innovation & creativity - innovation hotspots & the six thinking hats

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Best practices & ideas for productivity improvement.

Revamping old processes to deliver better products or services.

Insights around cost innovation.

Managing people for better employee engagement.

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By Dr. Lynda Gratton

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You feel highly energetic & vibrantly alive.

Brain is buzzing with ideas.

People share your joy & excitement.

Palpable positive energy in that space.

Adding value becomes simple.

Exciting process of synthesis.

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Hot Spots = (Cooperative Mindset ×

Boundary Spanning ×

Igniting Purpose) ×

Productive Capacity

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Intellectual

Capital

Social CapitalEmotional

Capital

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(Nature of business value created in a hotspot) ∝ (Extent to which boundaries are crossed)

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Sell all natural ice-cream & euphoric concoctions &

Improve quality of life locally, nationally & internationally.

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People lose interest & belief that they can learn & develop.

They become increasingly individualistic & uncooperative.

They turn passive, uninterested, competitive & aggressive.

They hoard knowledge & insights.

Energy level is very low.

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Edward de Bono

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Goals

Objectives

Processes

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Instant reactions

Intuitions

Feelings

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Identifying benefits

Seeking harmony

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Ideating without criticism

Free-wheeling

Covering all possible solutions

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Available data

Past trends

Gaps in present knowledge

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Why it won’t work?

Criticisms & weak points

Eliminate/ change/ prepare contingency plans

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