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Inventing Elephants
http://www.inventingelephants.com
Thinking towards the whole to create better solutions. I explore understanding the world via different perspectives and systems thinking, then try to put the pieces together with various thinking techniques to develop something innovative and new. But I can't do it alone.
- Added on: May 8th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Beth Robinson
- Listed in: Development and Growth Innovation
- Tags: personal development innovation thinking self improvement connection beth robinson
Recent Posts
Innovate Through Metaphorical Connections
Borrowing an idea from from another field is not enough. To develop an innovation you need to deliberately connect your problem with the borrowed idea. I rewrote this post at least three times because it seemed such an obvious next step that I couldn...
Four Steps Towards an Everyday Creativity
Nurturing an attitude of personal creativity improves your ability to understand and affect systems and to develop innovative solutions. It's not tied to the arts but is about trying to think differently than an automatic approach to the world based ...
Think Like a Black Belt
Have you ever watched a martial arts movie where the hero, or the hero's mentor just KNOWS that someone is approaching that any other person would have missed? Or perhaps you've seen a cop movie where the veteran walks down the street and pauses just...
Use Existing Ideas to Construct New Ideas
Three Steps for Effective Borrowing Dave Murray says to look in each of these places: 1. The Opposite Place - It can inspire a different way of viewing your world 2. A Similar Place - This helps you t...
Build a Foundation for Innovation with Problem Definitions
When you ask the wrong question the answer you get may be correct, but still not be what you need. Therefore, the first step in Dave Murray's innovation process is to define the problem. Locate the Problem If the problem has been assigned to you, the...
Borrowing Brilliance and The Medici Effect
Two thoughts popped into my head when I was barely into Borrowing Brilliance by David Kord Murray. This is what I was trying to say When I started this blog I imagined that we each needed to find a way to bring together the different perspectives of ...
