Comments on: 5 things Pixar teaches us about creativity on projects http://1-focus.com/sustainingchange/archives/91 1-Focus . . . 1-Identity Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:18:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Roberta Hill http://1-focus.com/sustainingchange/archives/91/comment-page-1#comment-28 Roberta Hill Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:56:17 +0000 http://1-focus.com/sustainingchange/?p=91#comment-28 Here is a great follow-up article that came out this week in The International Herald Tribune: "Innovation is a team sport" By Janet Rae-Dupree http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/07/business/innovate.php Short quote: Instead of identifying a problem and then seeking solutions, Boyd suggests turning the process around: Break down successful products and processes into separate components, then study those parts to find other potential uses. This process of "systematic inventive thinking," which evolved from the work of the Russian engineer and scientist Genrich Altshuller, creates "pre-inventive" ideas that then can be expanded into innovations. Here is a great follow-up article that came out this week in The International Herald Tribune: “Innovation is a team sport” By Janet Rae-Dupree

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/07/business/innovate.php

Short quote: Instead of identifying a problem and then seeking solutions, Boyd suggests turning the process around: Break down successful products and processes into separate components, then study those parts to find other potential uses. This process of “systematic inventive thinking,” which evolved from the work of the Russian engineer and scientist Genrich Altshuller, creates “pre-inventive” ideas that then can be expanded into innovations.

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