Exploring Opportunities Workshop

‘i’ generates ‘e’ commerce?• initiative

• intelligence

• imagination

• intuition

• ideas

• innovation

• insight

• interpersonal

• imotion……..all human qualities

“3 keys to success in managing ideas are widely understood to be:

1. leadership support

2. an idea-friendly corporate culture

3. a reliable process”

Ex Baroudi Group 2002

Ideas Management?

Discovering Opportunities Process Stages

select/identify

clarify/understand

think

incubate/reflect

think again

evaluate/select

develop/implement

review

discovering opportunities mandala

divergent thinking

convergent

thinking

implementation & review

idea generation

process

new products?

new services?freeze

river flow

Tools and Techniques

combination

Provocation

Connect the

unconnectedDisrupt routines

Shock treatment

Out of your comfort zone

Get outside of your box

Where Do We need to Identify Opportunities?

Options:

tagsRus.com

Social Enterprise case study

Group selected project

syndicate exercise 1

feedback on lateral thinking

break

syndicate exercise 2

Feedback on lateral thinking

easy hard

high impact

low impact

Idea Prioritisation

What have we covered today?

& What happens next?

Just a minute please!

Your view is

important feel

ings

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