Innovations Missing Piece v3

INOVA N’S MISSING PIECE

INNOVATION IS MISSING

INNOVATION PROCESSES WHAT DOES YOUR INNOVATION PROCESS LOOK LIKE?

WALLAS MODEL 1.  Preparation (definition of issue, observation, and study) 2.  Incubation (laying the issue aside for a time) 3.  Illumination (the moment when a new idea finally emerges) 4.  Verification (checking it out)

UNIVERSAL TRAVELER MODEL 1. Accept the situation (as a challenge) 2. Analyze (to discover the \"world of the problem\") 3. Deﬁne (the main issues and goals) 4. Ideate (to generate options) 5. Select (to choose among options) 6. Implement (to give physical form to the idea) 7.  Evaluate (to review and plan again

OSBORN’S 7 STEP MODEL 1.  Orientation: pointing up the problem 2.  Preparation: gathering pertinent data 3.  Analysis: breaking down the relevant material 4.  Ideation: piling up alternatives by way of ideas 5.  Incubation: letting up, to invite illumination 6.  Synthesis: putting the pieces together 7.  Evaluation: judging the resulting ideas

WHAT IS THE MOST… MISSED STEP? NEXT EXIT

I’LL GIVE YOU A CLUE

1.  Orientation: pointing up the problem 2.  Preparation: gathering pertinent data 3.  Analysis: breaking down the relevant material 4.  Ideation: piling up alternatives by way of ideas 5.  Incubation: letting up, to invite illumination 6.  Synthesis: putting the pieces together 7.  Evaluation: judging the resulting ideas

I WONDER WHY… JONES?... JONES? WHERE ARE YOU?

ERRMM… I’M INCUBATING??

DOES INCUBATION WORK?

100 Years Ago… Jules Henri Poincaré (1854 1912) French Mathematician, Theoretical Physicist and Philosopher of Science “Most striking at ﬁrst is this appearance of sudden illumination, a manifest sign of long, unconscious prior work. The role of this unconscious work in mathematical invention appears to me incontestable” Over a 100 years ago Henri Poincare described how incubation was an important part of mathematical invention.

~400 BC – GREEK MUSES The Greek Muses were goddesses that inspired artists. Artists would wait to be visited by a muse to inspire a new idea.

WHY IS INCUBATION IGNORED? INCUBATION can take months, years, decades. DNA 1953  Post It Note 1974  Light Bulb 1879  •  Crick & Watson  •  Spencer Silver &  •  Thomas Edison  Art Fry  •  2 Years  •  12 Years  •  6 Years 

CAN YOU IMPROVE INCUBATION? YES There are a number of techniques you can use to improve incubation.

LESSON 1: INCUBATION IS NOT PROCRASTINATION PROCRASTINATION HAPPENS BEFORE HARD WORK INCUBATION HAPPENS AFTER HARD WORK MARK McGUINESS www.wishfulthinking.co.uk

LESSON 2: IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE DOMAIN You need to immerse yourself in the problem domain and ﬁeld prior to Incubation OrientaPon  PreparaPon  Analysis  IdeaPon  IncubaPon 

LESSON 3: THINK BEFORE YOU INCUBATE “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” THOMAS EDISON Edison conducted more 10,000 experiments to develop the storage battery.

LESSON 4: FRAME THE PROBLEM PROBLEM Deﬁne the problem that you are trying to solve; requirements, constraints, assumptions, dependencies

LESSON 5: USE QUESTIONS Ask questions that have not been answered about the problem: HOW, WHY, WHAT, WHEN, WHO Questions help focus the mind on the problem

LESSON 6: WRITE IT DOWN Write down the problem, the open questions, any ideas you have and carry it around with you.

LESSON 7: RINSE REPEAT THINK… INCUBATE… THINK… INCUBATE… THINK… INCUBATE… Iterate through this process multiple times.

HOW THINKCUBE WAS BORN THINK… INCUBATE THINKCUBATION… THINKCUBE GET IT?

THINKCUBE’S PROCESS Turns Incubation from a PASSIVE step into an ACTIVE process

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