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Fostering a Mindset of I nnovation
Leadership
Creative
April 8 th 2 0 1 4
Leadership Fostering a Mindset of I nnovation April 8 th 2 0 1 4 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Creative Leadership Fostering a Mindset of I nnovation April 8 th 2 0 1 4 Curiosity is the m ost pow erful thing you ow n. Jam es Cam eron, Avatar and Titanic The crew needed to fit square-ended lithium hydroxide canisters into the air
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Curiosity is the m ost pow erful thing you ow n.
— Jam es Cam eron, Avatar and Titanic
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The crew needed to fit square-ended lithium hydroxide canisters into the air circulation system . They used duct tape, packaging m aterial, and other scavenged item s from the craft.
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I m agine 1 0 0 people... all sm art… all hard-w orking… all good com m unicators.
W hat characteristic w ill determ ine w ho gets the next prom otion?
Passionate
Curiosity
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I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
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Look from a different perspective. Look for a second right answ er. Look for a different answ er this year.
Strategic Curiosity
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You’ll never get a job at DuPont!
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W hen som ething goes w rong, ask w hat w ent right.
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I deas com e w hen the w rong things are used in the w rong w ay at the w rong tim e by the right people.
— Niels Bohr
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Our beliefs “define” our box.
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Safety Speed Sim plicity Self Confidence Shared Vision
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W hat slow s us dow n? W hat adds com plexity? W hat reduces confidence? W hat clouds our vision?
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Our questions give us the insight to create viable solutions.
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— Dr. Jonas Salk
The question is the answ er. W hy?
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Age
Retirem ent
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Frequency
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W e entered school as question m arks and graduated as periods.
— Dr. Neil Postm an
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W hat did you learn today in school? W hat questions did you ask today in school?
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Age
Retirem ent
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Frequency
1 1 3 8 3 1 1 9 8 3 2 2
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Bill Cosby: 4 9
Kodak Video Program s
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Prim ates are distinguished from other creatures by a physical feature know n as the
- pposable thum b.
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Left Brain Right Brain
I ntuitive Non Verbal Big Picture Em otional Spontaneous Sequential Verbal Details Logical Patient Diverges Picture Converges 1 0 0 0 W ords Yes, and… Yes, but…
The Opposable Brain
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Left brain reads the w ords Right brain sees the colors
— Dr. Stroop Test for I nhibitory Control
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W hat does the left brain read in this logo? W hat does the right brain see in this logo?
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Traditional résum és are set up so that curiosity becom es invisible. Todd Carlisle, a psychologist at Google, often reads résum és “upside dow n.” I t’s a w ay of looking for flickers of brilliance that m ay register first in “off-the-job” achievem ents.
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“Neu.ro.bics”
The 3 0 -Day Extrem e Brain Makeover
Listen to a new radio/ TV station Drive to/ from w ork a different w ay Use m ouse w ith other hand Move w atch to other arm
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W hat is the result w e w ant to achieve? Be specific. W hy do w e w ant to achieve this? Be passionate. How are w e going to achieve this? Be bold.
“W hole Brain” questions
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Our constraints focus our efforts.
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Gentlem en, w e have run
- ut of m oney. I t is tim e to
start thinking.
— Sir Ernest Rutherford, Father of Nuclear Physics
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Measurable
Results
Pleasure
vs. Pain
Change
Behavior
Affordable
Value/ Benefits
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Measurable
Results
Pleasure
vs. Pain
Change
Behavior
Affordable
Value/ Benefits
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Men m issing the urinal… not focused.
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Measurable
Results
Pleasure
vs. Pain
Change
Behavior
Affordable
Value/ Benefits
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W here do you com e up w ith your ideas?
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1 0 . Cutting grass 9 . Listening to a serm on 8 . W aking up in m iddle of night 7 . Exercising 6 . Leisure reading 5 . During a boring m eeting 4 . Falling asleep or w aking up 3 . Sitting on the toilet 2 . Driving 1 . Taking a bath or show er
Top 1 0 “I dea-Friendly” Tim es
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“All new ideas m ust pass through three stages: 1 . first dism issed as nonsense, 2 . then rejected as against religion, 3 . acknow ledged as true, w ith the proviso from
- pponents they know it all along.”
— Karl Ernst von Baer, the father of em bryology
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Our cartoons w ill never go
- n videotape.
— President, W alt Disney 1 9 7 6
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Yes, and…
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Yes, but…
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I t’s not in the budget. W e tried that before. I t’ll never w ork! I t’ll be m ore trouble than it’s w orth. Great idea… but not for us.
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W hat are the Killer Phrases that w e hear that stifle risk-taking?
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Create a language that prom otes risk-taking?
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Positive Negative Opportunity
1 . Discuss w hat’s positive about the idea. 2 . Discuss w hat’s negative . 3 . “Flip” a negative into an opportunity.
Be Curious First…
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W hat do w e have to be m ore
- pen-m inded about to
see m ore possibilities?
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W hat’s our blind spot?
W hat beliefs do w e hold to be “sacred”? W hat w ould be possible if they w ere not true?
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I deas don’t travel in straight lines.
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All behavior consists of opposites. Learn to see things backw ard, inside
- ut, and upside dow n.
— Lao-Tzu
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Creative Destruction
Quick Service Click & Mortar Group Purchase House Calls Bricks & Mortar
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Mm m , invisible cola.
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Preservatives Color Caffeine Sugar W ater Carbonation
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- Deliverable
Budget Focus Tim e Line Resources Collaboration
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Dem ographics Tim e Social Greens Fee W ater Equipm ent
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W hat w ould w e never do?
1 . 2 . 3 .
Then flip the never into a really cool big idea.
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W hat w ould w e never do?
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W hat do w e w ant to look like in 5 years? 1 . 2 . 3 . W hat w ill w e never look like in 5 years? 1 . 2 . 3 .
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W hat should w e start doing? W hat should w e do differently? W hat should w e keep on doing?
Start/ Stop Brainstorm
W hat should w e stop doing?
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Seinfeld
The Opposite Episode
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The cookie is w hat everyone sees.
Selling Your Big I dea!
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The fortune is the reason w hy w e experience the cookie.
Selling Your Big I dea!
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1 5 MB of Fam e Billboard Sign 4 -W ord Hollyw ood Pitch Napkin Sketch
Visualizing Your Big I dea!
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Can you m ake this equation correct by m oving only one digit?
Hint: ( -) and ( = ) are signs not digits and you can only m ove digits.
2 6 – 6 3 = 1
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