Segment 1: Resource Constraints

We all get caught in a "rut" when it comes to our thinking

• what customer want
• how long will it take to complete the project
• how many people will it take
• how much will it cost

By forcing constraints, you can force the team to change its assumptions

• Bring focus
• Forces to look differently at the options
• Search for alternatives that fit within th constraints

Challenge the team

• Define a budgt constraint
• Place a constraint on the team size
• Set a deadline

Segment 2: Killer Question

• What would it take to make my product at half the cost?
• How could I cut the development time in half?
• How can I deliver the industry leading value chain for 50% less? 

Segment 3: Closing Thoughts

"A foolish consistancy is the hobgoblin of little minds."  Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Link to the August 14th podcast 

Segment 1: Best Time To Innovate

• Use a log to track and find your most creative hours
• If you are a Morning Person – 6:00AM to 8:00AM
• Of you are a Night Owl – 10:00AM to noon 

Segment 2: Proactive Ways To Find Ideas 

• Have regular sessions
• Use the dates as a driver for idea generation
• Each person presents under some constraint (time, # of slides, etc.)
• Clear understanding of the follow-up 

Segment 3: Killer Question Of The Week

Segment 4: Closing Thoughts

"Don’t think.  Thinking is the enemy of creativity.  It’s self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy.  You can’t try to do things.  You simply must do things."

Ray Bradbury

Link to July 3rd podcast 

Update (7/4/06); 

The link to the example mentioned in the podcast of an external proactive event is Pechakucha