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The strategic thinking stage is not just about your current job, but your entire
career. Where do you want to make the greatest impact? As a researcher? A
teacher? Or more categorically speaking, do you want to make a social impact?
Economic impact? What are the things that really matter to you and where can
you have the greatest impact?
If there are many categories you find important, start with one and fold
the others into it. Establish one to three “ideas” or innovations that you
would like to see realized in each category. This becomes your personal
“Idea Portfolio” (IP), an organized and descriptive listing of the primary
career ideas you plan to pursue. Creating an Idea Portfolio Log (
Table 6.1
)
will assist you in quickly noting ideas that you believe to have potential to
be innovations.
The items in your Idea Portfolio Log should be further evaluated and pri-
oritized. Prioritize the items by dividing them into categories based on inno-
vations you feel you
must
do,
should
do for your career, and those that are
just good ideas you want to see realized. When prioritizing, take into account
your interest level, the resources available, and timing. Exercise some
wisdom in understanding from a career, organizational, and marketing stand-
point.
Step 2: Career Management and Metrics
One of the important underlying facts of innovation management is the necessity
of failure. We are by definition trying to do something new, and as we proceed
on the innovation journey we do not in fact know if we are going to succeed.
There will be speed bumps, bruises, and wrong turns. We must have confidence
that we'll succeed eventually, and, although many attempts will never come to
fruition, the ultimate idea will.
TABLE 6.1 Idea Portfolio Log
What need
does it
meet?
How is the
need being
met today?
Name of
idea
Who would
buy it?
Date
Description
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