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It’s hard to head it alone, and large teams normally discourage unorthodox innovations.
February 08, 2024
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The anecdote of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, the winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medication for their discoveries underpinning the mRNA vaccines against Covid-19, holds classes for others who are pursuing radical ideas. Drawing on their interview with Karikó and those of others with Weissman and her, the authors extrapolate classes on why pairs can be more effective in pursuing reputedly wild ideas and easy how to obtain any person to take the fade with you.
Imagine you have an unorthodox idea — one that challenges the dominant assumptions for your organization and trade. How heed you arrangement it? Keen forward alone is hard. On the varied hand, you are now no longer going to attract or be equipped with a large team to pursue an idea that most gape as crazy. Our research suggests that such radical thinkers thrive in a unfamiliar organizational environment by finding one varied individual to work with — by operating in pairs.
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Paola Bellis is assistant professor of organizational behavior and leadership and innovation at Politecnico di Milano.
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