Innovation as an attitude
Would you like to embrace a different approach and commit to challenging the status quo using a mix of attitude, principles, and tools?
What about these ones?
Empty Space
Welcoming a blank page and admitting "we don’t understand" is a bold act. Let’s intentionally reserve empty spaces in our schedules to think freely and engage in open dialogue.
Questioning
Let’s embrace our ignorance and use it as a driver for curiosity and attentiveness. Ask questions with the goal of helping people deepen their thinking. They will discover what they didn’t know they already knew.
Autonomy
Let’s avoid telling people what they should do; instead, let them discover solutions for themselves. Ensure they retain their leadership and responsibility. Don’t try to convince them. If our message resonates, they will adopt it on their own. If it doesn’t, it simply means the time isn’t right yet.
Radical
Let’s give meaning to information by deconstructing it, placing it back into its context, and reexamining its connections. Let’s go to the roots of our ideas and habits. Flip them upside down to see. Could we change “at the root”?
Embracing Chaos
Let’s make the most of those moments when we don’t yet have an answer. Like a child, first empty the toy box of ideas. Our temporary confusion is a sign that we’ve identified a knot to untangle. Confusion is an opportunity.
Km0
Let’s stop designing projects from our offices, isolated from the communities we’re supposed to help. Let’s stop implementing ready-made solutions in places that haven’t identified the roots of their problems. This disconnect creates new problems instead of meaningful change. Instead, let’s listen to what the places and their inhabitants have to say, help them discover their need for change, and support them, humbly.
Conversation
When do we have the chance to explore ideas through authentic conversation? It’s a rare opportunity. Let’s provoke improbable dialogues and “flint” encounters (the kind that spark). Listen to what is said—and what isn’t.
You can enrich your innovation process and lead your projects differently by applying these principles, patterns, and tools.
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