Post by Leslie on Mar 30, 2021 3:49:48 GMT
Do you consider yourself innovative? Why? Why not?
I do consider myself innovative. I constantly have these discussions in my head where I try to fine tune an idea so I can identify all the possible angles in the situation. I saw this as an annoying habit of picking at the thought until it sat right with me. I now see it as my way of connecting the dots. In my notes on the assigned readings, I wrote . . . the dots (innovation) are the dangling pieces that do not fit neatly in the package. These dangling pieces need my attention, they require me to do more, think more and adjust.
- What is one thing that stood out for you about Innovation from the article(s) and video that you had not considered before?
I am intrigued with the concept of “connecting the dots” and how innovation is defined as the dots that I see, but others do not or will not see. What I may not have considered before reading the article is innovation’s connection to abandoning a fear of failure. If I were honest with myself, I would admit that I prefer playing it safe, “not rocking the boat” for fear of being perceived as too pushy, opportunistic, or worst in-polite. I push past those thoughts because I recognize I will miss the opportunity to inform the process if I “stay in my place”. The article affirmed what I already knew in my heart, that hearing, expressing, and following my own voice may invite the possibility of failure but, it is in that possibility of failure I gain the opportunity to grow.
I do consider myself innovative. I constantly have these discussions in my head where I try to fine tune an idea so I can identify all the possible angles in the situation. I saw this as an annoying habit of picking at the thought until it sat right with me. I now see it as my way of connecting the dots. In my notes on the assigned readings, I wrote . . . the dots (innovation) are the dangling pieces that do not fit neatly in the package. These dangling pieces need my attention, they require me to do more, think more and adjust.
- What is one thing that stood out for you about Innovation from the article(s) and video that you had not considered before?
I am intrigued with the concept of “connecting the dots” and how innovation is defined as the dots that I see, but others do not or will not see. What I may not have considered before reading the article is innovation’s connection to abandoning a fear of failure. If I were honest with myself, I would admit that I prefer playing it safe, “not rocking the boat” for fear of being perceived as too pushy, opportunistic, or worst in-polite. I push past those thoughts because I recognize I will miss the opportunity to inform the process if I “stay in my place”. The article affirmed what I already knew in my heart, that hearing, expressing, and following my own voice may invite the possibility of failure but, it is in that possibility of failure I gain the opportunity to grow.