Innovation Parkour at TEDIndia
Photo ©: TED / James Duncan Davidson

Michael Anton Dila
Photo ©: TED / James Duncan Davidson

I like to play with fire.

Work makes us
stupid.

Can we design a way for ordinary people to
hack the limitations of work?

@mmilan @michaeldila

3 MYTHS
Innovation is expensive
Innovation takes a long time
Innovation can only be done
by a special kind of person

We want people to understand the power
of being more innovative.

MANN GULCH

MISSOULA
SMOKEJUMPERS

WALL OF FLAME
50 FT HIGH
300 FT DEEP
700 FT / MIN

FLASH OF
GENIUS

SAFETY

INSIGHT AS
INNOVATION
a match
a moment
a firefighter

How do we practice
what Wag did?

Parkour isn’t about running & climbing.
Parkour is about navigating uncertainty
in real-time.

If we teach people to be more insightful,
they can learn to innovate on-demand.

architecture of a practice

THE KERNEL

INNOVATION
practice freedom
PARTICIPATION
practice openness
COLLABORATION
practice trust
VISUALIZATION
practice seeing

first human trials on

Strike more matches.
Start more fires.

www.innovationparkour.com