1) What is the definition of innovation according to this class and the BI Program?
2) Slide 13: Why do you think Networks help directional innovation? Why do you think networks hurt intersectional innovation?
3) Slide 15: What do we look for when creating Intersectional Innovations? What should we avoid and why?
4) Slide 17: Do you think a “Green Screen Tattoo” satisfies all 7 characteristics of an Intersectional Innovation? Why or why not?
5) Slide 19: Why would buying magazines about things you aren’t interested in potentially help inspire new Intersectional innovations?
6) Slide 24: Have you ever spent time in a country or culture different from your own? What did you learn or take away from that experience?
7) Slide 29: How does the Movement of People feature in the story and achievements of Chef Marcus Samuelson? Identify and describe 5 innovations (Directional or Intersectional) that you picked out of the video.
8) Slide 32: Why do you think that studies show that recent immigrants in all countries tend to be somewhat more innovative on average?
Questions 9-12 are about Intersectional Innovation and the Movement of People
9) Identify and describe 2 innovations (not in the slides) that resulted from the movement of people.
10) Is the Movement of People still relevant to innovation in 2019? Why or why not?
11) How is the impact of the Movement of People changing over time?
12) Identify at least one actual innovation that might be increasing or reducing the impact of the Movement of People.
13) Slide 37: What did you notice from looking at the 3 slides of the top global social networks? Are the social networks open to each other? What effect might that have on Intersectional Innovation?
14) Slide 40: Choose 3 of the Convergence of Science examples on Slide 51. For each choice, please provide a brief description of the example and share how each example shows the Convergence of Science. Please be specific which fields are intersecting in each example, and be aware there may be more than 2 fields for some examples.
15) Slide 46: Give another example of an associative barrier.
16) Slide 48: Imagine you work for a design firm that makes product packaging for companies around the world. A new product called “Happiness in a Can” is being released to Western, Hindu, Native American and Chinese audiences. You need to come up with the right color scheme on the can to convey Happiness to each culture. What colors do you use for each audience?
17) Slide 52: Imagine you are opening a restaurant with no menus. How would you make it work?
18) Slide 53: Identify and share a time when you benefited from taking on a different perspective, or empathizing with someone. What did you learn?