{"id":8161,"date":"2020-10-26T17:59:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T16:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/?p=8161"},"modified":"2020-10-26T17:59:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T16:59:04","slug":"innovation-cycle-for-your-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2020\/10\/26\/innovation-cycle-for-your-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the innovation cycle for your fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Innovation can be transformational, according to Sterling Hawkins, global innovation expert and tech entrepreneur, in just four steps. Here is the four-step cycle to great innovation.<\/p>\n

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Innovation can be transformational, according to Sterling Hawkins, global innovation expert and tech entrepreneur. In a previous blog<\/a>, I shared Hawkins thoughts on the importance of overcoming our discomfort to achieve real innovation in our businesses.<\/p>\n

In a recent meeting I attended, Hawkins explained what he calls the innovation cycle. The cycle has four steps and completing the cycle can lead to great innovation.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the four steps:<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  1. Source: <\/b>You need to source possibilities. Speculate on new possibilities for your business. \u201cWe need to imagine the \u2018if,\u2019 but we get stuck by over thinking it,\u201d he said. If you have not connected your vision, purpose and the feelings you have, the process will stall out. \u201cAsk yourself what you want to do and why you want to do it,\u201d he said. He explained that you can\u2019t move into any possibilities if people are already resigned from making change. \u201cAs you bring emotion and passion to possibilities, they will get you through to realize innovation.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Curate:<\/b> The next step is to curate all the possibilities and select one. \u201cThis is hard because who wants to kill ideas,\u201d he asked. But he believes you have to sacrifice potential and things that might be great ideas for actualities of what you are going to do. Some companies want to be everything to everybody. \u201cYou can\u2019t do this,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are defined in the marketplace by what we say no to. Anything is possible but determine what you are actually going to commit to.\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. Act:<\/b> This is the most obvious step. Once you commit to a possibility, you have to do something about it. \u201cBut it is not quite that easy,\u201d he reminded the audience. \u201cSome things masquerade as action when they are just busy work.\u201d He cautioned the audience not to get caught up in repeating processes or measuring things. \u201cThat is not real action.\u201d He said it is important to throw yourself into things. \u201cThe fool is the precursor to innovation,\u201d Hawkins believes. \u201cIf you are doing something new you are probably not going to be very good at it at first, but you will learn quickly as you step into that action. We learn to produce results.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. Measure:<\/b> You need to not only measure results, but also share them. \u201cThis is easy when the results are good\u201d he said. \u201cBut the trick is to share the results when they are not as good.\u201d He explained that when failure is not visible it creates an environment where it is not okay to fail. Leaders need to make failure okay even when it does not feel good. \u201cMake it okay for others to fail because failure is where real innovation occurs,\u201d he said.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    While it may be uncomfortable to go through the innovation cycle, the result will be well worth it.<\/p>\n

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    By Jane Clark<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    Source: https:\/\/www.fleetowner.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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