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THINKCUBE WORKSHOP 3

INNOVATION PROJECT
1. LEVERAGE INNOVATION PROCESS
2. BUILD INNOVATION TEAM
3. DEFINE INNOVATION ROLES
4. DEVELOP INNOVATION MISSION
5. GET MANAGEMENT APPROVAL
6. DEVELOP INNOVATION CULTURE

INNOVATION PHASES
LEVEL 1
EXPLORE IMMERSE STORM BUILD
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
GOALS GOALS GOALS GOALS
REQUIREMENTS
REQUIREMENTS
REQUIREMENTS
REQUIREMENTS
IDEAS IDEAS IDEAS IDEAS
INCUBAT INCUBAT INCUBAT INCUBAT
CONSTRAINTS CONSTRAINTS CONSTRAINTS CONSTRAINTS
E E E E

INNOVATION TEAM
BUILD TEAM OF
DIVERSE ROLES
& SKILLS

INNOVATION ROLES
CLASSIC
INNOVATION
ROLES

ANTHROPOLOGIST

CROSS-POLLINATOR

PROTOTYPER

INNOVATION MISSION
“I believe that this nation should
commit itself to achieving the goal,
before this decade is out, of landing a
man on the moon and returning him
safely to the Earth. “
John F. Kennedy – May 25th 1961

MANAGEMENT APPROVAL

INNOVATION CULTURE

INNOVATION SPACE

INNOVATION SPACE

DEFINE GOAL
SPECIFIC
VAGUE

SOURCES OF INNOVATION
1. UNEXPECTED - SUCCES OR FAILURE
2. INCONGRUITY – REALITY vs
IMAGINATION
3. NEEDS – INDIVIDUAL OR BUSINESS
4. CHANGES IN INDUSTRY
5. TRENDS – SOCIETAL,
TECHNOLOGICAL OR ECONOMIC

COLLECT IDEAS
1. DISPARATE FIELDS / DOMAINS
2. HISTORIC INVENTIONS & IDEAS
3. DIFFERENT CULTURES

SOLO THINKCUBATION

GROUP THINKCUBATION

BRAINSTORM RULES
1. TIME LIMIT
2. NO BUTS… ONLY ANDS
3. DEFER JUDGEMENT
4. WILD / FUNNY / WHACKY
5. BUILD & JUMP
6. QUALITY COMES FROM QUANTITY

THINKCUBE FRAME
GOALS
REQUIREMENTS
IDEAS
INCUBATE
CONSTRAINTS

INCUBATE IDEAS
1. INCUBATE ALL IDEAS
2. CREATE LIST OR SHARED
SPACE TO POST LIST
3. REVIEW IDEAS OFTEN

REGULAR MEETINGS
MEET REGULARLY,
WITH SPECIFIC
GOALS OR NO GOALS

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