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Too many executives confuse what an innovation is with what an innovation would do for them if they had one. The solution? Think of innovation as an if-then argument.
Too many executives confuse what an innovation is with what an innovation would do for them if they had one. The solution? Think of innovation as an if-then argument.
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4 Comments On: Why Innovations Are Arguments
“How can a company “get it”? The only way is to hang out with people obsessed with some conclusion about empowering the human experience.” — YES! You “get it” (smile)… the obsession cannot/must not be about increasing profits but improving the human condition/experience. A paradigm shift is needed as you note.
When I think innovation, I think a jazz ensemble and the improvisations that occur on stage. There is a critical mass of people who “hang out” together to create amazing music. When you put all these “like minded” people together, the clashing of ideas, the call-and-reponse (blues, jazz here but also verbal, conversational, brainstorming), the “argument” forges innovation.
Bingo! You “get it”… now what?!
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@GlobalJackie
Excellent post on INNOVATIONS and how to nourish them.
Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India
E-mail: anumakonda.jagadeesh@gmail.com
I could not agree more. It reminds me of a recent paper I had published in my company. “Human Thinking Applied to Problem Solving”
The importance and impact of human thinking is immense. Thoughts converted to actions can result in outcomes that can carve destinies and create human history and legacy. Universally and always, there have been 7 questions that have engaged the human thought processes before and while problem solving and formulating strategies. There is also a taxonomy created around human thinking variations. They include terms such as big picture thinking, reflective thinking, analytical/critical thinking, action thinking, realistic thinking, creative thinking, focused and structured thinking, strategic thinking and so on. The volume of the taxonomy and the human thinking variations has always confused us with respect to right and relevant thinking. It was time to have a thinking framework—thinking sequence, structure and function (human thinking variations) and so I created one to help think thinking. The thinking framework helps you think, solve,strategize and innovate.
And yes, innovations are arguments–internal or external to us where we weigh options and think why, why not, what if etc.
This is a brilliant way to describe innovation. I often talk about we’re all stakeholders in a tacit dialogue about an evolving future. This makes the same ideas much more concrete and more about the actions the stakeholders are taking to bring that future into existence.
Very nice!
Dan Reus – Founder and Chief Instigator
http://www.openlydisruptive.org