圖資三　官瑀晴徐宜安周式萱孫聖昕何清芸

圖書館管理 哈佛商業評論讀書報告

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How do I find Innovative People for my organization?

How can I become more innovative myself?

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LEARN

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Innovator’s DNA

Associating

Questioning

ObservingExperimenting

Networking

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What can we learn from the article?

• To know how some people come up with ground breaking new ideas.

• To find out what makes one person more creative than another.

• To know how to be more innovative.

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5 Discovery SkillsQuestioning

Observing

Experimenting

Networking

Associating

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Skill 1: Associating• the central skill to the innovator’s DNA• the ability to connect seemingly

unrelated questions, problems, or ideas from different fields.

• “Creativity is connecting things.”---Steve Job

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Skill 2: Questioning• Ask questions that challenge common

wisdom• Question the unquestionable• The important and difficult job is….

Find the right answers

Find the right question

How to question?

Question effectively

and innovatively

Embrace constraints

Imagine opposites

Ask “why?” “why not?” and “what

if?”

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Skill 3: Observing• Carefully, intentionally, and consistently

look out for small behavioral details, in order to gain insights about new ways of doing things

scrutinizing common phenomena, particularly the behavior of potential customers

Uncommon business ideas

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Skill 4: Experimenting• Actively try out new ideas• Construct interactive experiences • Try to provoke unorthodox responses to

see what insights emerge• Innovators are experimental in nature and

are constantly trying new experiences and exploring new ideas

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Skill 5: Networking• find and test ideas through a network of

diverse individuals• Innovators can gain radically different

perspectives by networking with individuals from diverse backgrounds

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• network to access resources, to sell themselves or their companies, or to boost their careers

Normal entrepreneurs

• go out of their way to meet people with different kinds of ideas and perspectives to extend their own knowledge domains

Innovative entrepreneurs

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Innovator’s DNA

Associating

Questioning

ObservingExperimenting

Networking

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Practice, Practice and Practice• Innovators must consistently act different

and think different• Try to spend15 to 30 minutes each day

writing down 10 new questions that challenge the status quo in your life

• Not to make judgments about what you see

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