Mental Habits Lead To Innovation
Some of the greatest inventions came out of problems and challenges the inventors were having in their lives. These investors decided to focus on the solution instead of giving all their energy and thought to the problem. Dr. Scholl’s foot medications for example would not have been around if people had not had problems with corns, calluses and other ailments. There wouldn’t be automobiles today if people had not had problems getting from place to place quickly. Every single invention was created because people had problems with something, so problems can really be motivational!
Innovation begins with understanding the key elements. Being able to manage these key elements so it becomes a focused, well-developed and repeatable activity, is a key characteristic that separates the most successful businesses from the rest. By using foresight and thinking like a futurist, only then can you act like an innovator.
Great Ways To Innovate
Use the creative problem solving approaches to generate new ideas, exercising two types of thinking: “divergent” and “convergent”. Divergent thinking is the process of generating lots of potential solutions and possibilities, otherwise known as brainstorming. And convergent thinking involves evaluating those options and choosing the most promising one.
Playfulness also helps in innovation. A playful mind is a creative mind, and while high IQ doesn’t correlate with creativity, put it together with playfulness, and you have an Einstein. Keep in mind, he envisioned himself riding on a beam of light in order to arrive at his theory of relativity. Why not start playing with ideas and things, in your mind and in your surroundings. Innovation should be fun.
Go out and watch your customers. Observe and record how they think and interact with your product or service. Find their pain points. A pain point is a specific problem that prospective customers of your business are experiencing.
There are a lot of ways and means to let your creativity flow. You just have to use your mind to imagine fresh ways or put together already existing ideas and innovate, to make your business click with your target clients. And with new technology to help you, business life is simpler and easier.
