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Setting Context. Background, Historical perspective, Needs.

InnoWhat? The what, why, where, who of innovation.

Innovation Myths. & truths.

Innovation Types. & levels.

Exploring InnovationExploring InnovationThe Trip

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Its all about purpose. You can do it with Commitment &Passion.

Learn to unlearn!or unlearn to learn! Psychological inertia.

Purposeful play.Innovation is a game of ideas & resources; when its fun

its better.

Exploring InnovationExploring InnovationThe Path

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Big PictureBig Picture

Context & NeedsContext & Needs

Knowledgeage NOT Information age!

Multiple intelligences.

Winners imagine the future NOT predict it.

STEM-based skills alone not enough to be competitive.

Innovation as capability.

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InnovationInnovationHistorical Perspective

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Breaking news: man domesticates fire! Circa 50,000 years ago.

Innovation is integral to the human story.As is evolution.

Evolution of knowledge. Stone to metal, language, writing, art, numerals,

mechanization, electronic revolution, integration, knowledge-based economies.

InnovationInnovationIn the beginning there was fire...

You are Here!

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InnovationInnovationFramework

Elements

Problem as System.

Powerful questions.

Big picture & Context.

Whole-Brain thinking.

Analytical tools.

Alignment.

Resources.

Elements

Frameworks.

Business processes.

Creative tools.

Nurturing creativity.

Discontinuities.

Idea Generation.

Idea Evaluation.

Idea Implementation.

Elements

Knowing ourselves.

Managing change.

Worthy goals.

Leadership.

Passion & Vision.

Bravery.

Challenging convention.

Perseverance.

Elements

Measuring success. Environment.

Incentives.

Sustained innovation.

Strategic innovation.

Problem

&

Context

Practical

tools

Successful

Innovation

Commitment

Understand

Purpose

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InnovationInnovationGrowth

Personal

Innovate to grow

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Innovation sustains human development&evolution through time.

Desire to create and improve.But not all innovation is good.

Value Creation. Monetary,value-added, non-value-added. Symbolic. Brand Equity. Connection.

Spiritual.

Improving the human condition. Positive impact on everyone & everything involved.

Becoming the best we can be. Its about purpose, goals & self-expression. Self-actualization.

Ifnecessityisthemotherofinvention,then Innovationisthemotherofnecessity.

InnovationInnovation

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Innovation is neither invention nor creativity.Creativity is Innovation fuel.

Innovation is a directed & collaborative process. Active participation.

Innovationis a skill. Can be developed& improved through instruction & practice.

Innovation is a journey.Strong sense ofpurpose & direction;destination notpredetermined.

Innovation is about imagination NOT prediction.Informed by the past but

looks to the future.


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Your life!All aspects of your life are open for improvement & change. Innovate your life!

Companies, schools, organizations,

homes,institutions.Basically anywhere there are people and things to do. Providedthere are people thinking!

On a sole tiny planet called Earth. Awareness. Global perspective.

Interconnectedness. Sustainable living economies.

InnovationInnovationWhereWhere

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It all starts with You. But ends with Us!

Human Element. Corporations & Institutions cant innovate, only people can!

Communities. On-line& off-line. Crowd-sourcing. Distributed workflows/spaces.


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InnovationInnovationGreat InnovatorsGreat Innovators

Einstein Edison Da Vinci

Newton Archimedes

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Reserved for special people.Thats true YOU!!

Its an a-ha magical moment.Requires purpose, passion, vision and perseverance.

The romanticized epiphany story.Newton & the Apple, Einstein and the clock,etc absolves us of responsibility and effort.

The process is organized and predictable.Its explorative,sometimeschaotic, uncertain, with dead-ends, failures & laughter.


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Effort, exploration,

mistakes, dead ends,

perseverance, failures

A-Ha

What people

remember

What it actually

takes

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Google. Larry Page, Sergey Bin. No money in search

Flickr. Serendipity.

Youtube. Hot or Not!

3M and post it notes. From mining to Post it.

Apple. Steve Wozniac, entrepreneurship as last resort. Steve Jobs, connecting dots.


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InnovationInnovationWhat we know so farWhat we know so far

Innovation is not creativity. Innovation feeds on creativity to progress.

Innovation is a creative process and learnt skill. Anybody canlearn it and become better at it.

Innovation is a synergy of many sources and people.Collaboration, we not I.

Innovation is big picture thinking and context-

aware.Requires active learning, engagement and thinking.

Innovation is being ahead of the game.Anticipating & creating change

not reacting to it! Imagine & re-imagine the future.

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InnovationInnovationWhat we know so farWhat we know so far

Innovation should create positive value for all. Voice

ofstakeholders, including the rivers, trees and all that shares this planet with us.

Innovation is breaking some rules. Sometimes all of them!

Innovation is applied knowledge. Moving towards an idealized result.

Innovation is dreaming up the future not predicting it.

Imagine the future without hindrance by the past and precedence.

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Innovation is a directed, collaborative, creative process of knowledgeapplication that solves challenges and creates value for all

stakeholders.

It is a skill that can be developed by instruction and practice, and itspans a continuum from personal creativity to innovation-based

economies and communities.

InnovationInnovationloosely Definedloosely Defined

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Fundamental. Radio waves. Telegraph, Theory of relativity, firstflight, Electricity, Transistor, Space flight, decoding the genome, Spintronics.

Platform. Television, PC, Internet, semiconductor electronics, MEMS,Interstate Highway system, Digital Signal Processing, PCR, Social Networking,

Web-video.

Derivative. GPS enabled phones, Cloud computing, Software as Service,

Online education, TiVo, GMO, Viral Marketing, Art-psychotherapy

Variation. Appliances with internet connection, tweets & re-tweets,mash-ups, Flash memory key chain, Sofa beds,, Tablet PCs,Bluetooth enabled

devices.

Value

Difficulty

InnovationInnovationTypes

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