Innovation is different than creativity. Creativity is the relatively easy process of
developing new perspectives, ideas or solutions. Innovation is a much more difficult process of taking
creative ideas and turning them into something of value or profit.
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| Table of Contents |
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| Preface | ... 1 |
| Innovate-It Framework Tutorial | ... 3 |
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| Step 1: Describe the situation requiring innovative thinking (Workspace)
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| Problem/Opportunity Description & Statement | ... 7
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| Focus Statements | ... 8 |
| Reframe the Problem or Opportunity | ... 10 |
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| Step 2: Define innovation purposes, goals and outcomes (Workspace)
| ... 12 |
| Purposes & Needs Analysis | ... 14 |
| Goal Statement Development | ... 16 |
| Idea Requirements | ... 18 |
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| Step 3: Ready the mind for innovation (Workspace) | ...
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| Creative and Questioning Attitudes | ... 20 |
| Impacts of Biases on Creativity | ... 21 |
| Incubation | ... 23 |
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| Step 4: Generate lots of ideas (Workspace) | ... 24
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| Basic Creativity Trigger Questions | ... 25 |
| Attribute Brainstorming | ... 28 |
| Brainstorming with Note Cards | ... 30 |
| Thinking in Analogies | ... 31 |
| Imaginary & Backward Thinking | ... 33 |
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| Step 5: Refine innovative ideas into practical solutions (Workspace)
| ... 35 |
| Multi-voting (Large List Reduction) | ... 36 |
| Affinity Diagram | ... 38 |
| Practical Solution - Pros & Cons Analysis | ... 41
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| Step 6: Prioritize the alternative solutions (Workspace) | ...
43 |
| Idea Evaluation (Auto Calc) | ... 44 |
| Force Field and Change Analysis (Auto Calc) | ... 46
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| Innovate-It: Final Report | ... 48 |
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