Yes, You Can Innovate: Discover Your Innovation Strengths and Develop Your Creative Potential, 1st edition

Published by Pearson Business (February 20, 2018) © 2018

  • Natalie Turner
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YES, YOU CAN INNOVATE! IS A PRACTICAL HOW-TO GUIDE TO HELP YOU DISCOVER YOUR INNOVATION STRENGTHS. USE THE FREE ONLINE ASSESSMENT TO IMPROVE YOUR ABILITY TO CREATE VALUE OUT OF NEW IDEAS.

Covering the six stages of innovation, find out which of the 6’I’s® is your personal strength:

•   IDENTIFY opportunities by understanding trends, patterns and future areas of growth

•   IGNITE ideas by creating novel solutions

•   INVESTIGATE by prototyping, testing and researching ideas

•   INVEST by having the courage, to create business models and persuade others to back ideas

•   IMPLEMENT by making an idea happen and creating value from it

•   IMPROVE by optimising your ideas and learning from success and failure

Discover the skills required to successfully innovate, how to understand the problem you want to solve, and how to cultivate and implement innovative ideas. Whether you work for an organisation or are an entrepreneur, each chapter will equip you with a practical toolkit containing examples, activities and resources to help you build and improve your innovation skills.

TAKE THE FREE ONLINE ASSESSMENT TO UNDERSTAND YOUR INNOVATION STRENGTHS, AND CHALLENGES, AND HOW TO HARNESS YOUR SKILLS, AS WELL AS THE SKILLS OF OTHERS, TO MAKE YOUR IDEAS HAPPEN.

  • Introduction
  • Understanding The Six ‘I’s® Model
  • Discover your innovation strengths – How to take The Six ‘I’s® assessment
  • How the book is structured
  • How to get the most out of this book
  • PURPOSE: IT IS A QUESTION OF PURPOSE
  • The Purpose Resource Guide
  • IDENTIFY: UNDERSTAND TRENDS AND POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH
  • The Identifier Profile
  • The Identify Skills
  • The Identify Mindset —‘A compelling desire to learn or experience something new’
  • Let’s meet Ricky Teo
  • The Identify Resource Guide
  • IGNITE: CREATE IDEAS AND NOVEL SOLUTIONS
  • The Igniter Profile
  • The Ignite Skills
  • The Ignite Mindset—‘An orientation and attitude that desires to seek and imagine new possibilities’
  • Let’s meet Marco Brabec
  • The Ignite Resource Guide
  • INVESTIGATE: PROTOTYPE, TEST AND RESEARCH IDEAS
  • The Investigator Profile
  • The Investigate Skills
  • The Investigate Mindset — ‘Paying careful attention to whatever is being studied’
  • Let’s meet Jacqueline Ford
  • The Investigate Resource Guide
  • INVEST: HAVE COURAGE AND PERSUADE OTHERS TO BACK IDEAS
  • The Investor Profile
  • The Invest Skills
  • The Invest Mindset — ‘An attitude that spurs someone to act despite challenges or difficulties’
  • Let’s meet Thomas Nyegaard
  • The Invest Resource Guide
  • IMPLEMENT: MAKE AN IDEA HAPPEN AND CREATE VALUE FROM IT
  • The Implementer Profile
  • The Implement Skills
  • The Implement Mindset—‘To stay committed despite challenges and be dedicated to achieving results’
  • Let’s meet Christine Sim
  • The Implement Resource Guide
  • IMPROVE: OPTIMISE, SCALE AND LEARN FROM SUCCESS AND FAILURE
  • The Improver Profile
  • The Improve Skills
  • The Improve Mindset—‘To be mentally bright, having sharp or quick intelligence’
  • Let’s meet Rose Shapley
  • The Improve Resource Guide
  • Conclusion
  • What next?
  • Index

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