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What’s important is to develop that potential, capacity

and ability . . .and focus it on what really matters

Every person has the potential

to be innovative

Every person has the capacity

to think innovatively

Every person has the ability

to do their work innovatively

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WHAT ARE YOUR WORK CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS?

What kinds of innovative work challenges do you often face (individually or as a workgroup)?

Revenue-producing (top-line) innovations – For example:

Products / services Technologies Design Brand experiences Marketing and sales Advertising

Process (mid-line) innovations – For example:

Re-engineering Quality improvement Productivity improvement Work simplification Supply-chain management Project management

Talent and knowledge innovations – For example:

Knowledge management Talent training and development Centers of Excellence Communities of Practice Employee relations Intrapreneur-ism Socio-technical systems

Leadership innovations – For example:

Business models Business strategy Organizational culture Organizational design Leadership development Management practices

Stakeholder innovations – For example:

Supplier relations Customer loyalty Academic alliances Strategic partners Community relations Environmental sustainability Corporate Social Responsibility

To what degree do you need to strengthen your skills in:

1. Innovative thinking, such as:

Striving to expand the diversity of approaches to innovative thinking

Experimenting with how to combine the best ideas of many people to see what

works best

Modifying, optimizing and building upon what has already been accomplished

Exploring with intuitive insights to discover the new and novel

Envisioning the ideal future and what it would look like to achieve it

Developing versatility in shifting from one mode of innovative thinking to

another

Valuing and respecting the contribution made by each different way of

innovative thinking


2. Strong, positive values, such as:

Striving to develop human values: the qualities of good character found across

cultures and throughout time

Focusing your innovative efforts on setting a positive, broadminded, meaningful

purpose and direction

Focusing your innovative efforts on initiating respectful, caring, trustworthy rela-

tionships with others

Focusing your efforts on taking principled, creative, and decisive action with ac-

countability

Strengthening positive values as the basis for what, why, and how you innovate

Emphasizing good character as a basis for cross-cultural teamwork

UNDERSTANDING AND FOLLOWING A PROCESS FOR INNOVATION

To what degree do you (individually or as a group) spend high quality time on each of these tasks in the innovation process:

Establish a purpose or goal to give a meaningful purpose, goal or direction and to establish “stretch goals” to strive for

Evaluate and celebrate both achievement + learning to ensure that knowledge-creation is assessed along with tangible accomplishments and to be energized to move on to your next project

Assess the risks associated with the purpose or goal to bring the concerns and fears up front so they can stimulate innovative thinking rather than hinder it

Tap into your character

to energize the motivation, courage, and character needed to accomplish the purpose or goal

Determine the priority issues that need resolving to gain the “systems integrity” view needed for holistic solutions to emerge and to focus on the most important priorities for innovation

Generate a wide range of creative solutions to bring out your natural capacity to contribute your original, creative ideas

Develop and decide on the best solution to strengthen the collaboration needed to implement the solution, especially when multiple stakeholders are impacted

Implement the solution to provide the unity of thought, word and deed essential to implementation


To what degree do you need to strengthen your skills in both “global and local” thinking, such as: Seeing the whole

WHILE managing the parts Reacting to situations as they are occur

WHILE anticipating situations before they occur

Finding do-able, here-and-now solutions to a situation

WHILE achieving a higher purpose

Seeking best long-term solutions to situations

WHILE seeking the optimal short-term solutions

Analyzing the individual factors affecting a situation

WHILE seeing the whole system of influences

Gaining the knowledge to make practical decisions

WHILE Identifying the higher principles needed to make wise choices

To what degree do you need to strengthen your ability to engage in the group learning process, which includes:

Asking essential, wholistic questions

Setting a safe climate for learning from each other

Listening and reflecting deeply

Learning as whole persons, beyond your work roles

Being open to uncertainty and new viewpoints

Wisely integrating what you learn together



PARTICIPATING IN GROUP INNOVATION

To what degree do you actively strive to apply the following mindset and skills when innovating with a group:

Commitment to vision + human values to maintain a momentum throughout the entire innovation process, from start to finish

Conscious risk-taking

to respond to the urgency of new opportunities, challenges, and external pressures

Character and courage to evoke the innovative best of each person to channel their energy towards fulfilling the vision, mission and goals

Cooperative learning

to gather and create needed knowledge, which becomes the stimulus for innovative thinking

Creativity to develop original, novel solutions using curiosity and resourcefulness, while taking advantage of diverse styles, talent and experience

Collaborative decisions

to ensure buy-in and engagement to implement, and to ensure that innovation is practiced throughout the workgroup

Congruence in thoughts, words and deeds

to generate the trust, credibility, and togetherness needed to implement any innovative solution

Celebration of achievements and new knowledge

to provide a sense of completion that re-energizes the capacity for sustainable innovation

Align and attune team members to recognize the unique contributions each person can make

Reduce conflict through a healthy respect for differences, so you can be more innovative together

Ask the deeper questions that unlock the inner motiva-tion for your innovative work

Feel that everyone has the opportunity to make a mean-ingful impact through your work

Put your goals into a larger perspective that inspires your innovative work

Put together the right mix of talent and personalities to optimize your innovativeness

To what degree does

your workgroup

need to strengthen

its ability to:

Expand the depth and breadth of your innovative thinking

Build the character and courage it takes to “rise to the oc-casion” to produce meaningful innovations

Learn how to generate positive innovative solutions that stand out

Reduce the fear and pressure you may feel to be innova-tive, while adding freshness and newness to your work

Feel that you make a difference, a real contribution, through your work

Be continuously developing new knowledge, skills, and abilities as you grow in your career

To what degree do you

need to strengthen

your ability to:


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