I wrote in a previous post how you can identify problems through context. Today I am going to touch on 10 keys for moving from a problem to an innovative solution.

Many of these ideas were informed by Anton E. Lawson’s book, The Neurological Basis of Learning, Development and Discovery: Implications for Science and Mathematics Instruction.

Key Number 1: Do the hard work. There are many tools and tricks that will help you at this stage, and I will be posting in the future about those, but the key here is to work hard. The following 9 keys are all linked to this first and most important one.

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So your organization needs a new idea; where do you start? Part of the purpose of this blog is to education you on how to innovate. But sometimes is you just need to hire an innovation consultant. Here are five reasons why this can be helpful.
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