Create More Time to Innovate!

© Idea Champions, 2011

845-679-1066

"You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it."

- Charles Bruxton

Everybody and their mother is asking you

to innovate these days. Everybody is asking you to “think

outside the box.”

It makes a lot of sense.

But when will you find the time?

Everywhere we go these days – no matter what industry – we hear the

same complaints: “Who has the time to innovate?” “We’re running just to stay in place!” Sure, it’s a good

idea, but when? I’m already overcommitted.”

Clearly, everyone needs to find more time to

innovate. Everyone needs to simplify their work life, so there are more opportunities to

create, collaborate, and turn top of the line ideas into bottom line results.

Time

Do you have it? Or does it have you?

YES, the act of finding some time to make some

time will take some time (ah, the paradox), but it’s

time well spent. A few minutes now will save you weeks of frustration down

the road.

THE ALTERNATIVE?

“If you always do what you’ve always done,

you’ll always getwhat you’ve always got.”

And so, in the spirit of helping you find the time to innovate, IDEA

CHAMPIONS offers you a way to simplify your work life.

We call it “I-Squared.”

Your task? Read the following eight slides and jot down your ideas in

response to each question.

Immerse

How can I find more time to immerse in creative projects?

Simplify

What’s the simplest thing I can do to simplify my biggest project?

Quicken

What takes too long that can be quickened with a new approach?

Understand

What do I need to better understand in order to proceed?

Align

Who do I need to align with on the job? When will I do it?

Reorganize

What project or process do I need to reorganize to get better results?

Eliminate

What time-wasting procedures or paperwork can I eliminate?

Delegate

What do I need to delegate? To whom? When?

I mmerse

S implify

Q uicken

U nderstand

A lign

R eorganize

E liminate

D elegate

Insights?

Ideas?

Next steps?

“Everything should be as simple as possible, but no simpler.”

– Albert Einstein

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