Innovative thinking and practice Submitted by: Tools and technique used to generate new ideas and practice

INNOVATIVE THINKING AND
PRACTICE
SUBMITTED BY:

TOOLS AND TECHNIQUE USED TO
GENERATE NEW IDEAS AND THINKING
• DIVERGENT TOOLS: CREATIVE TOOLS LIKE ANALOGY CARDS
FOCUSED ON DIVERGENCE HELPS TO GENERATE IDEAS IN SHORT
TIME.
• DURING IDEATION ANALOGY THINKING CAN HELP TO EXPLORE
CONCEPTS UTILIZED BY OTHERS TO BE ADOPTED ON OWN
• CONVERGENCE TOOLS: THESE ARE FOCUSED TO ORGANIZE, FILTER
AND CHOSE NEW IDEAS BASED ON ANALYSIS
• MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUE CAN BE USED TO CLUSTER IDEAS AND
NARROW THEIR POSSIBILITIES
• THINKING HAT TECHNIQUE CAN HELP TO EXPLORE UPSIDES AND
DOWNSIDES OF NEW IDEAS

CONDITIONS FOR INNOVATION AND ISSUES
CONDITIONS FOR INNOVATION:
• EXPERIMENTATION: WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY TO GENERATE
EXPERIMENTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT CHANGING ENVIRONMENT
NEEDS LEADS TO INNOVATION
• FEEDBACK LOOPS: FEEDBACK FROM CLIENTS INSPIRE VALUABLE INNOVATIONS
ISSUES THAT IMPACT INNOVATION THINKING
• MANAGEMENT PRACTICE: ACTIONS AND TRADITIONS LIKE AUTONOMY,
ENCOURAGEMENT AND WORK CHALLENGE CAN IMPACT INDIVIDUAL AND
COLLECTIVE INNOVATION THINKING AND CREATIVITY
• RESOURCES: PROPER RESOURCE LIKE FUNDING, FACILITIES, INFORMATION
IMPACTS INNOVATION

INNOVATION DRIVERS AND ENABLERS
• TEAM: INDIVIDUALS AT SIM HARDWARE MAKE THINGS
OCCUR AND THEIR SKILLS, COLLABORATION, DYNAMIC AND
DEVELOPMENT DRIVES INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
• ENTERPRISE: PROCEDURES, POLICIES,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
ENABLES INNOVATION AT SIM HARDWARE’S (BATTISTELLA
AND NONINO 2012).
• PROCESS: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, COGNITIVE
CAPABILITY AT INDIVIDUAL LEVEL AND CREATIVE PROCESS
TO SUPPORT TEAMS ENABLES INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS