There is no such thing as a recipe for innovation – that is what I always thought. Amnon Levav from SIT (Systematic Innovative Thinking) taught me different. We had a great session about innovative thinking this week at the media lab. It made me wonder about the mistakes I make in my thinking process:
First mistake: When trying to think about a new innovative idea you always try to find a need that doesn’t have a good solution yet, apparently that’s not the right way.
Second mistake: As a computer science student I’m always bothered by the technological difficulties that might pop up. This, force me to change my idea and some-times lose my direction.
Third mistake: Now when you have an idea - try to kill it! Try to find all the possible disadvantages of your idea.
I’m a drimer. No this is not a spelling mistake, this is my new last name since I got married. If you look carefully on all three mistakes you may jump to one main conclusion – don’t be afraid to dream! And dream high. Don’t try to limit yourself when dreaming, like finding a solution for some need. Don’t be afraid from technological difficulties, everything is possible. Most importantly, don’t kill your dream before it had a chance to become a reality, try to find the advantages before finding the disadvantages. If you don’t have many maybe it’s not such a good idea after all, but if you do, disadvantages are only a small stumbling block on the way.
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