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Idea Generation
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You have a sheet with 30 circles
1. When we say GO!
Transform each circle into
something recognizable, such as
a ball, a planet, bicycle wheels,
etc.
2. It’s OK to draw outside the lines.
3. The goal: transform all 30 circles
in TWO minutes.
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Examples
Extra time9 different
ideas
21 circles
Some
combining
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Your experience?
If < 30, why?
! Not clear about the rules
! Can circles be combined?
! How different should they be?
! Don’t like deadlines
!
Couldn’t draw fast enough! Not sure how much I wanted to get into this
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Creative, Innovation, Value
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Video
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New Knowledge
• Radical innovation
• Problem? .... Time Span!
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Tapping the Ideas of
Customer
•Customers are an evergreen source ofinnovative ideas if salespeople, service
people, R&D workers LISTEN to whatthey say
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“Its a great device, and i’d use it more often if it would fit inmy briefcase... (Idea? : make the device smaller)
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“It takes too long to prepare and bake a regular pizza!”
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“It takes too long to prepare and bake a regular pizza!”
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Learn from Lead Users
• Lead users are companies and individual,customer and noncustomers - whoseneeds are far ahead of market trends
L P d i i ?
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Low Productivity?
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A Four Phase Process
•Lay the foundation : Identify the targeted marketsand the type and level of innovations desired by theorganizations key stakeholders.
• Determine the trend : Talk to experts in the field
about what they see as the important trends.
• Identify and learn from the lead users : Developrelationships with these lead users and gatherinformation from them that points to promising
ideas that could contribute to breakthroughproducts.
• Develop the breakthroughs : The goal of this phaseis to move preliminary concepts toward
completion.
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“Empathetic Design”
Empathetic Design is an idea-generating technique wherebyinnovators observe how people use existing products and
services in their own environment.
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Empathetic Design
• Observe
•Capture Data
• Reflect and Analyze
• Brainstorm
• Develop solution Prototypes
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Tips on where to lookfor Innovative Ideas
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New Technology
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Demographic Change
Market Change
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Market Change
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Unexpected occurrences
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How Management Can
encourage Idea
•Rewards
• Climate of Innovation
• Hire innovative People
• Encourage the cross pollination of ideas
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Brainstorming
Defined by Alex Osborn in 1939
“Storming a problem in a commando fashion”
! “Your Creative Power,” 1949
! “Applied Imagination,” 1953
Took on a life of its own! BBDO - Alex Osborn
! MIT Creative Engineering Lab - John Arnold
! Stanford Design Division - Bob McKim
! IDEO
! d.school at Stanford and Potsdam
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Rule #1
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Fifty phrases that kill creativity
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Fifty phrases that kill creativity
! Our place is different
! We tried that before.
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It costs too much.! That's not my job.
! They're too busy to do that.
! We don't have the time.
! Not enough help.
! It's too radical a change.
! The staff will never buy it.
! It's against company policy.
! The union will scream.
! That will run up our overhead.
! We don't have the authority.
! Let's get back to reality
! That's not our problem.
! I don't like the idea.
! I'm not saying you're wrong but...
! You're two years ahead of your
time.
! Now's not the right time.
! It isn't in the budget.
!
Can't teach an old dog new tricks.! Good thought, but impractical.
! Let's give it more thought.
! We'll be the laughingstock of the
industry.
! Not that again.
! Where'd you dig that one up?
! We did alright without it before.
! It's never been tried.
! Let's put that one on the back burner
for now.
! Let's form a committee.
! It won't work in our place.
! The executive committee will never
go for it.
! I don't see the connection.
! Let's all sleep on it.
! It can't be done.
! It's too much trouble to change.
!
It won't pay for itself.! It's impossible.
! I know a person who tried it and
got fired.
! We've always done it this way.
! We'd lose money in the long run.
! Don't rock the boat.
! That's what we can expect from
the staff.
! Has anyone else ever tried it?
! Let's look into it further.
! We'll have to answer to the
stockholders.
! Quit dreaming.
! If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
! That's too much ivory tower.
! It's too much work.
Rule #2
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Rule #2
QUANTITY
Fluency and flexibility
GO OR
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We need both
Fluency - Lots of ideas Flexibility - Lots of different ideas
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Osborn’s checklist for transforming ideas
Put to other uses?
! New ways to use as is?
!Other uses if modified?
Adapt?
! What else is like this?
! What other idea does this
suggest?
! Does the past offer
parallel?! What could I copy?
! Whom could I emulate?
Modify?
! New twist?
! Change meaning, color,
motion, sound, odor, form,shape?
! Other shapes?
Minify?
! What to subtract?
!Smaller?
! Condensed?
! Miniature?
! Lower?
! Shorter?
! Lighter?
! Omit?
! Streamline?
! Split up?
! Understate?
Substitute?
! Who else instead?
! What else instead?
! Other ingredient?
! Other process?
! Other place?
! Other approach?
! Other tone of voice?
Reverse?
! Transpose positive
and negative?! How about
opposites?
! Turn it backward?
! Turn it upside
down?
! Reverse roles?
!
Change shoes?! Turn tables?
! Turn other cheek?
Rearrange?
! Interchange
components?
!
Other pattern?! Other layout?
! Other sequence?
! Transpose cause
and effect?
! Chan e ace?
Magnify?
! What to add?
!More time?
! Greater frequency?
! Stronger?
! Higher?
! Longer?
! Extra Value?
! Plus ingredient?
! Duplicate?
! Multiply?
! Exaggerate?
Combine?
! How about a blend, an
alloy, an assortment,
an ensemble?
! Combine units?
! Combine purposes?
! Combine appeals?
! Combine ideas?
T f ti d
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Transformation cards
Osborn Rule #3
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17BayCHI Dec 09
Osborn Rule #3
RADICALWILD WEIRD ABSURD STUPID
Easier to tone down than pump up
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Source: Obey the Pure Breed
Osborn Rule #4
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LEAPFROGPiggy-back
Build on
Let go
Osborn Rule #4
Some other rules & tips
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Some other rules & tips
Stay focused on topic
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Turn it around to something thatrelates
One conversation at a time
! Let everyone get their idea out
! Bring side discussions onto the table
Headline it
! Get the essence and move on
! Maintain flow
Be visual
! Bring the right brain into play
And, for best results.…
Explicitly agree! “Let’s brainstorm!”
! “Yeah!”
Facilitate
! “What else….?”
Record
! Capture the ideas
Time box
! Define the play period
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Case Study
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Case Study
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