Yes, You Can Innovate / Pearson Business (PDF)

Covering the six stages of innovation, find out which of the 6'I's® is your personal strength:

. IDENTIFY opportunities by understanding trends, patterns and future areas of growth

. IGNITE ideas by creating novel solutions

. INVESTIGATE by prototyping, testing and researching ideas

. INVEST by having the courage, to create business models and persuade others to back ideas

. IMPLEMENT by making an idea happen and creating value from it

. IMPROVE by optimising your ideas and learning from success and failure

Discover the skills required to successfully innovate, how to understand the problem you want to solve, and how to cultivate and implement innovative ideas. Whether you work for an organisation or are an entrepreneur, each chapter will equip you with a practical toolkit containing examples, activities and resources to help you build and improve your innovation skills.

TAKE THE FREE ONLINE ASSESSMENT TO UNDERSTAND YOUR INNOVATION STRENGTHS, AND CHALLENGES, AND HOW TO HARNESS YOUR SKILLS, AS WELL AS THE SKILLS OF OTHERS, TO MAKE YOUR IDEAS HAPPEN.

ENDORSEMENTS:

If innovation matters to you - and it should - read this book with a highlighter in hand!" Scott Anthony, Managing Partner, Innosight, and author of The Little Black Book of Innovation and The First Mile

"This book is the key to unlocking your inner innovator." Lavinia Thanapathy, President, PrimeTime Business & Professional Women's Association

"Pithy, practical, and packed with compelling studies and useful tools. If innovation matters to you - and it should - read this book with a highlighter in hand!" Scott Anthony, Managing Partner, Innosight, and author of The Little Black Book of Innovation and The First Mile

"The 6 'I's of Innovation® is a simple yet powerful framework for planning, executing and delivering innovation in any organisation. Natalie's book is an essential companion on an innovator's bookshelf!" Charlie Ang, Founding President, The Innovators Institute and Ambassador, SingularityU, Singapore

"Natalie Turner, whose journey I have observed with great interest and admiration for over a decade, has written a remarkable book which is offering a path through the jungle of innovating that is both easy to understand, and practical in its application. One important aspect where it differs from other innovation books is that it brings together the different stages of the innovation journey (process) with the different mindsets (people) that are required at each stage if we are to succeed. Structured around herSix 'I's® Model- which readers are invited to complete - the book is full of tips, tools and further reading.It should indeed convince everyone that they can indeed contribute to innovation".

Dr Bettina von Stamm, Innovation Philosopher, Story Teller, Catalyst; Innovation Leadership Forum and author of Managing Innovation, Design and Creativity

'Yes, you can INNOVATE!' is a must-have book for every HR and OD professional, leader of teams and business coach and for everyone who knows that innovation has long ceased to be the work of only a few. In today's day and age, being able to innovate is table-stakes for a successful organisation, a great career and for a fulfilled life. Natalie's book offers a wonderfully comprehensive and well-rounded frame of the stages of innovation and opens it to everyone. It's a guide and teacher, it inspires, gives great insight into needed competencies and the mindsets of innovation. And it doesn't end there... it offers a multitude of ideas and activities for individuals and teams to embrace the mindsets to innovate and to strengthen their capabilities ... You will not only read this book once, it will be a great companion for a long time!" Monika Steimle, Director People Strategy, SAPIENT RAZORFISH