Summary: Many people believe when it comes to innovation, you’ve either got it or you don’t. But innovation is a skill that can be learned, practiced and perfected. One area of innovation is ideation. Generating quality ideas is key to keeping <a href="https://killerinnovations.com/dont-let-the-funnel-dry-up-create-an-innovation-challenge/">the innovation funnel</a> full. How do you get started in innovation if your team doesn’t have confidence in their innovation abilities? One way is to have a disruptive ideation workshop. On today’s show, I talk about how to create a disruptive ideation workshop. <br> <br> Boot Camp Condensed <br> I teach <a href="https://www.theinnovators.community/posts/innovation-boot-camp">my Innovation Boot Camp</a> course two or three times a year. This is an intense four-day session that goes twelve hours a day. The objective is building the <a href="https://killerinnovations.com/how-to-build-innovation-confidence/">innovation confidence</a> of the students. One common request from students is for a one-day version for their teams. So, I reworked the content and created a one-day version called the Disruptive Ideation Workshop. The workshop teaches a disruptive approach to generate more and better ideas using the <a href="https://beyondtheobvious.com/innovation-gap-innovation-delay/">FIRE</a> method. The objectives: learn the skill, apply it, and have a pipeline of ideas for the organization. Two weeks ago, we tested the workshop. The class consisted of 25 senior leaders from a single organization (with zero background in innovation). The results exceeded everyone’s expectations. One of the leaders in the class summed it up: “learning disruptive ideation that generated disruptive ideas.” So, we named the workshop the “Disruptive Ideation Workshop.” <br> The Disruptive Ideation Workshop in Brief<br> What does disruptive ideation mean? Disruptive means causing or tending to cause disruption; innovative or groundbreaking; unconventional, unorthodox, off-center, unusual, unfamiliar, unprecedented; pioneering, trailblazing, revolutionary, radical, advanced, newfangled, state-of-the-art.<br> The Disruptive Ideation workshop is built around two major objectives:<br> <br> * Teach a disruptive approach to ideation.<br> This will radically increase the number and quality of the ideas that a person and team can generate.<br> Through the process of learning, apply it to a real-world problem facing the organization.<br> At the end, students have a ranked set of disruptive ideas their organization can take forward.<br> <br> To achieve these objectives, we teach background and skills and how to apply the skills. <br> This course has two major sections: Section 1) Foundation and Section 2) Skills and Application/Practice. Here’s what we cover in each.<br> Section 1: Foundation<br> <br> Myths and mysteries of innovation<br> Innovation skills (self-doubt/negative talk, imagination, seeing with fresh eyes, etc.)<br> Innovation <a href="https://killerinnovations.com/8-ways-to-deal-with-innovation-antibodies-who-are-blocking-you-s12-ep10/">Anti-bodies</a> (ego, no risk, no change, etc.)<br> Innovation framework (FIRE)<br> <br> Focus<br> Ideation<br> Ranking<br> Execution<br> <br> <br> <br> The focus was on Focus, Ideation, and Ranking of the FIRE method. Special emphasis was placed on <a href="https://killerinnovations.com/smart-ideation-to-scale-your-business/">Ideation</a>. <br> Skills Learned<br> Section 2 of the Disruptive Ideation Workshop was a walk-through of the elements in FIRE. Exercises allowed students to apply those elements to a real problem statement. <br> Skill number one was FOCUS. FOCUS is about defining the problem. Having a clear “problem statement” is critical. Without a well-defined problem statement, everyone jumps to generate ideas to solve something that is not clearly understood. In boot camp,
