A presentation that Matthew Milan did at the IDEA 2009 Conference in Toronto on Sept 15th, 2009.

2. INNOVATION
PARKOUR

3. @mmilan

4. @normativedesign

5. @michaeldila

6. + +

7. Today

8. 1. Ramble about Innovation
2. Ramble about Parkour
3. Make some not-too-spurious connections
4. Talk about the seeds of a practice
5. Interview a practicing “innovation parkour-ist”
6. Five minutes of madness (co-creation)

9. INNOVATION IS FUN

10. BULLSHIT

11. INNOVATION HURTS

12. A LOT

13. The premise of
Innovation Parkour
is the assertion that we
can learn to innovate

14. that we can get better at
innovating by practicing it

15. DUH.

16. What is innovation?

17. @skap5
Saul says: innovation creates a
better way to deliver value.

18. 3 MYTHS

19. Innovation is expensive

20. Innovation takes
a long time

21. Innovation can only be
done by special kinds
of people

22. INSIGHT

23. What is Parkour?

25. FLOW

26. DISCIPLINE

27. NO OBSTACLES

28. NO OBSTACLES

29. USE OBSTACLES

30. ‘There are no limits. There are plateaus, but
you must not stay there, you must go beyond
them. A man must constantly exceed his level.’
Bruce Lee

31. INNOVATIONPARKOUR

32. A PEDAGOGY
FOR VOLITILITY

33. INNOVATIONPARKOUR
IS
SOCIAL SOFTWARE

34. YOU ARE THE CODE

37. Man is born free, but
everywhere he is in
chains

43. Routinized work
produces efficient and
predictable outcomes

44. What happens when
things become
unpredictable?

46. How likely is it that
people will not panic in
such circumstances?

47. 2 STORIES

48. PILOTS

49. 1983AC143
The Gimli Glider

53. 2009US1549

55. How did this happen?

57. Why didn’t Sully panic?

58. “The training provides pilots with important
technical skills -- they can practice flying
crippled planes -- but it also teaches them
something more important: how to draw on
an optimal blend of reason and emotion.
They learn how to ignore their fear when
fear isn't useful and how to make quick,
complicated decisions in the most fraught
situations.”

59. “Flight crews don't
panic because they've
practiced staying
calm.”

60. “He who handles the quickest rate
of change survives”

64. 60 Second MacGuffin

65. http://www.dubberly.com/articles/what-is-interaction.html

66. I thought Cybernetics
was freezing dead
people...
with apologies to Paul Pangaro

68. Is innovation a
conversation with
constraints?

69. Parkour is not about
running & climbing. PA
U
Parkour is about
navigating uncertainty
in real-time.

70. How do we
get there?

71. How do we
get there?

72. How do we
innovate?

73. LADDER
OF SKILLS

74. Unconscious Incompetence
Conscious Incompetence
Conscious Competence
Unconscious Competence

75. What lies beyond
Unconscious
Competence?

76. MASTERY

77. PROPOSITION:
Innovation favors
the prepared mind

78. The prepared mind
allows us to
navigate uncertainty

80. Tennis drills are repetitive
and relentless. They teach
the body to think, so the
mind can do strategy.

82. There is nothing secret
about yoga. The poses
are well established
across many styles.
But it is a bottomless
practice

83. Each of these
practices is about
the synthesis of
flow & repertoire

84. A KINO-
COGNITIVE
MODEL

85. flow+
repertoire=
innovationinsight

86. Innovation is cheap

87. Innovation can
be done quickly

88. Innovation can only be
done by anyone

89. But we must practice

90. How do you practice
innovation?

91. Beginning a
practice

92. THE
UNFINISHED
KERNEL

95. VISUALIZATION

96. PRACTICE SEEING

97. COLLABORATION

98. PRACTICE TRUST

99. PARTICIPATION

100. PRACTICE
OPENNESS

101. INNOVATION

102. PRACTICE
FREEDOM

103. INNOVATIONPARKOUR

104. A PRACTICE FOR
GENERATING INSIGHT
ON-DEMAND

105. Prototyping
in the wild

106. Practice freedom by
embracing obstacles

107. 6 Teams
1 Hour
1 Experience
Teach the Body to Think

110. Tonight’s Special Guest:
Dennis Schleicher Jr

111. Tonight’s Musical Guest:
You.

112. The + +
Future is
Unfinished

113. http://innovationparkour.com/
matthew@normativedesign.com
michael@torchpartnership.com