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How To Be An Innovative Person by Wealthscheme: 3:33am On Feb 08, 2019 |
Innovation is a “new idea, creative thoughts, new imaginations in form of device or method. However, innovation is often also viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs. Such innovation takes place through the provision of more-effective products, processes, services,technologies or business models that are made available to market, governments and society. An innovation is something original and more effective and, as a consequence, new, that “breaks into” the market or society. Innovation is related to, but not the same as, invention, as innovation is more apt to involve the practical implementation of an invention (i.e. new/improved ability) to make a meaningful impact in the market or society, and not all innovations require an invention. Innovation often manifests itself via the engineering process, when the problem being solved is of a technical or scientific nature. Innovation is not only about technology. You can innovate in any field of work or every aspect of your lifestyle. For example, Facebook and Google treat their employees better than any other company. Management invented a unique way to motivate employees. We see the word innovation often, and it’s amazing sometimes what qualifies for innovation as this buzz-word is being bantered about. Those of us who are creative and innovative know our prospects for success are greater than those without such talents and attributes. Perhaps this is why so many people seek to learn how to innovate themselves. It sure looks good on a resume, and most job descriptions do have a phrase or two in them such as; looking for an innovative self-starter. Let’s talk about innovation a little bit and see if you can figure out how to reposition yourself better as someone known to be innovative. Innovation is Just Combining Observations and Solutions from Other Domains Many who’ve thought about it long enough realize that most good innovations in any particular sector come from borrowing ideas or portions of ideas from other sectors or domains. Most innovators I know admit that most of their new original thought concepts come to them in this way. If this is the case, then we don’t need to teach innovation at all, rather we just need more polymaths and people with vast arrays of experience in many fields. Unfortunately, that would mean all the ‘Innovation Gurus’ would be out of work and teaching very few seminars because until their enrolled students had more experiences in more areas of life and work, the seminar attendees wouldn’t be ready to use the methodology taught or have enough knowledge to be a future contender in the top ranks of innovators. Of course the scary part of this theory of re-combination to create innovation means that it’s pretty easy to teach and if so, anyone can do it, so maybe that’s why everyone is trying to specialize in this “innovation coach” generalist category today. Once someone has experience and knowledge and understands how to use information in one area in another, they can become innovators, at least proficient at the most common type of innovation that is. If you’ve played sports, you might take some of the strategies and tactics used to win and use something similar in a business situation to better a product or sell a service. Perhaps you had a short stint in a summer job, and realize that some of your observations there could be used at the organization you work or volunteer at now. Maybe you use a utensil in the kitchen that might also be good for doing a task at work, with only a little modification. There’s your chance to innovate. Take it. Think about it, both early and often. So how to become more innovative – Here is how Surf the web:i advise you to always the web to get loads of innovative ideas Observe and ask questions Make this a habit. Whenever you discover something new, observe and answer three questions. Why would anybody use or buy this service/product? Would you ever purchase this service/product? And why How can improve it? By answering these questions, you are developing your mind to be more innovative. Don’t be afraid to sound stupid when you answer. You will learn along the way. Be critical when answering these. Aim to solve problems The invention is useless if it cannot solve problems. Every invention in history had a purpose, a way to solve problems. How to find problems? Talk to people Think about different ways to make life easier Research failed projects and the intention behind it Once your mind is set to solve problems then you will start generating quality and new ideas. This exercise will make you more innovative. Think about problems you tackle every day. List 10 ideas every day I list ten ideas every morning because that’s when my brain can unleash its full power. You should do it at the time best suits you. Here is a trick: Don’t think you can’t do it, Just do it. Grab a pen and paper, and start writing your ideas. It can be anything you like or want to change such as: How to make life easier How to sell more products How to improve business contacts How to improve SMEs profit How to improve health with little spending on personal coaching List all the ideas you can think of even it has been invented. You might want to improve on an exciting idea. Let’s do the maths ten ideas a day for the whole year 10×365 = 3,650 ideas a year If you have over 3,000 bad ideas, 500 ideas are already out there you still have over 100 ideas to choose from. You only need one idea to take you where you want to be. 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