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Contents
Preface ..................................................................................................xix
Acknowledgments ............................................................................xxiii
Authors ................................................................................................xxv
Introduction ....................................................................................xxxiii
The 12 Process Groupings of the Innovation
Systems Cycle .......................................................................xxxvi
The Four Basic Types of People Who Drive Innovation ....xxxvii
The World in a Whirl ...........................................................xxxix
Total Innovation Management Excellence ............................xlii
The TIME Pyramid—Sixteen Building Blocks ..............xliii
ISO Tag 279—Innovation .......................................................xliv
The 4 Innovation Proficiency Medals ....................................xlv
Outline For Two-Day Bronze Innovation Medal Class .....xlvi
Outline For The Two-Day Silver Innovation Medal Class ......xlvi
Innovation Maturity Grid ......................................................xlix
Mind Expanders or Suspenders for Our Minds ........................l
The Typical 14 Mind Expanders ..........................................lii
Chapter 1 Innovation—What Is It? How Do You Do It?
Who Does It? ......................................................................1
Introduction ..................................................................................1
Why Be Innovative? .....................................................................4
The Evolution of the Roller Skate ...............................................8
The Two Ways to Improve Your Innovation ...........................10
The 5 Innovator DNA Skills ......................................................11
Organizing for Innovation Improvement ...............................12
The Opportunity Center .......................................................15
Typical Objectives of the Opportunity Center .............17
50+ Innovative Approaches/Concepts .....................................18
An Overview of the 50 Innovative Approaches/
Concepts .................................................................................20
The 12 Statements to Evaluate Whether Innovation
Is a Core Value ........................................................................21
Key Terms Used in this Book ....................................................22
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The 4 Behaviors That Define Corporate Culture....................26
The 4 Innovation Targets ...........................................................26
Is It a Good Idea? ...................................................................27
The 9 Ways to Finding Creative/Innovative Solutions .........28
The 14 Innovator Knowledge Areas .........................................29
Two Types of Innovative Improvement Initiatives ...............30
Innovation Process Groupings .................................................31
Book Objectives ..........................................................................32
Summary .....................................................................................33
Mind Expander’s Exercise .........................................................33
Chapter 1. Mind Expander’s Exercise ................................34
Recognition and Comments ....................................................34
Chapter 2 The Creative and Innovative Story .................................37
Introduction ................................................................................37
Keeping Up with the Competition ...........................................37
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid’s
Vision: UAE’s National Innovation Strategy .....................39
The 5 “I Do It” Phases...........................................................40
Where, or Where, Did Our Creativity Go? ............................42
“The 6 Must Be Willing to”—The Black Knight of
Innovation Conditions .........................................................43
The Shark Tank .....................................................................43
The 3 Reasons for Lack of Creativity Dilemma ................43
Education through Memorization of Facts ..................44
The 4 Reasons for Being Stimulated ..............................46
Lack of Creativity Exercise ..............................................47
Avoiding Risk ...................................................................48
How Do You Know You Are Creative? ....................................50
Key Issues Calling for Creativity .........................................50
The 12 Idea Evaluation Questions—Is It Good or Is
It Bad? ......................................................................................52
Rising above the Immediate .................................................52
The 5 Creativity Myths ..........................................................53
The 13 Truths about Creativity ...........................................54
The 12 Creativity Killers .......................................................57
The 13 Rules for Individuals to Become More Creative ...58
The 5 Discovery Skills for Breakthrough ...........................59
Contents • ix
The 8 Foundations for Your Ideas........................................59
Harnessing Infinity: Developing Creative Focus ..................60
The 2 Creativity Levels ..........................................................61
The 4 Styles of Creativity ......................................................61
Structured Creativity ........................................................62
Nonlinear Creativity .........................................................63
Provoked Creativity ..........................................................63
Aha Creativity ..................................................................64
Design Thinking .........................................................................65
The 5 Questions to Maximize Any Creative Effort ..............68
The 3 Thinking Styles .................................................................69
Using Creativity in an Organization .......................................71
The 4 Resources to Consider ................................................71
Knowledge Management Overview ...............................72
Setting Direction ........................................................................74
Planning .......................................................................................76
Doing ............................................................................................77
Evaluating ....................................................................................78
The 30 Impact Results ...........................................................78
Key Points to Developing Aha Solutions ...........................80
Thinking Outside the Box .........................................................81
The World Is Changing Rapidly ...............................................83
Worker Evolution .......................................................................84
The 6 Parts of the Value Chain ...........................................84
The 5-Phase Process Cycle ...................................................86
Innovative Packaging ................................................................88
Summary of Chapter 2 ...............................................................89
The 3 Ways to Improve Our Middle Class .........................91
Things to Remember .............................................................92
The 10 Typical Creativity Tools ............................................92
Mind Expander’s Exercise .........................................................93
Answer to Chapter 1. Mind Expander’s Exercise ..............93
Chapter 2. Mind Expander’s Exercise .................................93
Recognition and Comments .....................................................93
Chapter 3 Setting the Stage ...............................................................97
Introduction ................................................................................97
Individual Creativity and Organizational Creativity ............98
