Innovation_Architecture

http://dimetic.dime-eu.org/dimetic_files/HendersonClarkASQ1990.pdf

Same framework as described in the Innovation Zen website:

http://innovationzen.com/blog/2006/08/11/innovation-management-theory-part-3/

The gist of the article by Henderson and Clark is that businesses (organizations) can fail even with improvements in "component improvements" (Think; curriculum, assessment and instruction) because the component improvements are not matched by improvements in "architecture" (Think: communication channels, information filters and established strategies) that keeps components working together. The gold standard is "radical innovation" or where the components are raised beyond established technology or organizational (component) practices. The description the authors give about advantages less mature firms have should bring to mind what people say about charter schools. The district should follow Govindarajan and Trimble's advice to form special innovation teams that operate under accountability rules more akin to how the charter schools operate.