THE INVESTIGATE SKILLS

While there are many skills that help us to investigate ideas, we will focus on six core attributes critical to this phase of innovation:

  1. To be analytical and structured
  2. To work things through carefully and methodically
  3. To involve customers and those who would benefit from an idea
  4. To make sure the idea has potential to meet a real need
  5. To help others be more methodical and organised in their thinking
  6. To create an envivornment where people are encouraged to explore and question

Let us look at each one in turn.

Below is a top-line summary of the skills and a selection of tools and activities for the area of investigate.

Skills Tools Activities
To be analytical and structured Develop a selection criteria Insert the ...

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