Art of Innovation Chapter 5&7
Interesting Thoughts
-They know that answers don’t lie within. To design a better shopping cart, they sought out grocery stores and shoppers and industry experts. No one on the team thought for a second that a dozen people within IDEO had all the answers.
-We believe that the teams take root when individuals are given the chance of picking what groups they work with and even occasionally what projects they work on.
-Pressure can help you get it out the door
- On a Mission- Dennis Boyles hot group decided it was time to challenge the status quo-what if we all did that?
- Singapore Airlines- IDEO solved or came up with a solution that saved the airline tens of millions of dollars. They did this by figuring out they could decrease the downtime of the aircraft fleet needed while increasing the number of hours of in flight time.
- It was interesting to find out that IDEO did not limit the amount of office supplies, and kept a well stock refrigerator. It was smart of them to make their employees feel like they were part of the company.
-I think it was a good idea to have an award system for the employee's also
-It was also a great idea to give fortune 500 clients a two-day version of IDEO experience. Called IDEO U
Eight Crazy Characters for hot Groups
The Visionary
The Troubleshooter
The Iconoclast
The Pulse Taker
The Craftsman
The Technologist
The Entrepreneur
The Cross-Dresser
I find so interesting that it takes so many
-They know that answers don’t lie within. To design a better shopping cart, they sought out grocery stores and shoppers and industry experts. No one on the team thought for a second that a dozen people within IDEO had all the answers.
-We believe that the teams take root when individuals are given the chance of picking what groups they work with and even occasionally what projects they work on.
-Pressure can help you get it out the door
- On a Mission- Dennis Boyles hot group decided it was time to challenge the status quo-what if we all did that?
- Singapore Airlines- IDEO solved or came up with a solution that saved the airline tens of millions of dollars. They did this by figuring out they could decrease the downtime of the aircraft fleet needed while increasing the number of hours of in flight time.
- It was interesting to find out that IDEO did not limit the amount of office supplies, and kept a well stock refrigerator. It was smart of them to make their employees feel like they were part of the company.
-I think it was a good idea to have an award system for the employee's also
-It was also a great idea to give fortune 500 clients a two-day version of IDEO experience. Called IDEO U
Eight Crazy Characters for hot Groups
The Visionary
The Troubleshooter
The Iconoclast
The Pulse Taker
The Craftsman
The Technologist
The Entrepreneur
The Cross-Dresser
I find so interesting that it takes so many
posted by mscarfo at 11:19 AM
1 Comments:
" find so interesting that it takes so many"
Well, you aren't going to find one of each of these in every group. There may be one or two in a group. I think his point was more that the "wierdos" in a group are valuable. Appreciate them for the positive contributions they make, and don't hold their strange behavior against them.
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