Get Your Innovation On - “Minds On”
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(c) 2009-2012 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners Dan Keldsen Consultant & Chief Innovation Officer www.InformationArchitected.com/thinking (c) 2009-2012 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners Brains, brains, everywhere... but are they put to use? Get Your Innovation On “Minds On”
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Presentation I gave at Ignite Boston, Thursday September 17th at the Fidelity Center for Advanced Technology (FCAT) - stay tuned for video. It's time for personal and team-based innovation - are you equipped to do the job of innovation, every day?
Transcript of Get Your Innovation On - “Minds On”
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Dan KeldsenConsultant & Chief Innovation Officer
www.InformationArchitected.com/thinking(c) 2009-2012 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners
Brains, brains, everywhere...but are they put to use?
Get Your Innovation On“Minds On”
(c) 2009-2012 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners
When was the last time your company dedicated efforts to improve thinking?
to make better decisions?
to innovate?
Who here considersthemselves to
be innovative or creative?
“I’m not creative”is a poor excuse
Everyone is creative - but with different strengths
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(c) 2009-2012 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners
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gIt’s time to rebuild the foundation
of business thinking
1 First:It’s about
empowering yourself...
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They MAGNIFY your strengths
Don’t Fear Tools
Same tools that help rocket scientists, Disney, Pixar, gaming, marketing - home of some of the
most creative minds in the world - use thinking tools - why wouldn’t you? (why didn’t I?)
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The Artist:“You’re creative or you aren’t - Who needs tools? What’re
you lookin’ at anyway?”
The Businessman:“Who needs creativity in business? It’s business.”
Two Sides of Dan(and the difference 20 years makes)
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Attribute Listing
Idea Generation Tools (Creative Thinking)
Idea Focusing Tools (Critical Thinking)
Morphological Matrix Force-Fitting SCAMPER Brainstorming
Hits and Hot Spots ALoU
Paired Comparison
Analysis
Sequencing: SML
Evaluation Matrix
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If you don’t have the tools to create and vet ideas...
How can you hope to compete with MASTERS of innovation?
“That’s not a knife... THIS is a knife” Crocodile Dundee (c) 2009 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc.,
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For example - Toyota:
Source: Matthew E. MayAuthor of “The Elegant Solution” & “In Pursuit of Elegance”
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Second:It’s about
making better teams...2(c) 2009-2012 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc.,
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Better Teams(Through Science)
Orientation to Change
DeveloperExplorer
Ways of Deciding
External Internal
Person Task
Manner of Processing
What’s your VIEW?
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Teamwork is a must
And guessing which eggs are best is nearly impossible
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Tying Tools to Teams
If brainstorming as a team is painful or useless... you’re doing it wrong.
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3 Third:It’s about
magnifying & sustaining the ability to keep
changing EVERY DAY
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Because you can’t outrun
the future by holding onto
the “rules” of the past
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Always Thinking,Always Teaming... 24/7/365
The fact is that for any person or organization to survive in the face of constant & dramatic changes... You MUST be...
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Magnify & SustainThinking Skills,Always
Empower Yourself
Create Better Teams
Wrap-up
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Photo by Net_Efekt. Flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/116810137
Let’s get busy
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