Creative and Innovation Idea Generation Ch. 3

September 13,18

72 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

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A conscious, purposeful search for opportunitiesto solve problems or please customers
Where do innovative ideas come from
Thomas edison
•“invention is ninety-nine percent perspiration and one percent inspiration”
1.New knowledge. 2.Tapping the ideas of customers. 3.Learning from lead users. 4.Empathic design. 5.Invention factories and skunkworks. 6.Open market innovation.
6 sources of innovative ideas
New knowledge and its transformation into commercially viable products
There’s generally a lengthy time span between development of
Market research
Large customer bases can also identify future trends to customer buying behavior
Weakness and unsolved problems
Are often the best source of information on the weaknessesof current products
Outcomes that customers desire
When quizzing customers, however, be less concerned with product or service specification and more concerned with the
Strengths, weaknesses/limits, opportunities, threats
SWOT=
Customers
Are the main source of new ideas for products, processes, and services
Customers
Are the main source of new ideas for products, processes, and services
Tyranny of served markets
They are capable of diverting your from your pursuit of innovation. This happens when (1) customers fail to understand technical possibilities and (2) when they are afraid that innovations will render their own systems obsolete
Lead users
Are companies and individuals – customers and noncustomers – whose needs are far ahead of market trends.
Lead users
They are seldominterested in commercializing their innovations. Instead, they innovate for their own purposes because existing products fail to meet their needs. Their innovations can often be adapted, however, to the needs of the larger markets, which will be recognized many months or years in the future
Lead user
What was Eric von Hippel
1. lay the foundation
2. determine the trends
3. Identify and learn from the lead users
4. develop the breathroughs
4 phase process to glean innovative ideas from lead users