack of focus/direction; lack of money; and system/technological inertia or inefficiency.

Of course, lack of focus/direction tends to be blaming someone else for something you can address on your own. Lack of money isn’t really an obstacle as so much is available cheap or free. System problems are a true issue many places, but workarounds often exist.

Fear of the unknown and change, well, that’s another issue.

I’ll be interested in seeing/reading what you find. Wish I could see you there.