The 8 ‘ations’ of Innovation

I recently heard a talk by Pastor Rick Warrenat at a TedX Conference. He challenged everyone in the room with his words, 'All leaders are learners. Never stop learning!'. He then went on to share 8 Questions he constantly asks himself (The 8 'ations' of Innovation) to keep creative thinking going:

1. Termination: What do we first need to stop, before we can have room for new ideas? Sometimes termination is the beginning of innovation.

2. Collaboration: How can we do what we are already doing faster and on a larger scale by incorporating a team?

3. Combination: What great ideas or programs do we already have that we could mix together to make something new?

4. Elimination: What part could we take out to make an idea or process simpler?

5. Reincarnation: What has died that we could resurrect in a new form?

6. Rejuvenation: How could we change the purpose or motivation for what we do to bring new energy and new life to an idea?

7. Illumination: How can we look at this idea in a new light, from a different angle?

8. Fascination: How can we make this idea more appealing and fun?

These are great questions to bring new life to stale thinking. Have you put any of these to work in a creative meeting or planning session? Which ones do you need to ask yourself today?

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