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How could you put your personal signature on your work? Watch the movie below and then think about how you might share a piece of yourself in a way that would touch your customers.
Watch the video at: http://www.stservicemovie.com
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Speed seems to be today's holy grail ... perhaps we could find new value by trying slow. Watch this slow motion video and enjoy going really slow for a change.
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Boomshine -- here's a simplistic looking little game with an underlying innovation principle. There are no instructions but you'll get the idea quickly enough. Then think about how to apply it to your innovation project. Enjoy and let us know what principle you came up with ... just comment below.
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Drat! A great story but apparently completely false ... should have checked http://snopes.com first.
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. "I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life." "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly. "I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of." And that he did.
Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin. Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time? Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.
Someone once said:
-- What goes around comes around.
-- Work like you don't need the money.
-- Love like you've never been hurt.
-- Dance like nobody's watching.
-- Sing like nobody's listening.
-- Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
from: http://verybored.com
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Are You Tone Deaf? Or do you sometimes think you should be one of the judges on American Idol? Take this simple musical memory test ... maybe it's not too late to start that rock band after all. http://www.bored.com/
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Do you know what company this piece of a logo represents? You can test your logo recognition skills at Logo Quiz! and then see how you rank against other players (I didn't make the cut!).
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Identify all of your stakeholders … the people who are affected by your work, immediately and at a distance. Your monthly report may only go to 3-4 people but the information in it may get passed along or acted upon by dozens of others. Start to invite your stakeholders to lunch one or two at a time and just get to know them.
What’s their life story? What’s important to them? What are they trying to accomplish? You may even want to make notes on index cards so you can remember what’s important to these people who are critical to your career, directly or indirectly.
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Sodaplay – you can just play with this and watch the fluid, lifelike way these creatures walk and roll and slink across the screen ... or you can exercise your Observe skills and actually construct your own creatures by manipulating the simple controls for mass, springs, muscle and how they work together.
If you really get into it, you might want to try the sodarace.
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Invite a friend and watch “The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun.” The music is an important part of this delightful video so make sure you are some place where you can enjoy it ... or have your headsets ready. Pick one of the principles and try to incorporate it into your day.
"The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun" was created by InnovationIgniter faculty member Michael Bungay Stanier. Playful Breaks are a standard feature of the InnovationIgniter.
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Make appointments with 5 people senior to yourself in various parts of your organization. Tell them that you’re working on a professional development project focused on innovative thinking and that you want to ask them one question. Request 10 minutes of their time and tell them the question: If you knew you couldn’t fail, what one thing would you do that would make all the difference in our future?
During the appointment, take notes and be prepared to talk about the your interests in innovation and your organization in case you are asked. Send a thank you note after the visit.
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Energy Hunt -- Ask three people in your organization this question: If you could change one thing that would make a significant difference in your working environment, what would it be? Pick people you don’t normally get a chance to talk with ... people in different locations, departments or even business units. Sometimes it helps to tell them you’re doing a learning project and need help with a homework assignment. Listen to what they would change … do any of them energize you and suggest a new possibility?
Wonder Break: If you haven't seen this, give yourself a few minutes to wonder how? ... and why?
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf9oo_jerome-murat
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