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Sail Novel Gateways ‘MINDSCAPE’ FRESH BEGINNINGS

JAN-FEB 2012 | BY CONSTANTINOS STAVROPOULOS, FOUNDER, INNOVALUE

It’s getting dusky. Oscillating winds shifting back and forth. Persistent wind shifts swinging by. You have to sail your yacht (enterprise) to the harbor before it darkens. Our new race starts early morning. Now what Skipper?

Feel the wind Captain. Accelerate out of the ‘no-go zone’ of sail. Pilot your new

‘mindscapes’. Sail into novel gateways. Prepare her (enterprise) for your fresh

beginnings. That’s how Strategic Innovators exercise visual thinking. You can do it!

SNATCH WITHIN (BEAT)

Snatch open spaces to optimize within. Pinch on gaps, breaks and pauses. Steer

your sailing yacht ‘on-the-wind/’ Optimize your journey. Sail upwind but just off

(‘beating’). That’s how strategic innovators transform continuing turbulence. And you

Skipper? Make your personal ‘steering’ act paramount. ‘Beat’ to snatch within! Here’s how:

Steer your boat ‘by the sails’ and ‘by the feel of her’: Co-create to solve issues. Don’t pilot by regard

to a fixed course: Hold challenges to extract fresh concepts. Speedily ‘point’ and swiftly ‘bear away’:

Apply inspiration into development. Sail ‘close hauled’ and ‘full and by’: Engage all your stakeholders

for insights. Navigate as close to the wind as possible: Build your vibrant community.

GRASP AROUND (REACH)

Grasp white spaces to innovate around. Clench onto white openings, intervals and interims. Sail your

yacht ‘off-the-wind’. Enrich your offerings. Sail by a fixed course (‘reaching’). That’s how strategic

innovators deal with discontinuities. And you Captain? Make your innovative ‘sailing’ act dominant.

‘Reach’ to grasp around! Here’s how:

Alternate your enriched ‘reaching’ points of sail: Implement your versatile pipelined roadmap. Sail on

‘close-reach’ to endure less heeling force and allow for faster speeds: Engage in immersions and run

customized trainings. Sail on ‘beam-reach’ (wind on beam) to provide for the fastest speeds:

Combine emerging ‘next’ practices with practical tools. Sail on ‘broad-reach’ (wind behind beam) for

milder speeds as well: Manage thought-leader resource networks. Keep your boat straight without

letting her yaw about: Form cross-functional councils. Sail easily ‘windward’ and gently ‘leeward’:

Explore emerging trends and breakthrough opportunities.

SEIZE BEYOND (RUN)

Capture untapped plots, places and areas to pioneer beyond. Sail your yacht ‘before-the-wind’.

Create novelty and uniqueness. Glide by both sails and fixed course (‘running’). That’s how strategic

innovators craft novel pathways. And you Helmsman? Make your pioneering ‘sailing’ act principal.

‘Run’ to seize beyond! Here’s how:

Apply ‘training runs’ to navigate with the wind almost astern: Formulate your workshops and incubate

your labs to stretch thinking. Enter fearlessly the “don’t-go-zone” with the wind directly astern:

Submerse into thought leader panels and execute strategic imagination drills. ‘Catch’ the wind with

fearless audacity: Juxtapose delicately at the intersections of other worlds. Orchestrate variably and

delicately all your sails: Activate blended venture boards with external provocateurs.

See you at the race Skipper?

We’re waiting for you.

Accelerate away from traps.

Choose your novel gateways!

Snatch – Grasp – Seize.

Mindscape your fresh beginnings!

Beat – Reach – Run.

We’ll be sail racing!

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