I am as big of an idea guy as you will ever meet. Many of my conversations eventually turn towards new ideas for web services, or innovation in the church or the combination of how technology is bringing innovation and opportunity to the church. I think it is very good to imagine, to brainstorm and to be creative. At the same time I love the quote from David at 37 Signals below - that without execution ideas are vapor. Even worse, when someone actually starts executing on an idea we often criticize them and the idea - even though we never have any intention of getting involved. How do you move forward on your ideas? Have you even tried to take that next step to seeing of you have what it takes to transition something from idea to reality? Because that is where the real genius lies, and where credit and value are due.
Ideas on their own are just not that important. It’s incredibly rare that someone comes up with an idea so unique, so protectable that the success story writes itself. Most ideas are nothing without execution. [From I had that idea years ago!]
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