Innovation Roundup – 8-01-2014
Here’s a sampling of some great articles about innovation from around the web:
- The Science Of Brainstorming – “But research continues to show that our hunt for the eureka moment may be in vain. The most recent example comes from Joel Chan and Christian Schunn of the University of Pittsburgh, who sought to understand how “thought A led to thought B that led to breakthrough C.””
- Doing the hard things – “One model of organization is to find something that you’re good at and that’s easy and straightforward and get paid for that. The other model is to seek out things that are insanely difficult and do those instead.”
- What The Wright Brothers Could Teach Today’s Innovators About Solving Problems – “One key to successful innovation, a growing body of innovation thinkers believe, is trial-and-error experimentation. Proponents of the Lean Startup methodology urge innovators to create a minimum viable product (MVP)–something that solves a customer’s problem adequately but isn’t perfectly polished–and use it as a vehicle to gather critical in-market learning.”
- Before Wild Creativity, Get Grounded in Strategy First – “If you haven’t grounded yourself in your fundamental goal by answering this important strategy question, your willingness to constantly experiment isn’t a sign of a creative spirit. It’s a harbinger of significant strategy problems…”
- Look for Purposeful Tangents – “For example, if you are finance expert, you most likely read primarily about money. The training classes you take are also most likely financially focused. And professionally, you probably hang out with other people in your industry. Of course this is valuable. Deepening one’s skills is critical. However, if you want to be even more successful, try broadening your horizons.”
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