Innovation skills

(upbeat music) - A very common question that people ask is, what is innovation? What's the difference between innovation and creativity, for example? I like to think of innovation as the steps, the process that you take to create an idea and get it into the marketplace, and it's a long process, depending on the complexity of the project. Creativity, on the other hand, is what you do in your head to generate the idea. - When you have a design mindset, you see the world in whole new ways. Quite frankly, you see a world that doesn't exist yet. Traditional design is problem-focused. When we talk about a design mindset though, we're not focused on problems anymore. We're imagining solutions. Design thinking takes the science of technical feasibility, what's possible, and matches it with what people need. - Culture and environment can and do feed creativity. The value of this insight is that organizations can foster creativity by encouraging an open, learning-focused culture that values collaboration and the sharing of ideas. When organizations provide time for employees to take a break from the daily grind of work tasks and demands, it provides opportunities for new growth and to practice learning and absorbing new concepts and ideas. - For all the good that can come from AI and automation, if organizations aren't careful, and I mean really careful, they'll inadvertently allow automation to reduce projects to nothing more than repetitive processes with little room for creativity. Machines might be able to handle repetitive, technical tasks better than humans, but you still need strong project management skills. As long as you continue to focus on improving your creativity and interpersonal skills, you should be fine, for now.