OnCourse Innovation Keynote The Mind of an Innovator © 2012 Patricia Harmon, Ph.D.

OnCourse Innovation Keynote The Mind of an Innovator © 2012 Patricia Harmon, Ph.D.

Natural Inclinationtoward creativity

OnCourse Innovation Keynote The Mind of an Innovator © 2012 Patricia Harmon, Ph.D.

Shree BoseGrand Prize Winner

2011 Google Science Fair

The Human mind has the Ability to Recognize Patterns and find shortcuts

in thinking

OnCourse Innovation Keynote The Mind of an Innovator © 2012 Patricia Harmon, Ph.D.

Juxtapositions

Benefits Benefits Innovation Innovation CreativityCreativity

Tools & Tools & TechniquesTechniques AssessmentAssessmentEmotional Emotional

IntelligenceIntelligence Q & AQ & AKey ConceptsKey Concepts4/27 Agenda4/27 Agenda

OnCourse Innovation Keynote The Mind of an Innovator © 2012 Patricia Harmon, Ph.D.

Juxtapositions

OnCourse Innovation Keynote The Mind of an Innovator © 2012 Patricia Harmon, Ph.D.

OnCourse Innovation Keynote The Mind of an Innovator © 2012 Patricia Harmon, Ph.D.

Benefits Benefits Innovation Innovation CreativityCreativity

Tools & Tools & TechniquesTechniques AssessmentAssessmentEmotional Emotional

IntelligenceIntelligence Q & AQ & AKey ConceptsKey Concepts4/27 Agenda4/27 Agenda

OnCourse Innovation Keynote The Mind of an Innovator © 2012 Patricia Harmon, Ph.D.

Remember the 3P’s:

Positive

Prolific

Playful

OnCourse Innovation Keynote The Mind of an Innovator © 2012 Patricia Harmon, Ph.D.

Juxtapositions

31) hurricane

32) watch

33) balloon

34) party

35) shoe

36) root

37) knife

38) smoke

39) president

40) button

41) eagle

42) taxi

43) soup

44) prison

45) shark

46) diamond

47) gun

48) train

49) picture

50) beer

51) kitchen

52) nose

53) elephant

54) wine

55) rose

56) saw

57) hospital

58) camera

59) banana

60) snail

1) soap

2) mouse

3) cloud

4) hair

5) ice-cream

6) rocket

7) tax

8) bed

9) wheel

10) frog

11) farm

12) computer

13) jazz

14) hat

15) credit card

16) church

17) shop

18) hamburger

19) book

20) scales

21) coal

22) camel

23) diary

24) lawyer

25) cigarette

26) toy

27) snow

28) parachute

29) door

30) tap

OnCourse Innovation Keynote The Mind of an Innovator © 2012 Patricia Harmon, Ph.D.

Focus: Ideas to Increase Revenues of Public Phone System

Random Word

Pipe

Smoke

Copper

Drain

Lead