I was very shocked when Pris, my wife, pulled my arm and pointed to a sign in the Home Depot parking lot. She said, “Jon, this will make for an interesting blog post.” She was dead-on!
Maybe it’s ignorance, or I’m just plain blind, but to be honest, I have never seen a section reserved for hybrid vehicles. We’ve all seen “accessible parking spots” (trying to be politically correct here) for the disabled, and for mothers with children, but why should hybrid vehicle owners have special privileges when it comes to parking?
Unless I’m missing something here, it’s clear that Home Depot being innovative and is trying to set a trend.
So who’s taking advantage of this innovative idea?
After looking at the parking sign, Pris and I sort of chuckled at the fact that there were three huge empty parking spots that were literally being wasted!
So let me ask you, is it possible that your innovative idea is not really practical to what you’re trying to accomplish? I mean, if we laughed, how many more people will think this is silly? I know that being innovative involves risk, but personally I think if Home Depot is going to do anything, they should focus on innovative ways to serve people and meet their needs in what concerns their home and construction projects.
At the core of every business, and also every church, the focus is on serving people and meeting their needs. For Home Depot, I just don’t see how the hybrid parking space does that. It’s exclusive, and is limited to a minority of people who are obviously not parking in those spots.
What are you doing to be innovative? Have you thought about the people you are trying to reach? Am I crazy for thinking Home Depot missed the mark?
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this and how it can relate to innovation in ministry.
At the end of the day, who knows, there may be people fighting for these exclusive parking spots.
