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- 1. What made him an innovator? Was he a genius? Maybe. But that didn’t make him an innovator.
- 2. Innovators behave differently And you can train yourself to be more innovative Networking Associating Observing Experimenting Questioning
- 3. What is the concept? Research presented in the Innovator’s DNA shows that while general intelligence is genetic, creativity is not. This means you can work your innovative muscles! HOW? By learning to harness your discovery skills!
- 4. What are discovery skills? Innovators have the ability to connect things that other people don’t! We call this ability: Association Questionin g Experimentin g Association Networking Observing You can improve your association skills by practicing these four behaviors: 1. Questioning 2. Observing 3. Networking 4. Experimenting
- 5. What makes Innovators special? All the great innovators have these skills in abundance! Why? Because of two reasons: • Desire to change the status quo • Willingness to take risks and view failure as a lesson “If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning” Google co-founder Larry Page
- 6. Discovery & Delivery Discovery skills are what great innovators have. Delivery skills are what most executives have. Successful companies need both types of skills! Discovery skills to begin a new cycle Delivery skills to grow and scale business Discovery skills to launch new ideas
- 7. Great leaders have the Innovator’s DNA Marc Benioff associated the two completely different industries of enterprise software and e-commerce to create Salesforce.com Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata came up with the idea for the Nano by observing Indian commuters Starbucks founder Howard Schultz discovered his big idea while observing people enjoying in espresso bars in Milan Amazon founder Jeff Bezos won’t stop experimenting – from bookstore to online retailer to Kindle to cloud services Research in Motion founder Mike Lazaridis was networking at a trade show in 1987 where he heard the idea that led to the BlackBerry
- 8. Japanese innovators have discovery skills too! Sony founder Akio Morita had all the skills displayed by innovative leaders. He observed Bell Labs’ transistors to build the first portable radio. He moved to the US to network and understand American needs He even questioned why a company name couldn’t be short and sweet – like “Sony”! GREE founder Yoshikazu Tanaka was first to associate the social nature of mobile and powerful gaming hardware to realize how important mobile games would be. He observed how Japanese people used their mobiles to bet on mobile gaming.
- 9. So how can you practice these skills? Question everything! What if? Why not? Take things apart. Rebuild them. Try, fail and try again. Meet people from every possible field, and share ideas. Observe people, products and companies. See things for what they are. Innovators put things together that others wouldn’t dream of. Mix it up and discover inspiration at the intersection!
- 10. Unlock your innovators DNA today 8 years of research and interviews with all the world’s top innovators have resulted in the Innovator’s DNA, the best selling book by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen and Clayton Christensen We use a step by step approach to teach you how to develop your innovation skills: as an individual, team or organization! Visit us at our website: INDEE Japan to register or learn more! Buy the book here or visit the Innovator’s DNA page here