Lesson 1
The Foundation
This lesson is to cover the basics of meditation before diving into the world of innovation. You will learn the three rules for following this course and the explore internally what success looks like for you. It is important to set an intent on what you want to achieve from listening to this course to make sure that your time is spent wisely.
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Lesson 2
What is Innovation Really?
Innovation is cool! It’s a buzzword and it absolutely demands your attention. It drives hope to employees, increases stock prices for shareholders, and creates excitement for consumers. Innovation is critical in business and our everyday lives. But the way we innovate today is riddled with challenges of office politics and workflows. This lesson will go back to 4000 B.C. to strip innovation down to its key variables.
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Lesson 3
The Seat Belt Moment
Seat belt moments happen to all of us. It’s when we say for that final time, that things need to change, and then we march down the path to change it. They vividly stick with us so when we think about going back to the old ways, they pull us back on track. This lesson will explore how to find your seat belt moment.
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Lesson 4
What is the Real Problem?
Identifying the real problem to innovate against can be a big challenge. In this lesson we will explore if our problem is a real problem by uncovering the evidence that leads us to believe it.
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Lesson 5
Everyone is Creative
To innovate we need to tap into our creative selves. And if you have lost that ability, or think you don't have it, there are some simple exercises to bring you back. Tap back into your child self to realize that you were once creative and take yourself off of autopilot to shake the routine. Once you become more creative you will find ways to help drive creativity to others.
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Lesson 6
Collaboration
One person's idea rarely makes an impact on the world, the power of collaboration helps propel ideas into innovation. But you shouldn't just collaborate with the usual cast of characters. Learn how bringing the detractors, diversity, experts, and stakeholders to create ideas that you could have never imagined alone.
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Lesson 7
Divergent to Convergent Thinking
The art of getting people creative to strategic and knowing when you need to pull each lever. When leading innovation sessions, you must use tactics that balance creativity with productivity to get the most out of your teams.
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Lesson 8
Measuring for Success
Measure & iteration is the grease that keeps innovation moving. Learn exactly what to measure and how to measure to ensure that your innovation stay on purpose.
Lesson 9
Communication
Great communication is what will propel your ideas forward to the greatest innovation concepts. In this lesson we will slow down and reflect on all aspects of communication to make sure that we are communicating our ideas and receiving feedback effectively.
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Lesson 10
Playing the Game of Office Politics
Office politics happen everywhere. If you think you can avoid this game, you're mistaken. Most commonly, office politics are compared to chess. But I see it more like poker. Office politics can make or break your idea. Learn how to play POCA. Play or be played, observe other players, choose to be a sheriff or a gunslinger, and make allies to help your ideas flourish into full-on innovations.
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Lesson 11
The Feelings of Execution
Bringing an idea to life on a large scale can be daunting. There is only one way to eat an elephant; one bite at a time. Imagine what it must have been like to bring Disney World to reality. Learn how the RACI model combined with the bucketing and phasing technique can help an overwhelming project into bite sized impactful steps.
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Lesson 12
Managing Change for Others & You
Testing an innovative idea is not the same thing as launching one. No matter how great the innovation, change management is the most important factor to success. This lessons dives into the four principles of change management (Understand the change, plan, communicate & implement. And the "two channels" of change, planning uniquely for customers and employees.
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Lesson 13
Walking the Mindful Path of Innovation
The final lesson! We have reached the end of the course and it is time for reflection on the whole course. We will revisit our first sessions success metric to see if you learned what you intended to learn. And we will also take a moment to think about what we did learn and what we will implement immediately to become Mindful Innovators.
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