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Innovation

THINKERTOYS Book Nuggets

This post is an index of my book nuggets from Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (2nd Edition), by Michael Michalko. In this book, the author, a former Disney Imagineer, provides expert creative-thinking techniques for approaching problems in unconventional ways. You can apply the techniques to create original ideas to improve your personal life and …

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Orchestration

How do you create predictable results in your business? Once you’ve figured out that an innovation is useful and you’ve quantified its impact, how do you implement it in your system? You orchestrate it. Orchestration is the elimination of discretion to help produce predictable results. Orchestration is about creating order, standardization, and quality in a …

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Quantification

"The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen." — Charles Lamb How do you know whether your innovations are working? You need to quantify your results. This is how take a business from good to great. You experiment, you innovate, and you measure your results. …

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Innovate in Your Approach

“Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.” — Peter F. Drucker Which innovation can amplify your impact or save you time or create more value? It’s when you innovate in your approach. It’s one thing to try to innovate in your products. It’s …

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Personal Invention Quotas

Can setting a quota, help you accomplish more? It worked for Thomas Edison. In Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (2nd Edition), Michael Michalko writes about how Edison used quotas to improve his results. Thomas Edison’s Personal Invention Quotas Michalko writes: “Thomas Edison held 1,093 patents. He was a great believer in exercising his mind …

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