Becoming More Innovative

7/23/2019 Becoming More Innovative

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Becoming more

creative Innovation is rooted

in creativity.

Becoming more

innovative is

becoming morecreative added with

some degree of

business orientation.


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Why innovate?

Out there in some

garage is an

entrepreneur who is

forging a silver bullet

with your companysname on it.

Your option is to shoot

first.


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Observe

Observe with all senses.

Open your eves and you will

be awakened to new ideas. New ideas come from seeing

smelling, hearing.

Observe real people inaction.

If you are not in ungle, you

are not going to see tiger.

!ometimes you can find by

observing yourself.


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Learn Something

New

Everything around you thatyou call life was made up by

people that were no smarter

than you. You can change it.

You can influence it. You can

build your own things that

other people can use.

!teve "obs


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Use your body

diferently

!witch left#right hand action.

$alk different way. Breaking pattern of habits

such as brushing

teeth,washing,eating.


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Mental

exeriments %ake any product say

umbrella and ask&

$hat else it could be usedfor '

$hat other thing can be used

instead of it'

(ow could it be adapted for

other use'

(ow could it be changed'

(ow could it be usefully

reversed'


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!ction

If you think you can do

something ) write a novel, or

a poem, code a website, ormake a product&

"*!% +O I%.


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"onnect #he $ots

Creative thinkers produceideas by finding the

relationship between facts.Facts merely on their ownare useless until one seesthe connection betweenthem.

+eveloping a wide range ofskills is a great way todiscover the connection of

ideas. +ont ust stick to what youre

naturally- good at.


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"ONN%"#&N'

$O#S You cant connect the dots

looking forward& you can only

connect them lookingbackwards. !o you have to

trust that the dots will

somehow connect in your

future. You have to trust insomething / your gut, destiny,

life, karma, whatever. %his

approach has never let me

down, and it has made all the

difference in my life.


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"onnect the dots

contd( !tart enhancing your natural

gift with the skills that

complement it. $riterscan learn about photography,

designers can learn about

development.

0lients will thank you for your

ability to see above and

beyond. You may even spot

something they werentaware of and offer your

advice.


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Make List of

potentials +ont stop thinking ust because

the technology, money, or supportbehind your idea doesnt e1ist

yet. It will someday. 2eality is the result of

imagination. 2ecall what 3instein said,, 4ogic

will get you from 5 to B.Imagination will take youeverywhere.-

%homas 3dison, "ohn 4ennon,and 4eonardo da 6inci are among

some of the creative thinkers ofhistory that have used list/makingas a creativity tool.

Imagination is mental creation


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)ee doors

oen Ideas are welcome from

anywhere.

on!t permit anyone knockingdown your ideas before thoseideas flourish.

"eing described as dreamer isa compliment.

#emember that all progress isdue to unreasonable peoplewho challenged status $uo.

%he point is to keep the door tocreativity open. $hen youwrite, dont stop to edit .0reatenow and edit after


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Keep Broad

Perspective

%aking a broad view of your

area of activity stimulatescreativity.

+o not get confined to narrow

streets of specialisation.

5 brick/layeror a builder' 5

salesman or an aide to

customer' 5student at 3+I or a

would be entrepreneur'


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"ollaborate

!hare your ideas,

%wo minds are better than

one. %t!s like picking fruit from a

tree that grows apples and

pears and bananas and

mangos all on the same

branch& instead of picking an

apple from an apple tree.


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"ollaborate

contd( !ometimes an idea flourishes

when you talk about it with a

friend, co/worker, or partner.Other times, you 7and the

people youre talking with8

end up with a long list of new

ideas that strayed so far fromthe original thought.


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#oil* struggle and

sweat Inspiration doesnt come from

the sky above. It doesnt

come from spendingcountless hours on social

media sites. It comes from

you.

It may take some effort to get

your creativity flowing, but as

soon as it starts it doesnt

stop. "ust practice the habitsof creative thinking and youll

become better.


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Say No A LotMore !ifting out the stuff that doesnt

work is ust as important askeeping the things that dowork.

!aying no also means refiningyour creativeideas9.eventually.

:irst, let your imagination soar.$rite without editing anddesign without rules. But afterthat, revise or reect .

2evising out the parts thatdont fit is what creates a solidpiece of work.


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#,% #-&")

:or the past ;; years, I have

looked in the mirror every

morning and asked myself

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