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Innovation isn’t magic. It’s mindset + process + tools. Alone it cannot solve pressing systemic issues. But innovation can help organizations find new paths into persistent problems and build resilience for today and tomorrow.
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How might mission and culture be improved by leaning into hopeful skepticism and away from cynicism? From defining the terms to practical approaches, the latest Reading List selection digs into the data, the myths and the impact of cynicism and we imagine how this unique perspective could help mission-conscious organizations and teams.
Innovation Approaches We Use
Human-Centered Design and Systems Thinking are processes that put people in the center of product and service development and mapping of processes and relationship networks.
- High volume ideation
- Prototyping, iteration and testing
- Variety of maps to identify real and ideal processes, collaborations and influence points
- Prioritization and deployment
Perhaps intended for product development, the process can be used to expand thinking in almost any area.
Agile prizes small, minimally viable outputs that are quickly and repeatedly tried and changed.
Though developed out of the agile software development methodology, you don’t have to be a software developer to leverage agile in your work.
Simply learn to employ quick-turn ideas, be willing to iterate them over time and maintain a flexible attitude focused on adjusting as you receive audience feedback.
Agile-inspired project documentation and management may be valuable, but the mindset alone can do wonders to improve team flexibility.
Maintenance, repair and care can complement purpose-driven innovation.
Often critical of traditional innovation culture, the Maintainers movement and network stress that progress can grow from what we already have rather than always creating something brand new.
This is a powerful concept for museums and cultural heritage organizations, considering how to balance fresh thinking and approaches with their commitment to preservation and conservation.
Start with your end goal and work backward from there.
A framework founded in teaching and education practice, backward design ladders in reverse to plot what’s needed to achieve your desired outcome.
Try it at work, school or home for practice.
Simply imagine the endpoint then work backwards.
