{"id":1429,"date":"2014-07-01T07:37:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T06:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2014-07-01T08:09:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T07:09:56","slug":"the-seven-questions-of-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1429","title":{"rendered":"The Seven Questions of Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you get stuck. \u00a0You can&#8217;t think of a way out.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s not the first time! \u00a0Mankind has a long history of innovation.<\/p>\n<p>This video explains it beautifully &#8211; and gives us seven questions to ask when you get stuck:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jP80EoL4Z70\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Go on! Try it! \u00a0Ask the seven questions:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">1. \u00a0What can we imagine?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">2. \u00a0What can we look at differently?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">3. \u00a0What can we use differently?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">4. \u00a0What can we move?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">5. What can we interconnect?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">6. What can we alter?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">7. \u00a0What can we make?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all very well if you are a guy (like me) and trying to fix things to make things better. \u00a0But what about the emotional side of the equation? \u00a0Jason Headley has another (perhaps much more brilliant video) which should amuse those that find communication skills between the sexes more challenging:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-4EDhdAHrOg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you get stuck. \u00a0You can&#8217;t think of a way out. Well, it&#8217;s not the first time! \u00a0Mankind has a long history of innovation. This video explains it beautifully &#8211; and gives us seven questions to ask when you get stuck: Go on! Try it! \u00a0Ask the seven questions: 1. \u00a0What can we imagine? 2. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1429\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Seven Questions of Innovation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[70,78,42,74,5,66,68,86,89,84,60,57],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6DQGK-n3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1734,"url":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1734","url_meta":{"origin":1429,"position":0},"title":"The Best Source of Innovation","author":"Lorne Mitchell","date":"28\/01\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The news this week that the upwards-ever-upwards iPhone sales are finally stalling was a stark reminder that even the greatest companies struggle to keep the juices of innovation flowing year-on-year. \u00a0The Apple Watch couldn't replace the iPhone and the iCar (if it ever arrives) is still a few years out.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Ideas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Ideas","link":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?cat=42"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lornemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AdobeStock_94946121.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":625,"url":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=625","url_meta":{"origin":1429,"position":1},"title":"Honey, Pumpkins and Two Ninths","author":"Lorne Mitchell","date":"15\/09\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"What joy! 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