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Blockchain, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Everything, these and many more technological trends are currently sweeping the world, affecting how we work and how we build business. Amidst these changes, our technical know-how, and even our experience, quickly outdates as advancements continue at a rapid pace. One thing remains unchanged however, and perhaps is becoming even more critical in our hyper competitive world. And this is our ability to adapt and unlearn, to be imaginative and creative, harnessed with discipline and advanced social skill, in synthesizing these trends and developments and making sense of what they mean for us as we grapple with creating new solutions. The human being, at least for now, remains a central agent of change.
It is one thing to intellectually acknowledge this, it is another to consciously develop the skills, mindsets and capabilities to work within such a dynamic environment. Here are six skills sets, and their associated mind-set – what I call the 6 ‘I’s® of Innovation, that I have found, from research, to be critical in making new ideas work.
No one person has all the skills or mind-sets required to successfully innovate. This is why harnessing diversity and working collaboratively are the advanced social skills of our time. Central to developing and utilising these skills, is the ability to create alignment with others around a strong sense of PURPOSE, the ability to know why something needs to change, or be created, and the value or impact one wants to achieve. Here, giving direction and guidance to the innovation journey, and steering the course when things get tough, is an essential leadership skill. What is critical is that we find out and develop our strengths and work with others that can complement us. If not, technology will continue to advance, yet our thinking skills, largely developed for industrial ways of working in the last century, will not keep the pace and our relevance, and with it our ability to exploit and develop new opportunities, will pass us by.
Published in Irish Tech News on May 10, 2018.
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