The Innovation Tools
Memory Jogger
This pocket guide provides overview graphics, introductory information, visual cues, case study examples, and clear friendly language to help a team navigate its way through the process of creating successful innovations. Innovation leaders and team members will find this book a necessary reference for how to go about creating any type of innovation.
Part ONE
- Chapter One
What Is Innovation? (view PDF) - Chapter Two
How Do I Navigate the Innovation Process? - Chapter Three
What’s in the Innovator’s Toolbox? - Chapter Four
What Is a Paradigm? - Chapter Five | How Does Technology fit in?
- The Innovation System in Any Organization
Part TWO
- The Tools (view PDF)
- 1. Needs Assessment (view PDF)
- 2. Cause Analysis
- 3. Factorial Design of Experiments
- 4. Paradigm Deconstruction
- 5. Context Diagram
- 6. Solution Criteria & DC Prioritization
- 7. Idea Generation
- 8. Generating Breakthroughs
- 9. Paradigm Construction
- 10. Solution Synthesis
- 11. Solution Filter
- 12. Vision Decomposition
- 13. Technical Difficulty Assessment
- 14. Solution Impact Risk Assessment
- 15. Adoption Assessment
- 16. Solution Selection
- 17. Solution Definition
- 18. Communication Plan
- 19. Creative Problem Solving
- 20. Modeling the Solution
- 21. Testing the Solution
- 22. Launching the Solution