Charisma and a strong personality can be very appealing, but I always remind myself that no cult is ever led by a middling bureaucrat—its leaders attract followers by promising easy solutions to intractable problems. In reality, successful innovation is rare and there is a reason we can count on two hands the few trailblazers in each industry who have truly disrupted and transformed their fields. This reality notwithstanding, many still believe that innovation is simply a matter of mindset.