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Lesson 1: What Is Innovation?
A. Read: Definition of Innovation
Innovation Definition from Oxford Dictiona....docx (12.6 KB)
B. Watch: Innovation Begins by Asking the Right Questions (so does critical thinking and effective communication)
bigthink.com/think-tank/innovation-begins-by-asking-the-right-questions
C. Read:
Eight Pillars of Innovation
www.thinkwithgoogle.com/future-of-marketing/creativity/8-pillars-of-innovation/
D. Read and Watch: What is Innovation: It All Comes Down to Dots (link to video)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiyMkOfycOg
(link to article)
www.fastcompany.com/3020950/leadership-now/what-is-innovation
E. Post on Discussion Board and be prepared to discuss in class:
- Do you consider yourself innovative? Why? Why not?
- What is one thing that stood out for you about Innovation from the article(s) and video that you had not considered before?
F. PDSAs : Below is to tee-up and prepare for the next two weeks. You will discuss how this went and receive feedback in Lesson 3.
Identify an area where you would like to see improvement in how your team functions, i.e. team meetings, performance review, data collection, data analysis. Develop a small test of change per below. Be prepared to discuss your Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) and be prepared to share your idea in class.
This is a model developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to create rapid change through small tests (Plan-Do-Study-Act).
Here are the steps to create a PDSA:
1. Identify an area or a process that you want to improve
2. Identify a small test of change.
3. Develop a hypothesis on what you think will happen.
4. Develop a way to measure if your hypothesis is correct.
5. Do the small test once. (Cycle one)
6. Ask yourself, was your hypothesis correct, did what you thought would happen, happen? How do you know?
7. Is there a way that you can tweak the test to improve the outcome? Or do you want to do the same test with more people? How will you know
it accomplished what you hoped it would accomplish?
8. Do the small test with the modifications as indicated above. (Cycle two)
9. Ask yourself, was your hypothesis correct, did what you thought would happen, happen? How do you know?
10. Should you tweak this test again?
11. If yes, do so (cycle three).
12. Evaluate –and if you are ready and believe the test resulted in what you hoped would happen—SPREAD the test with the goal of eventually institutionalizing it as part of practice. If it did not work the way that you expected, let this one go and develop a new small test of change.
A. Read: Definition of Innovation
Innovation Definition from Oxford Dictiona....docx (12.6 KB)
B. Watch: Innovation Begins by Asking the Right Questions (so does critical thinking and effective communication)
bigthink.com/think-tank/innovation-begins-by-asking-the-right-questions
C. Read:
Eight Pillars of Innovation
www.thinkwithgoogle.com/future-of-marketing/creativity/8-pillars-of-innovation/
D. Read and Watch: What is Innovation: It All Comes Down to Dots (link to video)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiyMkOfycOg
(link to article)
www.fastcompany.com/3020950/leadership-now/what-is-innovation
E. Post on Discussion Board and be prepared to discuss in class:
- Do you consider yourself innovative? Why? Why not?
- What is one thing that stood out for you about Innovation from the article(s) and video that you had not considered before?
F. PDSAs : Below is to tee-up and prepare for the next two weeks. You will discuss how this went and receive feedback in Lesson 3.
Identify an area where you would like to see improvement in how your team functions, i.e. team meetings, performance review, data collection, data analysis. Develop a small test of change per below. Be prepared to discuss your Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) and be prepared to share your idea in class.
This is a model developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to create rapid change through small tests (Plan-Do-Study-Act).
Here are the steps to create a PDSA:
1. Identify an area or a process that you want to improve
2. Identify a small test of change.
3. Develop a hypothesis on what you think will happen.
4. Develop a way to measure if your hypothesis is correct.
5. Do the small test once. (Cycle one)
6. Ask yourself, was your hypothesis correct, did what you thought would happen, happen? How do you know?
7. Is there a way that you can tweak the test to improve the outcome? Or do you want to do the same test with more people? How will you know
it accomplished what you hoped it would accomplish?
8. Do the small test with the modifications as indicated above. (Cycle two)
9. Ask yourself, was your hypothesis correct, did what you thought would happen, happen? How do you know?
10. Should you tweak this test again?
11. If yes, do so (cycle three).
12. Evaluate –and if you are ready and believe the test resulted in what you hoped would happen—SPREAD the test with the goal of eventually institutionalizing it as part of practice. If it did not work the way that you expected, let this one go and develop a new small test of change.