To determine an organization's capability for innovation the following questionnaire is provided. It is a means to look at the different elements that go into an organization’s capability. After answering each question and scoring the four areas, all answers can be added up to get a grand total. Scores higher than 400 points [...]
Understanding how the human creative process works has come a long way. No doubt artificial intelligence will move us even further in the future, but for today the tool certainly exist for most corporations to undertake ambitious growth goals. There is no reason to fear the unknown when looking forward to what a [...]
Three Domains of Corporate Innovation Being able to strategically engage creative thought and implement the results is what generates business value. Innovation in this context is the process of envisioning and successfully implementing new ways of doing things. This involves strategic foresight, plus creativity, plus the ability to implement. A graphic view of [...]
At these levels of innovation many of us get weak in the knees. To do things that have never been done before, or to do things that everyone knows can’t be done clearly takes a different set of skills than the previous levels. There are individuals that have achieved this in the world. [...]
Innovation Equation Innovation at this level is more complex and requires either more individual thought or better yet group efforts. James Higgins argues that creativity can be increased by both increasing the levels of personal and group creativity through learning certain techniques (processes). If these occur within the right organizational culture (possibilities), the [...]
Creative Problem Solving Model Returning now to problem solving for a new business idea, Incremental Innovation is about becoming more patient and more effective. “Doing things right”, Level 1, is about creatively finding new ways to do things that improve cost and reduce the time. “Doing the right things”, or Level 2, is [...]
A Strategy for Creativity, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement An excellent and more practical method for thinking about creativity, innovation, and continuous improvement was put forward by Rolf Smith. Rolf divided creative thinking into seven different levels. The “A Strategy for Creativity, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement” figure shows a summary of this methodology. Because [...]
Levels of Innovation Perceptions of innovation differ. The ones used in this book will be those generally accepted by the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) a professional society headquartered in Washington, DC. The “Levels of Innovation” figure shows word choice that describes various high level types of innovation. We will be using the terms [...]
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