Get Your Innovation On - “Minds On”

Get Your Innovation On “Minds On” Brains, brains, everywhere... but are they put to use? Dan Keldsen Co-founder & Principal (c) 2009 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners www.InformationArchitected.com/thinking

When w as the last time your company dedicat ed efforts to improv e thinking? to m ake better decisions? to innovate? (c) 2009 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners

Who here considers themselves to be innovative or creative?

Don’t Fear Tools They MAGNIFY your strengths 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?) (c) 2009 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners

Two Sides of Dan (and the difference 20 years makes) The Artist: The Businessman: “You’re creative or you aren’t “Who needs creativity in - Who needs tools? What’re business? It’s business.” you lookin’ at anyway?” (c) 2009 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners

Idea Generation Tools (Creative Thinking) Attribute Morphological Force-Fitting SCAMPER Brainstorming Listing Matrix Idea Focusing Tools (Critical Thinking) Paired Hits and Hot Sequencing: Evaluation ALoU Comparison Spots SML Matrix Analysis (c) 2009 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners

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., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners

For example - Toyota: Source: Matthew E. May Author of “The Elegant Solution” & “In Pursuit of Elegance” (c) 2009 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners

Better Teams (Through Science) What’s your VIEW? Orientation to Change Manner of Processing Explorer Developer External Internal Ways of Deciding Person Task (c) 2009 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners

The fact is that for any person or organization to survive in the face of constant & dramatic changes... You MUST be... Always Thinking, Always Teaming... 24/7/365 (c) 2009 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners

Let’s get busy Connect & Converse: twitter.com/dankeldsen linkedin.com/in/dankeldsen dk@InformationArchitected.com Interested in better thinking skills? Buzz me. InformationArchitected.com/thinking (c) 2009 Dan Keldsen, Information Architected, Inc., Photo by Net_Efekt. 3rd party trademarks retained by original owners Flickr.com/photos/wheatﬁelds/116810137

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Get Your Innovation On - “Minds On”

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