This week you have been working hard to identify, structure and categorise problems. In the previous activities you started to explore what can happen when you add solutions to complex …
Summaries can take a variety of forms; trailers, news headlines, executive summaries, tweets and advertising slogans. In this article, we look at a few simple structures for articulating your ideas. …
When evaluating ideas, one potential methodology is to identify a number of criteria to select against. By assessing idea performance against the desired criteria, you can make a selection based …
Let’s begin with the idea that not all innovations are the same ‘type’ of innovation. Some feel like small steps, others like great leaps. Some innovations are new technologies, others …
Some innovation is the outcome of dedicated and determined work to find answers to a problem, but some innovation is just ‘a bit lucky’. This second category includes accidents, chance …
In some situations, often after first exploring a problem with an informal technique, it might be necessary to implement a more formal one. Formal problem-solving techniques These are formal in …
Well done on reaching the end of the course! Are you feeling inspired to continue being innovative and enterprising, to learn more about the practice of Innovation, and to work …
We hope you are enjoying the course and have started thinking about what your skills and passions are, and how you can use those to drive you and your ideas …
As we just heard, failure is often a useful part of the innovative process: even a strategy you can use to your advantage! Throughout this course, we’ve heard from our …
Throughout this course you may have spotted a recurring feature – the central role of accidents, mistakes, and failure. Right back in Week 1, amongst our review of historic innovators …
In this video, we hear from different people in different job roles talking about how they tested their ideas. While you’re watching, listen out for the answers to the questions …
Being influential can be difficult, especially if you aren’t used to being persuasive. In this video, Dave and Hélène explore the idea of being persuasive and influential. After watching, consider …
Another factor to consider when pitching is audience: not everyone will respond to ideas the same way. In this video, Dave talks about altering your pitch to suit different audiences. …
A good pitch is hard to ignore, but how do you go about writing and delivering one? Here, Dave talks you through his tips for pitching success, thinking about the …
Being able to summarise your ideas in a short, snappy way will help you grab people’s attention. If you can’t explain your idea concisely, you’ll find it hard to convince …