What is the best hiring practice?

Is it hiring people that fit your organizations culture?

Many people would say that it is the only way to hire, but I am going to take a contrarian view of that. What I mean by that is that I do not agree with that based on the following example. Let’s say that an organization has been doing the same work for over 25 years. They are successful according to their opinion. Yes, the bottom-line is good, but many people are leaving it because they are not happy. They wanted to see some innovation, but nothing has changed in years.

Are you asking what good is innovation if the bottom-line is good? I believe that innovation is what drives an organization to stay ahead of the curve. The curve is all about the competition or the market’s wants or needs.

So it is my opinion that having a person or two that are willing to offer differing opinions is great for a business provided that the rest of the staff is willing to look at differing opinions.

If not, what impact will the lack of innovation have on organization’s ability to grow and keep forward thinking staff?