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Video Tour of The Toolkit
As part of our ongoing commitment to experimenting and communicating, we recently put together this little "video tour" of the Innovation Toolkit. In a mere 9 minutes, we present detailed introductions to the six tools listed below (with handy links to the starting...
NASA Premortem
Last year I had the opportunity to serve on a National Academy of Sciences committee. We were chartered to help NASA improve its innovation ecosystem, a truly awesome experience. One of my main contributions was to lead several Premortem sessions, where participants...
TRIZ Prism Example
The TRIZ Prism tool is a powerful way to unlock a team's creativity and discover new solutions to difficult problems. It's a pretty straightforward practice to describe, but actually doing it can be a little trickier than it looks at first. The Elephant-And-Straw...
Tool Profile: Problem Framing & Journey Mapping
SCENARIO: It’s Friday morning. You’re an analyst and just received an urgent request for an analysis due Monday. You are 99% sure a colleague has done this same analysis before, but you have no idea where it was stored. Your options are 1) spend all weekend searching...
Problem Framing 101
Last week. Rachel's blog post looked at the importance of asking Why. This week we'll take a closer look at the Problem Framing Canvas she mentioned. It's designed to be used with a team to establish a clear consensus about what problem you're trying to solve. When...
Lotus Blossom 101
This week's post is about an ideation tool called the Lotus Blossom. This colorful & simple tool is like Mindmapping on a grid. It helps people go deeper / get more creative than a standard brainstorming session. Also, engineers tend to LOVE this one. The photo...