Innovative thinking does more with less

Bilbo Baggins summed it up in “The Fellowship of the Ring”: “I feel, thin. Sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.”

Sound familiar?

“Doing more with less” has been the mantra of the workplace since the 1990s. Workers are asked to do more work with the same, or even fewer, resources, and that often translates to working longer hours, giving up family time, and, ultimately, creating burnout and cynicism.

The solution to this paradox has eluded organizations and individuals. We are facing a workplace whose expectations for performance are higher and more complex than ever before. Sadly, with…