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    12 Tips for Learning to Think Innovatively
    12 Tips for Learning to Think Innovatively
    12 Tips for Learning to Think Innovatively
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    12 Tips for Learning to Think Innovatively

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJeff Davidson
    Release dateDec 20, 2017
    ISBN9781370120888
    12 Tips for Learning to Think Innovatively
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      12 Tips for Learning to Think Innovatively - Jeff Davidson

      12 Tips for Learning to Think Innovatively

      By Jeff Davidson

      In today's business world, if you want to progress in your career you have to be an innovator, the type of person who can approach problems creatively, devise solutions to recurring time and resource issues, and figure out better ways to get things done. Otherwise, you need to be good at sleeping with the boss. So, how can you train your brain to innovate without pain? A question for the ages! If it were easy, everyone would be an innovator. Only a fraction of professionals within an organization, however, prove to be innovators.

      Adopting the Mindset of an Innovator

      Unfortunately, most people in the working world head into their jobs the same as they always have; they approach their tasks much the same, attempt to stay within their comfort zones all day long, depart, and return the next day to repeat the process. The innovator treads a different path. The innovator thinks, What if, or Suppose. The innovator questions the status quo, not to rabble-rouse, but to see if there's a better way.

      Innovators can march to the beat of both the team leader's drum and their own drum. When the innovator stumbles across an obstacle, he or she asks why nobody has tackled it before, reconfigured the system, or eliminated this bottle-neck.

      The best companies, here and abroad, want and need innovators. A survey by Prophet (www.Prophet.com), headquartered in San Francisco, indicated that 150 senior executives in various business organizations would like to have a proactive and ongoing innovative strategy. Virtually all these executives came from businesses identified as having a clear commitment to innovation. They seek to promote curiosity among their employees. Most of these executives encourage their staff to take risks.

      Right Where You Are

      If you work for a company that encourages you in this manner, lucky you! If not, that doesn't mean you're up the creek in the day-to-day execution of your job. You can adopt the mindset of an innovator right where you are, with what you have. These following two techniques are subtle, but will work for you in splendid ways.

      1. Listen to your constituents – who does your company, or more specifically, your division, department, or team serve? Do you serve customers or clients who buy your products and services,

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