How do we innovate ourselves? This year's buzz term is clearly "innovation" - having brutally pushed "disruption" of its soapbox. Whilst companies are grappling with what this means on a practical and process level, does innovation begin at home?
My presentation discussing personal innovation at the inaugural event for Sydney's Experience Society
7. Purpose
How do we innovate ourselves?
This year's buzz term is clearly
"innovation" - having brutally pushed
"disruption" of its soapbox.
Whilst companies are grappling with what
this means on a practical and process
level, does innovation begin at home?
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8. The real question?
Can success factors of business
innovation be used in a personal
context?
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10. “Innovation effectively is the process of
technological change… the thing to really
understand is that innovation is a process
not a thing. The thing, the outcome of
innovation, is the invention. Innovation is
deeply associated with business processes,
business models and all the different aspects
that combine towards creating a new
product or service.”
–Dr James Moody
- PhD, Innovation Theory
- Founder Tu-Share & Sendle
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12. – Mark Payne
- Founder, Fahrenheit 212
“Innovation being
synonymous with
growth. Companies
that aren’t innovating
aren’t growing.”
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14. Key Elements of Business Innovation
Key themes from “Innovation Inside” interview series:
1.Crisis
2.Examination
3.Diversity
4.Collaboration
5.Creativity
6.Adjustment
7.Resilience
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15. Key Elements of Business Innovation
Key themes from “Innovation Inside” interview series:
1.Crisis
2.Examination
3.Diversity
4.Collaboration
5.Creativity
6.Adjustment
7.Resilience
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CULTURE
16. Crisis
Definition
• any event that is, or is expected to
lead to, an unstable and dangerous
situation affecting an individual, group,
community, or whole society.
• a stage in a sequence of events at
which the trend of all future events,
especially for better or for worse, is
determined; turning point.
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17. Crisis
Crisis drives innovation
• Crisis provides a compelling reason for
action - you can’t run away from a
crisis
Examples
• War > Nuclear
• Climate change > Renewable energy
• Global financial crisis > ??
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19. Examination
• What are the goals and objectives for
my business?
• What changes are happening in my
industry and how will they affect my
company?
• Do we need to change something to
achieve our objectives?
• What would happen if we were to
explore new opportunities?
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20. Diversity
Definition
• the inclusion of individuals
representing more than one national
origin, color, religion, socioeconomic
stratum, sexual orientation, etc.
• a point of difference.
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21. Diversity
• Different viewpoints working on the
same problem.
• Different backgrounds bring different
ways of solving a problem
• Diversity unlocks innovation by
creating an environment where
“outside the box” ideas can be heard
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22. Collaboration
Definition
• to work, one with another; cooperate,
• working with others to do a task and
to achieve and realise shared goals
• to work together (relationships)
toward (process) something in
common (outcomes).
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23. Collaboration
• I know what I don’t know
• Teamwork is essential to getting
things done.
• Collaborating with partners, suppliers,
customers and other stakeholders to
find a solution.
• Innovation IS a collaborative pursuit
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25. Creativity
Definition
• the ability to transcend traditional
ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or
the like, and to create meaningful new
ideas, forms, methods, interpretations,
etc.; originality, progressiveness, or
imagination:
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26. Creativity
• The ability to think outside the box
• unleashing the potential of the mind to
conceive new ideas, new ways of
doing things and innovative solutions
• to perceive the world in new ways, to
find hidden patterns, to make
connections between seemingly
unrelated phenomena, and to generate
solutions
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27. Adjustment
Definition
• to change (something) so that it fits,
corresponds, or conforms;
• to adapt or to correct to achieve a
desired outcome
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28. Adjustment
• Constantly testing hypothesis and
reviewing the results to see if we are
on track or off track in achieving our
goal
• Test / Fail / Learn or “Failing Fast” is
THE process of adjustment
• When results are not what we
expected we change tack.
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29. Resilience
Definition
• the process of overcoming (and ability
to recover from) stress and adversity
• perseverance for long term goals
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30. Resilience
•Achievement is the product of effort, a
function of the intensity, direction, and
duration of one’s exertions towards a
long-term goal.
•Not giving up when the results of our
activities are not what we hoped.
•A business’s ability to adapt and evolve
in response to short term shocks and at
the same time shape itself to be able to
respond to long term challenges.
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31. The journey
Can we use these same themes to
drive personal innovation?
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33. “Innovation effectively is the process of
personal growth… the thing to really
understand is that innovation is a process
not a thing. The thing, the outcome of
innovation, is the psyche. Innovation is
deeply associated with life processes, self
models and all the different aspects that
combine towards creating a new version of
who we are.”
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43. Philosophy
• Ancient Greek word φιλοσοφία
(philosophia) literally means "love of
wisdom" or "friend of wisdom"
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44. Philosophy
• the most basic beliefs, concepts, and
attitudes of an individual
• the study of the general and
fundamental nature of reality,
existence, knowledge, values, reason,
mind, and language.
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45. Creating a new version of who we are
3. Can we innovate the psyche?
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46. Key Elements of Personal Innovation
Do the same themes from “Innovation Inside” interview
series work in a personal context?
1.Crisis
2.Examination
3.Diversity
4.Collaboration
5.Creativity
6.Adjustment
7.Resilience
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47. Crisis
• personal crisis occurs when an
individual can no longer cope with a
situation.
• usually brought about by changes to
the individual’s role or environment
that require radical restructuring of the
individual’s view of themselves and
their world
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49. Examination
“The unexamined life is not worth living”
- Socrates
• “Human Being” is marked by the
capacity to transcend instinct and
desire and to make conscious, ethical
choices
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50. Diversity
“You are the average of the five people
you spend the most time with.”
- Jim Rohn
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51. Diversity
We are unconsciously un-diverse.
• Most people, according to Brian Uzzi’s
research, choose people strategically
based on three principles:
1. We unconsciously identify the most
important qualities we are looking
for in people within our network
(often these are the same qualities
we already have).
2. We look for others who share those
qualities.
3. Find those new people through
people we already know.
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52. Collaboration
• When we are in active sharing with others - sharing
deep secrets, sharing what's on our mind, sharing our
dreams and aspirations, the brain lights up like a
Christmas tree (Temporo Parietal Junction or theTPJ)
• This behavior activates a high level of oxytocin, which
is the neurotransmitter that enables us to bond and
connect with others deeply.
• How to share passions, dreams and aspirations:
• Create opportunities to be open and transparent with
others about your dreams - and share, share, share!
• When we are open with others - we send signals that
we trust them with things that are personal to us. We
bring people into our private space and trust they will
not harm us in any way.
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53. Creativity
"Doing what we already know how to do
takes the world from 1 to n, adding more
of the familiar. But every time we create
something new, we go from 0 to 1. The
act of creation is singular, as is the
moment of creation, and the result of
something fresh and strange.”
- Peter Thiel, Co-founder of PayPal
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54. Adjustment
• The maintenance of emotional
equilibrium in the face of internal and
external stressors. This is facilitated by
cognitive processes of acceptance and
adaptation.
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55. Resilience
• Woody Allen once quipped that 80
percent of success in life is just
showing up.
• Resilience determines who shows up.
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57. Courage
Definition:
• the quality of mind or spirit that
enables a person to face difficulty,
danger, pain, etc., without fear;
bravery.
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58. Conscientiousness
• Achievement oriented rather than
dependable
• The achievement-oriented individual is
one who works tirelessly, tries to do a
good job, and completes the task at
hand, whereas the dependable person
is more notably self-controlled and
conventional.
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59. Perseverance
“… achievement is the product of talent
and effort, the latter a function of the
intensity, direction, and duration of one’s
exertions towards a long-term goal.”
- Prof. Angela Lee Duckworth
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60. Integrity
“the ability of people, communities,
and systems to maintain their core
purpose and integrity among
unforeseen shocks and surprises.”
- Andrew Zolli, Futurist & Author
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65. The Hero’s Journey
“it enables us to bring forth something in
this life that was never beheld before,
namely the fulfilment in this time and
space of our own potentialities which are
particular to ones own self”
- Joseph Campbell
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