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Outline

• Importance of Innovation

• Complexity theory

• Order vs. chaos

• Five cogs of Innovation

• Types of Innovation

• Innovation Framework

Neolithic Age and Civilization

Importance of Innovation to Companies*

20%

80%

Companies say it is important... But Few Feel Good at it

In reality, find it

unimportant

4%

96%

In reality, good at

innovation

* Based on 1993 study of

American Companies

Left and Right Side Brain Thinking

Left Brain

Symbols

Words

Logic

Judgement

Mathematics

Speaking

Right Brain

Sensory Images

Dreaming

Feeling

Intuition

Visualisation

Compexity Theory

«I think the next century will be the

century of complexity.»

Stephen Hawking - 2000

Control of Fire

Customers: Product Innovation From Market

Needs vs Technological Opportunities

100% 100% 100% 100%

90%

10% 22%

78% 75%

25% 34%

61%

5%

Materials Computers,

railway, housing Instruments

Weapons systems Type of

innovation

Market needs

Technological

opportunities

Source:

Utterbach

Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS)

Five Cogs of Innovation

Knowledge

«Knowledge is power»

Sir Francis Bacon

Knowledge workers are (em)power(ed) workers.

Empowerment

Creativity

«Problems cannot be solved by thinking

within the framework within which the

problems were

created»

Albert Einstein

Creativity Exercise

Ping pong

ball

Tube with

diameter 2mm

wider than ball

Tube cemented

into ground

Objective:

Remove the ball

from the bottom of

the tube without

damaging the

tube, ball or

ground

Motivation

The path for managers is clear…

«When they care about organizational survival, they need

to care about innovation. When they care about

innovation, they need to care about creativity. When

they care about creativity, they need to care about

intrinsic motivation.

It’s almost like a Natural Law.»

Jurgen Apello – Management 3.0

«What can I do to help you do your

best work?»

Scott Berkun

Diversity

Personality

Personality

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sqr-Ksn8Lg

Team Values

Six Tips To Help You Enhance Innovation 1. Open Your Mind - Have one new experience every day;

no matter how small. New experiences stimulate the brain and help you make new and original connections; critical for boosting breakthroughs.

2. Diversify - Involve others in your problem-solving efforts who bring a different perspective or cultural experience than yours.

3. Mental Floss – Relax; Stress, exhaustion, boredom and even pain can block our pathways to creativity.

4. Stop Looking For the Right Answer - Look for many right answers.

5. Discover Your Creative Rhythm - Start paying attention to when you get your best ideas.

6. Health Makes Wealth - Regular exercise not only benefits your body, it boosts brain performance as well.

Innovative Thinking: Six Simple Secrets by Padi Selwyn, M.A.

@semencirit

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