Eight Nations of Innovation

Eight Nations of Innovation

When does innovation become innovative? In a recent review, I stumbled across Rick Warren’s, talk from TEDxOrangeCoast. With innovation and discovery asking the right question is more important than the answer. He’s compiled a list of 8 questions everyone should ask. He calls them his 8 Nations of Innovation:

• Determination – What do I need to stop/change?
• Collaboration – How do we do it together?
• Combination – How can we combine opposites?
• Elimitation – What can we remove?
• Reincarnation – What died that we can bring back to life?
• Rejuvenation – How can we change purposes or motivation?
• Illumination – How can we look with new light?
• Fascination – How can we make it more interesting?

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