How To Think Outside the Box
When you are Still Really In it
by
Patricia Harmon, PhD.
Agenda
Why is Innovation unnatural?Creative thinking technique # 1Group practiceCreative thinking technique # 2Group PracticeWhat it Takes to Make it Happen
in Corporations
Why Is Innovation Unnatural?
– Efficiency
– Repetition
– Predictability
Hmmm, Inside or Outside the Box?
LOGIC …
+
Combinatory
play seems to
be the essential
feature in
productive
thought.
Albert Einstein
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Innovation Leadership
Questionnaire
The Cross-Over between Thinking and Feeling
The Bottom Line:
Don’t leave innovation to
chance: Take a deliberate, skill-
based approach to creative
thinking.
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