The
structure, as chords do in jazz, serves as a basis for
improvisation,
experimentations,
discoveries
and
innovation.
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The Jazz of Innovation:
11 Guiding Principles

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Loose-tight leadership
alternates the creation of space for idea generation and free
exploration with a deliberate tightening that selects and tests
specific ideas for further investment and development. |
Tom Kelley
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The Fun Factor
As business today is about
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passion
and
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winning
and creating
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new things,
fun has
become a big element in the business strategy of many highly
successful businesses.
No one should have a job they
don't enjoy...
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Customer-driven Innovation
KoRe 7
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The Way Our Mind Works |
You must divide time between the left-brain
and right-brain activity to achieve better
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creativity
results. If you keep bouncing back and forth between creative and analytical
activities, you'll get a headache and won't produce your best results.
Analysis, evaluation and judgment get in the way of
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creativity.
That's why in
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brainstorming
sessions we suspend judgment while we generate ideas. Similarly,
radical innovation
project managers apply the
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Loose-Tight Leadership
technique to divide time between divergent and convergent thinking by their
team members at different
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project
stages...
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Silicon
Valley
In Silicon Valley, companies
challenge the status quo
and encourage
creative
out-of-the-box thinking mixed with pragmatic business judgment...
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KoRe 10 Innovative
Thinking Tools
The
Kore 10 metaphoric tools help you
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solve problems creatively
and come up with innovative
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entrepreneurial
strategies...
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"Innovation Chess"
vs. "Innovation Football"
Innoball and
InnoChess
are
trademark
strategic simulation games for
disruptive innovators and entrepreneurs.
In chess, every move must satisfy predefined
conditions.
Innobal
can simulate real time situations better as players
have less restrictions. InnoChess players have less
flexibility, but can better
focus on the
most important
action areas.
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Aetna
Insurance
Many corporations are now working with the
arts community.
Aetna Insurance brought in jazz bassist
Michael Gold and his ensemble to teach improvisation. The theory is that
kind reactive thinking can help employees handle competition and conflict.7
BP
– Finding an Equilibrium Between Chaos and Order
To evolve BP into an
adaptive organization, one that would be better able to survive and
prosper in today's uncertain and turbulent times, John Browne decided to
raise the creative tension. He established the preconditions necessary
for creating such tension and deliberately moved the organization to a
situation that was at the edge of chaos. That is, the point at which a
natural equilibrium is found between chaos and order, comparable to the
conditions in the evolving natural world...
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References:
1.
The
Art of Innovation, Tom Kelley
2. "Designed Chaos", An interview with David Kelley, founder and CEO of
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3.
"An
Empirical Test of Nonaka’s Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation,"
Richard G. Best, Sylvia J. Hysong, Charles McGhee, Frank I. Moore,
Jacqueline A. Pugh
4.
"Real Power:
Business Lessons from the Tao Te Ching," James A. Autry & Stephen Mitchell
5.
"Engaging Chaos
Together," Jane F. Miller
6.
"Tired of
Strategic Planning?", The Times of India
7.
"How To Jazz Up
Innovation," Linda Stern, Newsweek
8.
"A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference," Tom
Peters and Nancy Austin
9.
"Roads to Success," Robert Heller |
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