The Four Components of Innovation

Great stuff from How Do You Create A Culture Of Innovation? 

•  Questioning: Asking probing questions that impose or remove constraints. Example: What if we were legally prohibited from selling to our current customer?

• Networking: Interacting with people from different backgrounds who provide access to new ways of thinking.

• Observing: Watching the world around them for surprising stimuli.

• Experimenting: Consciously complicating their lives by trying new things or going to new places.

I'm one of the aliens that are referred to in the article so I can read these kinds of posts all day long. The pace of change is quickening. We have an awesome future.