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Entre: Unit 2
Term | Definition |
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Innovate | to introduce as or as if new/to make changes/to do something in a new way |
Create | to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior/to produce through imaginative skill/to make or bring into existence something new |
2 types of people | the adapter and innovator |
Characteristics of an adapter | Precise, methodological approach/focus on solving problems/refine current practices/ means oriented/capable of extended detail work/sensitive to group cohesion and cooperation |
Characteristics of an innovator | Approaches tasks from unusual angles/discovers problems and avenues for solutions/questions basic assumptions/more interested in ends/little tolerance for routine/little or no need for consensus |
Barriers to creativity | One "Correct" answer/being logical/following the rules/being practical.becoming specialized/avoiding ambiguity(lack of decisiveness)/fearing mistakes and failure/believing you are NOT creative |
Inhibitor or helper?:One "Correct" answer | Inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?: being logical | Inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?: following the "rules" | Inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?: being practical | Inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?: becoming specialized | Inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?: avoiding ambiguity(lack of decisiveness | Inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?: fearing mistakes/failure | Inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?: believing you are NOT creative | Inhibitor |
Statements that inhibit creativity | No/can't/are you kidding?/we've never done anything like that before/That's stupid/it's not in the budget/we've done alright so far |
Inhibitor or helper?: no | Inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?: can't | inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?: are you kidding? | inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?: we've never done anything like that before | inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?: that's stupid | inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?:it's not in the budget | inhibitor |
Inhibitor or helper?: we've done alright so far | inhibitor |
questions to spur creativity | Is there a new way to do it/can you give it a different twist/what if we do the opposite/can the parts be rearranged/can we put it to other uses/can ideas be combined/what else could we make from this/can you borrow or adapt it |
Inhibitor or helper?: Is there a new way to do it? | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?: can you give it a different twist? | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?: What if we do the opposite? | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?: Can the parts be rearranged? | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?: can we put it to other uses? | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?:Can ideas be combined? | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?: What else could we make from this? | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?: Can you borrow or adapt it? | helper |
Ways to enhance creativity | expect creativity/tolerate failure/encourage curiosity/view problems as challenges/train people on creativity/reward creativity/model creativity |
Inhibitor or helper?: Expect creativity | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?: tolerate failure | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?: encourage curiosity | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?:view problems as challenges | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?: train people on creativity | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?: reward creativity | helper |
Inhibitor or helper?:model creativity | helper |
innovator or adaptor? precise, methodological approach | adaptor |
innovator or adaptor? focus on solving problems | adaptor |
innovator or adaptor? refine current practices | adaptor |
innovator or adaptor? means oriented | adaptor |
innovator or adaptor? capable of extended detail work | adaptor |
innovator or adaptor? sensitive to group cohesion and cooperation | adaptor |
innovator or adaptor? approaches tasks from unusual angles | innovator |
innovator or adaptor? discovers problems and avenues for solutions | innovator |
innovator or adaptor? discovers problems and avenues for solutions | innovator |
innovator or adaptor? questions basic assumption | innovator |
innovator or adaptor? more interested in ends | innovator |
innovator or adaptor? little tolerance for routine | innovator |
innovator or adaptor? little or no need for consensus | innovator |
invention example | light bulb, cell phone |
extension example | many uses of baking soda |
duplication example | mcdonalds- franchise |
synthesis example | fedex-mail and air service |
types of innovation | invention, extension, duplication, synthesis |