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Innovation Process & Relationship With Monsoon Methodology©

A typical innovation process achieved by prolific innovators, whether consciously or unconsciously consists of the following steps:

Background Works

Prolific innovators read widely and are usually un-disciplined readers. The contents they peruse are usually cross industries, cross subjects, and even cross genre. It is with this vast collection of input which allows the innovators to extract ideas from other fields and implement that into his innovation. It is the way the brain functions (especially the ARAS of the brain) to filter information that is of current focus, allowing the innovator to see the foreign input fitting into the solution. The effect of cross fertilization is also a known embedded in other management practices where practitioners are paratroop into a new field to solve problems that have bugged the seasoned for long time.

Unfortunately, most humans are not into reading widely and are only interested in absorbing materials that are of interest to them. Therefore the opportunity of cross fertilization is limited and problems are there to stay.

Monsoon Methodology deploys facilitated cross-fertilization by forcing the participants to observe key set of trends or study other innovations to seek analogies, hence allowing some form of cross fertilization to happen.

This is the same of dust gathering cloud formation, the basic ingredient of storm.

Identify Problem And Selection Of Platform For Delivery

For all PSDM method, articulating the problem statement clearly is essential to derive at the precise solution that targets the specific problem. In most situations, problems may not be very well defined as there could be several work-around present, and the severity of the problem may not be as acute to warrant close focus. Not having a clearly defined problem allows Monsoon Methodology to evolve its solution to deploy in the Blue-Ocean scenario.

In Monsoon Methodology, watching the trends would help to identify unfulfilled needs, and guesstimate the desirability level of an innovation that addresses the need.

The desire to release the energy and revert to equilibrium stage is the ultimate objective of all storms.

Synthesis Of Knowledge Into Innovation

Almost all innovation stories have their Eureka!!! moments. It just seems that the innovators have received divine messages and solutions bestowed to them from heaven. The truth is likely far from it. Their Eureka moments are usually achieved through the massive data collection done in the background and the ARAS being programmed to filter for solution.

Hence it is possible to derive an innovative solution from the background information collected. Monsoon Methodology structurally extracts such wisdom from background info such as trends and disturbances.

Lightning scorches the hot air that destabilizes the air pressure and eventually ignites the storm.

Scrutinizing The Innovation

Most innovations just stop at the genesis, and if it is good enough, it would have a life of its own. If not, the so called innovation fades away, dies and disappears.

A useful innovation or solution must withstand the trial of time. Otherwise, it is more likely to solve a problem and create several along the way. Hence scrutinizing the solution in the early stage is essential to ensure that it is really the innovative solution. Scrutiny also helps to streamline and weed out the unnecessary components in the solution and reduces the cost.

A typical way to scrutinize a multi-variables innovative solution is through Design Of Experiments (DOE). This is a statistical method that seeks the optimal outcome from multiple interacting inputs without performing the full permutation of experiments. DOE. Other ways of scrutinizing the innovative solution is through industry due-diligent checklists and domain knowledge.

Monsoon Methodology gravitates towards using DOE to obtain the most optimal permutation of component variables for discrete innovative product creation, while using industry due-diligent check list for business process and service.

The whirlwind and rain in the storm carry only particles of the suitable size to reach the trade wind system.

Testing The Innovation

Most humans have the tendency to rush into thing, and hence an innovative solution could be rushed out of the laboratory and into the market place pre-maturely without confirming the final acceptance of its features. Such innovations are likely weighted down with too much too clumsy and eventually sink.

Monsoon Methodology favors testing for acceptance before even implementing the solution. Drawing the power of internet and web 2.0, all innovations could be straw polled against a diversified population and channel the feedback to further scrutinize the innovation

The rain must cover enough ground before any germination of seeds is possible.

Evangelize The Innovation On Desired Platform

As mentioned in the philosophy, an idea without user acceptance is just a figment of imagination. Hence it is very important to ensure the innovation gains traction and eventually adapts, evolves and progresses with time.

The last stage of Monsoon Methodology is riding on the platform to ensure that there are returns of investment for all innovations.

Only the loudest storm and heaviest rainfall will create storm-bed that is ecology changing system.

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