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Innovation Tip #7 from Joel Barker & Debbe Kennedy |
Great ideas are often right in front of our eyes,
awaiting our discovery.
A rich place to discover INNOVATON is at the intersections --- at the verge --- of DIFFERENCES. Think differences in its broadest sense --- in perspectives, people, disciplines, businesses, organizations. Here are a few lessons learned about working at "the verge" of DIFFERENCES:
- Wacky and weird are often promising!
The best ideas are usually the most wacky or even weird on first examination. - Listen to "the outsider."
By listening to "the outsider"and hearing how they see the innovation, you can often expand the usefulness of an idea. Examine their patterns of innovation. - Diversity expands the options for INNOVATION.
Without diversity, there can be no "verges of difference." Celebrate differences; enlarge the mix; it creates options. - Don't stifle INNOVATION with complexities.
Working at the verge of differences, calls for flexible, fluid partnerships arrangements, so innovations don't get bogged down in complexities that stifle creativity. - "Everyone matters" is a mind-set.
INNOVATION-generating partnerships require a mindset from everyone. A reliable "yardstick." Everyone will benefit; no one will be harmed.
Do you have a NEW IDEA or PROGRAM about to launch? Expand your know-how. Check out Tactics of Innovation: How to Get Buy-In for NEW IDEAS, our 2010 professional development WEBINAR. See details below.
We wish you success as you lead the way!
-- Joel Barker and Debbe Kennedy
Executive Instructors, How to Get Buy-In for NEW IDEAS
Online Learning Programs at the Global Dialogue Center
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Why do smart people say, NO! to GREAT IDEAS? |
Join us Thursday, September 16, for our next session of Tactics of Innovation: How to Get Buy-In for NEW IDEAS...
A live two-hour ONLINE professional development webinar conducted by executive instructors, futurist Joel A. Barker and author and Global Dialogue Center founder Debbe Kennedy...
A live 90-minute, content-rich, interactive presentation, plus a 30-minute Group Exchange for questions and dialogue with Joel Barker and Debbe Kennedy.
Learn more & register: www.howtogetbuyinfornewideas.com
The How to Get Buy-In for New Ideas webinar is designed to complement the foundation established in Joel Barker's Tactics of Innovation video, while substantially expanding the learning experience with new and different content, updated and more specific discussion, real-to-life current examples, and practical tools to help participants apply course learnings to their own needs.
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Innovator Insight |
INNOVATION is a discipline, not a genius. INNOVATION is not being brilliant. It is being conscientious. Reassess. Reassess. Reassess."
-- Peter F. Drucker
known as the "father of modern management"
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Supporting Resources from Joel Barker and Debbe Kennedy |
BOOK:
*** 2010 Axiom Business Book Award Winner - Bronze for HR/Employee Training ***
Putting Our Differences to Work: The Fastest Way to Innovation, Leadership, and High Performance
3 VIDEOS:
Tactics of Innovation,
Innovation at the Verge and
Wealth, Innovation & Diversity
