Closing the Innovation Gap: The Old System Fights Back

Meaningful innovation eventually confronts the systems, assumptions, routines, and structures that protect the status quo.

In this episode of Closing the Innovation Gap, Dr. Carrington M. Faulk explores why established systems often resist change—even when leaders agree that innovation is necessary.

Policies, incentives, habits, structures, and identities can quietly pull organizations back toward familiar practices.

Learn how leaders can recognize systemic resistance and build enough alignment, evidence, and momentum to keep meaningful change moving.

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