The breakthrough manifesto : ten principles to spark transformative innovation / Kim Christfort, Suzanne Vickberg.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Welcome to Breakthrough 8 Chapter 1: Silence Your Cynic Toxic Effect 1: Death to Innovation Toxic Effect 2: Bye, Bye Diverse Ideas Toxic Effect 3: Shackles on the Mind 20 Chapter 2: Strip Away Everything Check Yourself Question Orthodoxies Don’t Believe Everything You Hear 32 Chapter 3: Live with the Problem Look Before You Leap Try Passive Percolation Spend Your Time Wisely 44 Chapter 4: Check Your Edge Expand Your Thinking Pursue the Unexpected Stretch Yourself 56 Chapter 5: Enlist a Motley Crew Get Truly Motley Enlist All Members Row Like a Crew 70 Chapter 6: Get Real Find Your Equilibrium Be Yourself but Keep Evolving Get Real Together 82 Chapter 7: Make a Mess Produce a Prototype Cocreate Build for Buy- In 94 Chapter 8: Don’t Play “Nice” Strike the Right Note Make It Worth It Anticipate Differences 108 Chapter 9: Dial Up the Drama Set the Stage Immerse Yourself Make ’Em Laugh 122 Chapter 10: Make Change Reframe “Change” Iterate and Adapt Make a Dent 137 Putting the Principles into Practice: Breakthrough Methods 139 Silence Your Cynic Methods Interrogate Yourself Ask What If . . . Change Your Mind(set) Get Physical Buddy Up 151 Strip Away Everything Methods Flip Orthodoxies Defy Constraints Sleuth for Truth Search for UFOs (Unidentified Fact Options) Reuse and Repurpose 163 Live with the Problem Methods Act Like a Toddler Change the Lens Try Question Storming Stretch Out Your Brainstorming Sleep on It 175 Check Your Edge Methods Plot Your Portfolio Think Three Bears Play Mad Libs Mix It Up Push Yourself 187 Enlist a Motley Crew Methods Reveal Your Superpower Assess Your Team’s Diversity Mind the Gap Interrupt Cascades Celebrate Slogans 197 Get Real Methods Start a Vulnerability Loop Flag Highs and Lows Explore Trust Ask Deeper Questions Listen 207 Make a Mess Methods Go Marshmallow! Make a Metaphor Immerse Yourself Stream Your Consciousness Draw It Out 217 Don’t Play “Nice” Methods Save a Seat for the Elephant Go to Extremes Find Your Achilles Heel Like, Wish, and Wonder Frame Feedback 227 Dial Up the Drama Methods Kick It Around Color Me Breakthrough Light It Up Make a Playlist Be a Character 235 Make Change Methods Navel Gaze Establish Rituals Motivate with Nudges Plan for Scenarios Find Your Why 245 References 257 Acknowledgments 259 A Note from the Authors 261 About the Authors 263 Index

"Increasingly executives are facing unprecedented levels of complexity and shifting societal, political, and technological dynamics. This new context requires transformational change and fresh ways of thinking. While traditional approaches are still relevant for some aspects of innovation, they are best applied when addressing a known set of problems with reasonable clarity around potential solutions. That is not the situation challenging many of the executives with whom we work. These executives are trying to shape futures where not only is the potential solution unclear but even the problem itself is murky. The Breakthrough Manifesto is based on more than a decade of work around how to effectively tackle these sorts of issues and opportunities. It comprises a set of 10 principles that dive into the science of human behavior to help people create a new mindset and get to breakthrough. This 2-part book brings The Breakthrough Manifesto to life with research, stories from the field, and practical strategies. It addresses why these principles are needed and why they work and offers pragmatic straightforward methods for implementing this way of thinking in day-to-day life to effect positive change"-- Provided by publisher.