A pilgrim is someone who makes a long and difficult journey. As an inventor and innovator I have definitely found that journey to be a rough and rocky one, that has never gone as planned, and I've learned a lot of innovation lessons along the way. For the 102 pilgrims that sailed from England to their new home in America, their journey didn't go as planned either. To begin with, they arrived about 150 miles north of their destination and eventually ended up at Plymouth. They faced many hardships, and over half of them wouldn't survive. But the ones that did used their bootstrapping innovation survival skills to not only survive, but thrive in a foreign land many miles from home. Here are some of the lessons they can teach companies about innovation:

1. INNOVATION
LESSONS
COMPANIES CAN
LEARN FROM THE
PILGRIMS

2. A PILGRIM IS
SOMEONE WHO
MAKES A LONG
AND DIFFICULT
JOURNEY

3. AS AN INVENTOR AND INNOVATOR, I'VE
FOUND THAT JOURNEY TO BE A ROUGH
AND ROCKY ONE THAT NEVER WENT AS
PLANNED, BUT I'VE LEARNED A LOT OF
INNOVATION LESSONS ALONG THE WAY

4. FOR THE 102 PILGRIMS WHO
SAILED FROM ENGLAND TO
AMERICA, THEIR JOURNEY
DIDN'T GO AS PLANNED
EITHER
SECTION THREE

5. HERE ARE SOME LESSONS
THEY CAN TEACH
COMPANIES ABOUT
INNOVATION

6. Innovation is a journey about
improvisation. Make the most
of what you have and be
creative. When their food
supplies were running low
they learned how to grow food
from the Indians.
IMPROVISE

7. The Indian culture was very different
from their own and they learned a lot
from them. Studies show that the more
diversified a group is, the more innovative
their ideas will be. The group is better
able to solve problems because they come
at it from different angles.
SEEK OUT
PEOPLE WITH
DISPARATE
VIEWS

8. GET EVERYONE TO
PARTICIPATE
The pilgrims had to participate and get along
for survival. Make it easy to contribute in
different ways. Some people write down their
ideas and some shout them out.

9. USE THESE
LESSONS
FROM THE
PILGRIMS
TO BE MORE
INNOVATIVE

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