Mastering the ability to find ways to create ideas will bring new life to your ventures, so pay close attention to these slides.

1. 5 Ways to Keep Your Company
Innovative

2. The Stalling Point
• We’ve all been there before:
– Your company is full steam ahead with innovation
for months/years at a time but then suddenly you
come to a halt
– You feel you’ve used up all your resources and
ideas to keep improving your offering
• This should not stall you; it should instead
encourage you to find new ways to innovate

3. Mastering the ability to find ways to
create ideas will bring new life to
your ventures, so pay close attention
to the following slides

4. Cross-Pollination
• Cross-pollinating includes keeping your eyes open
for new ideas while also taking ideas from one
part of your business and applying it to another
sector
• Having a system for gathering and using these
ideas is just as important
• Great ideas can be found where you least expect
them

5. Don’t Think Outside the Box, Be
Outside the Box
• Why not take the step
to be outside the box,
not just occasionally
thinking outside the box
• Set yourself up to
continuously look for
new ideas, not just
when needed

6. Talk to People (and listen)
• It is crucial to speak with
employees, customers,
clients, and industry
experts
– Gain valuable insights
about what is going on
with your business
category and business in
particular
• If you refuse to take in
other people’s ideas and
feedback, chances are
you will never succeed

7. Put Yourself in Your Customer’s Shoes
• Take a step back to see your
product/service from a
customer’s point of view
• Take the time to use it,
write down observations,
benefits, drawbacks, pain
points, etc.
• Helps improve your
understanding of both the
service and the usability

8. Focus on Your Mission
• Leverage cloud computing to focus on your
company’s mission
• Cloud computing can help save resources and
money, while freeing up your time
– The cloud allows you to compact your business
infrastructure
– When this happens, you have more time to focus
on mission-critical tasks

9. How Will You Innovate?
What are three things you can do
today to plan for continuous
innovation?