THE KEY INNOVATION PRINCIPLES

The innovation cheat sheet, all the key innovation principles you need on one page!  Made by Marc Heleven

Innovation cheat sheet

http://www.21lobsterstreet.com/site/2012/12/the-innovation-cheat-sheet/

Brainstorm rules

Focus on quantity

Welcome unusual ideas

Withhold criticism

Combine and improve ideas

http://www.glasbergen.com/business-computer-cartoons/creative-problem-solving-thinking-outside-of-the-box/

                         Ideakillers 

Yes, but …

It already exists!

Our customers won’t like that

There is no budget

The market is not ready yet

We are too small for that

We don’t have time …

http://www.ideakillers.net/

6 thinking hats of De Bono

Different types of thinking, which is identified by a color: 

White Hat Thinking: Data, facts, information known or needed.

Black Hat Thinking: Difficulties, potential problems. Why something may not work.

Red Hat Thinking: Feelings, hunches, gut instinct, and intuition. 

Green Hat Thinking: Creativity possibilities, alternatives, solutions, new ideas.

Yellow Hat Thinking: Values and benefits. Why something may work.

Blue Hat Thinking: Manage the thinking process, focus, next steps, action plans.

                                                       http://think-quick.com.au/parallel-thinking

5 levels of inventon different degrees of inventiveness 

Level 1 - Routine design problems solved by methods well known 

Level 2 - Minor improvements to an existing system using 

methods 

known 

within the industry.

Level 3 - Fundamental improvement to an existing system using 

methods 

known 

outside the industry.

Level 4 - A new generation of a system that entails a new principle for performing the system's primary functions. Solutions are found more often in science than technology. 

Level 5 - A rare scientific discovery or pioneering invention of an essentially new system.

     19 types of innovation

Incremental innovation

Process innovaton

Red Ocean innovation

Service innovation

Business model innovation

Sustainable innovation

Frugal innovation

Blue ocean innovation

Radical innovation

Open source innovation

Product innovation

Experience innovation

Disruptive innovation

User led innovation

Supply chain innovation

Social innovation

Experience innovation

Channel innovation 

Brand innovation

                      Made to stick why ideas survive?: 

Simple

Unexpected

Concrete

Credible

Emotional

Stories

http://wakefieldcommunications.com/

 Try making your product or service(more)

Crowdsourced

Sustainable

Small of great

Colorfull

Social

Self service

Easy Free

Transparent

Different

Invisible

Perfect

Save

All inclusive

All in one

Intelligent / smart

Multifunctional

Hybrid

Visual

Retro

Convenience

Emotional

User generated

Local

Portable

Viral

Urban

Virtual

…

Cross industry inpiration - Look for ideas in other industries:

Tourism

Telecom

Social Media

Agriculture

Banking

Food

Transport

ICT

Education

Fast Moving Consumer Goods

Real estate

Utitlities

Manufacturing

Arts and culture

Automotive

Construction

Engineering

…

Starting points of an innovation

A dream

An idea under the shower

Customer friction

Loosing market share

Combining 2 things for the first time

Make the world better

Revolutionize a industry

http://entreholic.com/what-we-do/brainstorming-sessions/