Think Like An Innovator by Shalini Bahl, Ph.D.

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Presentation based on the article, The Innovator's DNA by Dyer, Gregersen, and Christensen, published in the Harvard Business Review: Dec. 2009, Vol. 87 Issue 12, p. 60-67.

This presentation is part of the Mindful Social Media Strategy curriculum developed by Shalini Bahl for Executive MBAs at the Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst.

Please contact Shalini@MFactor to inquire about mindfulness-based trainings and the Search Inside Yourself program for your organization

Think Like An Innovator

Published on Nov 18, 2015

How to think like an innovator is part of the social media strategy class taught by Shalini Bahl at the Isenberg School of Management online MBA program.

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an Innovator

How To think Like

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5 discovery skills

shared by innovators

The research cited in the Innovator's DNA reports 5 discovery skills common to innovators.

"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody else has seen
And thinking what nobody else has thought."
~ Albert Szent-Györgyi, Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine

What are the discovery skills and how to cultivate them?

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The 5 discovery skills

5 Discovery skills

1. Questioning

Challenge Status Quo

~Wake up! Stop functioning on autopilot

~Question new ways of being and doing things at work

~ How can you use social media to reach your professional goals or set new ones?

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2. Observing

study common phenomenon

~ Make a note of what's happening internally and externally around you

~ The whole spectrum from the mundane to extraordinary, Observe!

~ Note how your stakeholders behave on social media

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3.Experimenting

Try New Experiences

~ Adopt a beginner's mind with child like curiosity and enthusiasm

~ Try new experiences like traveling, taking a new route to work, a hobby

~ Try using a new social media channel or a new activity like participating in a Tweet Chat or Google Hangout

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4.Networking

Connect with Diverse groups

~ Connect with stakeholders from diverse networks

~ Indulge in meaningful exchanges with people not directly connected with your work to get different perspectives

~ Find stakeholders relevant to you and dialog with them using social media channels they use

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5.Associating

Connect the dots

~ When you cultivate the ability to be curious and make non-judgmental observations you are able to see things from multiple perspectives

~By using the four previous discovery skills you learn to connect the dots and come up with new solutions

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Innovator's Journal

Cultivate the discovery Skills

Maintain an online or offline journal to make a note of your thoughts:
Questions ~ Questioning status quo & considering possibilities
Observations ~ How do your stakeholders engage in activities related to your work
Experimenting ~ Try out new experiences and push your boundaries
Networking ~ Connect with people online and offline to learn new perspectives
Associations - Connect the dots and see what you find...

What is your one AHA! finding using the discovery skills?

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Learn & Share!

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This presentation is part of the Mindful Social Media Strategy course developed for the Isenberg School of Business by Shalini Bahl.

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