How should this barrier be identified within the MIX? Give it a short and evocative title

Here’s your chance to catch your fellow MIXers—and the world’s—attention. Inject some personality into your title—the more concrete, colorful, and clever, the better—but don’t forget to communicate the impact of your story. An example: Allocational Rigidity (Or, The Ghost of the Politburo)

Describe your barrier in 30 words or less, emphasizing the way it undermines adaptability, innovation, engagement or some other essential organizational capability.

This is what your fellow MIXers will see when browsing the Barriers. Grab their attention by describing your barrier as clearly as possible. An example: The process for resource allocation in too many organizations is highly centralized, creating a monopsony for new ideas within an organization, and favoring investment in projects that represent incremental deviation from the status quo.

Describe this problem in as much detail as possible. What are the specific processes and practices, or attitudes and values that reinforce this barrier?

Make sure to dig deep to describe your challenge. An example: Current resource allocation process is rooted in denial This denial follows a very familiar pattern: Disquieting developments are first dismissed as implausible or inconsequential

If possible, provide a real-world example or anecdote that illustrates how this barrier has stymied progress on the moonshot(s) you tagged above.

You anecdote or example can come from your own organization or public domain. An example: Evolution of Music Download Market Digital distribution model (i.e. downloading of MP3 files) was initially dismissed by the major music labels as technologically inferior and too complex for users.

If you can, speculate on why you think this barrier exists, or is so widespread? What makes it hard to overcome?

An example:Key information is “filtered” before it reaches key decision makers. Existing compensation systems tend to penalize decisions that sacrifice current year earnings in return for future earnings.

If you have any initial thoughts on how this barrier might be surmounted, please share them here (or submit a hack).

Use your imagination—or borrow a great idea or progressive practice you’ve discovered elsewhere. An example: Dispatch senior executives on regular fact-finding missions to the “front lines,” be it visiting retailers or observing consumer focus groups.

Who deserves credit for identifying and describing this barrier?

Are there key words that might help to catalog this story, and help other MIXers find it? It may be helpful to tag this story with the name of a key management process (e.g. budgeting) or of a function (e.g. HR, Strategy, Finance).

Are there any other resources that might give MIXers more information about this innovation—whether presentations, blog posts, articles, books, or videos? If so, please provide relevant URLs.