Comments on: Using Constraint to Design for Innovation http://manypossibilities.net/2008/11/using-constraint-to-design-for-innovation/ In the beginner's mind there are... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Steve Song http://manypossibilities.net/2008/11/using-constraint-to-design-for-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Steve Song Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:17:08 +0000 http://manypossibilities.net/?p=299#comment-761 Let me put another way. Just as in research you need to constrain as many variables as possible in order to understand the change in certain key variables. I think in innovation, constraint can expand your sensitivity to the space that you are in. That certainly doesn't mean that you shouldn't bring in experiences or solutions from the outside. Evidence has shown that this is where it mostly comes from anyway. And yes, I think there is always someone out there who can help you with the next piece of your puzzle. Finding them is the challenge. Let me put another way. Just as in research you need to constrain as many variables as possible in order to understand the change in certain key variables. I think in innovation, constraint can expand your sensitivity to the space that you are in.

That certainly doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t bring in experiences or solutions from the outside. Evidence has shown that this is where it mostly comes from anyway.

And yes, I think there is always someone out there who can help you with the next piece of your puzzle. Finding them is the challenge.

]]> By: Edan Puritt http://manypossibilities.net/2008/11/using-constraint-to-design-for-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Edan Puritt Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:58:37 +0000 http://manypossibilities.net/?p=299#comment-760 Hi Steve Why can't constraints or opportunities (if they are in fact the same thing) be addressed, or enabled, with experiences, or solutions, from outside the current environment? Won't we always have someone somewhere holding the other half or the other part to my answer or question? Regards Edan Hi Steve
Why can’t constraints or opportunities (if they are in fact the same thing) be addressed, or enabled, with experiences, or solutions, from outside the current environment? Won’t we always have someone somewhere holding the other half or the other part to my answer or question?
Regards
Edan

]]> By: Steve Song http://manypossibilities.net/2008/11/using-constraint-to-design-for-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Steve Song Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:27:58 +0000 http://manypossibilities.net/?p=299#comment-727 Thanks Susan. Dave Snowden has had a big influence on my thinking. Right now, I am buried alive in Stuart Kauffman's Reinventing the Sacred which is brilliant but takes a lot of digesting and re-digesting. BTW, my wife's family is from Halifax. I'd love to stop by the next time I'm in Halifax and find out more about the Alia Institute. Thanks Susan. Dave Snowden has had a big influence on my thinking. Right now, I am buried alive in Stuart Kauffman’s Reinventing the Sacred which is brilliant but takes a lot of digesting and re-digesting. BTW, my wife’s family is from Halifax. I’d love to stop by the next time I’m in Halifax and find out more about the Alia Institute.

]]> By: Susan Szpakowski http://manypossibilities.net/2008/11/using-constraint-to-design-for-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Susan Szpakowski Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:05:24 +0000 http://manypossibilities.net/?p=299#comment-726 Thanks for this, great summary. Yesterday I attended a workshop led by Dave Snowden Cognitive Edge), who talked about this very phenomenon. "Creativity is a symptom not a cause of innovation. The pre-conditions for innovation are starvation, pressure, and perspective shift." He also outlined the principles of managing (or designing) complex adaptive systems, which is all about getting the right balance of "light constraint" and "emergence," so that change agents and the system they are working with co-evolve. Nothing new but clearly packaged. Love your identity..."Many possibilities" and its reference. Susan Thanks for this, great summary. Yesterday I attended a workshop led by Dave Snowden Cognitive Edge), who talked about this very phenomenon. “Creativity is a symptom not a cause of innovation. The pre-conditions for innovation are starvation, pressure, and perspective shift.” He also outlined the principles of managing (or designing) complex adaptive systems, which is all about getting the right balance of “light constraint” and “emergence,” so that change agents and the system they are working with co-evolve. Nothing new but clearly packaged.

Love your identity…”Many possibilities” and its reference.

Susan

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