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March 27, 2010
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Explanation of How Understanding is Key to Innovation
Key Aspect
Following the method of construction, bottom-up, for picking the key aspect of innovation; understanding tops the list.
As humans, we have an incredibly enabling ability called empathy: "understanding of another's feelings:the ability to identify with and understand somebody else's feelings or difficulties." Empathy is the foundation which allows to know what the problem is, at stake, resources available, and the most appropriate way of accomplishing our goal as innovators. To fully empathize and take further steps towards our goal, we must "go to where the action is", "talk to the people"/"Listen to the right people", "Don't fight culture."
If you continue down Mr. Tait's list, you will find he encompa**** the other authors' traits. As you can imagine I agree with his list, and chose his #1 because of how wise his tips are.
Example
A prime example can be taken from my own life. I'm a student at BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology), and when I first moved to Vancouver I required a desk for my apartment. Understanding my situation, by being there and knowing my surrounding resources, I came up with a functional solution:
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Evoke
Explanation of How Understanding is Key to Innovation
Key Aspect
Following the method of construction, bottom-up, for picking the key aspect of innovation; understanding tops the list.
As humans, we have an incredibly enabling ability called empathy: "understanding of another's feelings:the ability to identify with and understand somebody else's feelings or difficulties." Empathy is the foundation which allows to know what the problem is, at stake, resources available, and the most appropriate way of accomplishing our goal as innovators. To fully empathize and take further steps towards our goal, we must "go to where the action is", "talk to the people"/"Listen to the right people", "Don't fight culture."
If you continue down Mr. Tait's list, you will find he encompa**** the other authors' traits. As you can imagine I agree with his list, and chose his #1 because of how wise his tips are.
Example
A prime example can be taken from my own life. I'm a student at BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology), and when I first moved to Vancouver I required a desk for my apartment. Understanding my situation, by being there and knowing my surrounding resources, I came up with a functional solution:
- Situation
- Low on funds (from moving, rent, tuition, and other school supplies).
- Zero transportation (except public buses and the city's train).
- Restricted access to any markets (no internet for craigslist).
- Zero worry about personal image (I am a budding Buddhist).
- Solution
- Sourced flat door for free from a neighbour throwing it out (to use as the desk top).
- Utilized laundry baskets I had just used in my move (to use as desk legs).
- Thereby, I executed each of Mr. Tait's tips and hopefully showed that understanding is the key:
- Understanding? my need, desires, and constraints.
- Think creatively? by picturing my massive 9 ft. desk then apply resource and culture constraints/opportunities.
- User acceptance? came with how well my new desk accomplished its task (not to mention how well the wood matches my hardwood floors).
- Deliver value? in a large flat surface for any books, monitors, and my laptop.
- Sustainability? Free in a consumer society there is a lot of other people's junk out there.
- Sharing? Learned about my neighbours.
- Peripheral vision? Sources a bed to sleep on!
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Comment by Chelsea Howe on March 28, 2010 at 5:36pm
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Way to repurpose! I'd love it if everything was designed to be more modular and multi-purpose. It's unfortunate, because most of the marketing-type things I read all emphasize that in order to make a successful product it should do one thing well, not a smathering of many things. And that's sort of the exact opposite of a healthy, sustainable economic model for this, right? We'd want things that could serve hundreds of purposes, almost like overlarge lego pieces we could design into our life.
What do you think? Are there other places you could apply this strategy?
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