Main objectives of the book:
To uncover how and when the big innovators got their “big ideas” and describe a process that readers can emulate
What constitutes the innovator’s DNA?
- What are the question which this book answers?
- How discovery and delivery skills are valued at each stage of a company?
- What are types of innovators author included in their study?
- What is the discovery-delivery skills matrix?
- What is status quo bias?
- How innovative entrepreneurs different from entrepreneurs?
- What are the delivery skills that typical executives were excelled at?
- Why large companies fail at disruptive innovation?
- Novel ideas emerge when you associate your diverse knowledge and experience
- Key catalyst for creative associations
- Critical insights from the authors research
- Creating odd combinations
- How innovators are different from typical executives?
- What are the disclaimers of the book?
- How this books is different from others books written about creativity and innovation?
- What makes innovators different from the rest of us?
Five discovery skills mentioned in the book:
- Association Four behavioural skills mentioned in the book:
- Questioning
- Observing
- Networking
- Experimenting
4 discovery skills helped innovators slowly build larger, richer stocks of building-block ideas in their heads from which innovative ideas spring through associational thinking