Generating new ideas

FOXPOPULI

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“ Social entrepreneurship for social change”, Nordplus adult Project ID AD-2012_1a-30159

INNOVATION can be

Trained !

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INNOVATION is

One’s ability to generate innovativeideas is not merely a function of themind, but also a function of behaviors.If we can change our behaviors, we can improve our creative impact.

INNOVATION

5 DISCOVERY SKILLS

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5 DISCOVERY skills• ASSOCIATING• QUESTIONING• OBSERVING• EXPERIMENTING• NETWORKING

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ASSOCIATING

Connecting seeminglyunrelated questions, problems, or ideas from different fields.

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”Creativity is connecting things”

- Steve Jobs, Apple

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Imagine how someone from adifferent company would lookat your challenge from anentirely new perspective.

What is different?“ Social entrepreneurship for social change”, Nordplus adult Project ID AD-2012_1a-30159

How would Lady Gagadesign a chocolate dessert?

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QUESTIONINGAsking questions to understand how things really are today, why they are that way, and how they might be changed or disrupted.

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“The important and difficult job is never to find the right answers, it is to find the right question”

- Peter Drucker“ Social entrepreneurship for social change”, Nordplus adult Project ID AD-2012_1a-30159

Brainstorm questions about theproblem.

Create a list of 50 questions and pick the best ones to explore further.

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What ?Why ?When ?Who ?Where ?How ?

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OBSERVING

Carefully watching the world to help gain insights into and ideas for new ways of doing things.

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“Observing is the big gamechanger in our company”

- Scott Cook, Intuit

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Pick a company you admire toobserve and follow. Find outeverything you can about what the company does and how it does it.

What ideas can be transferred?“ Social entrepreneurship for social change”, Nordplus adult Project ID AD-2012_1a-30159

“ Social entrepreneurship for social change”, Nordplus adult Project ID AD-2012_1a-30159

EXPERIMENTING

Constantly visiting new places, trying new things, seeking new information, and experimenting to learn new things.

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“I haven’t failed... I’ve just found 10,000 ways that do not work”

- Thomas Edison

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Explore the world by engaging in new activities.

Join new social or professional activities beyond your normal sphere.

“ Social entrepreneurship for social change”, Nordplus adult Project ID AD-2012_1a-30159

“ Social entrepreneurship for social change”, Nordplus adult Project ID AD-2012_1a-30159

NETWORKING

Going out of the way to meet people with wildly different backgrounds and perspectives to extend your own knowledge.

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People who think outside the box often talk to people who play in a different box to get new ideas.

-Clayton Christensen

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Schedule breakfast, lunch or dinner with someone new every week.

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Jamie Oliver!

Lady Gaga!

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INNOVATORSInnovators actively desire to change the status quo, and they regularly take smart risks to make it happen.

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Methods that can be used to generate new ideas

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Six Thinking Hats – Edward de Bono

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Brainwriting 6-3-5

“ Social entrepreneurship for social change”, Nordplus adult Project ID AD-2012_1a-30159

“ Social entrepreneurship for social change”, Nordplus adult Project ID AD-2012_1a-30159

Simulation game Position and opposition

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