In the print magazine, Hugh explains the nature of his model of innovation, and describes the making of the model. As he describes, during the development of the model, more than 50 sketches were printed at full size for discussion. The sketches below played an instrumental part in the content development; these are shown in an effort to illustrate the iterative process of modeling such a complicated and multifacted idea.
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June 29, 2006. The team began with research, reading all the articles and books they could find on innovation. During the process, they developed three collections: existing models related to innovation, prior definitions, and a list of words related to innovation. The first step in mapping was to group related words and begin to prioritize.
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July 11, 2006. This version is one of the first that links concepts, though many are still in lists. It posits sinnovation as "a process of purposeful change."
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July 21, 2006. This version posits innovation as one of several processes organizations learn as they grow. An interesting idea, perhaps, but it does not fulfill the assignment of creating a concept map.
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July 27, 2006 This version focuses on ways of classifying innovation, reprising taxonomies from several authors. It posits innovation as "insight applied."
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July 28, 2006. Sean Durham suggested a straightforward, journalistic approach: who, what, when, where, why, and how. It introduces the idea of consequence, which later became value.
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September 1, 2006. This version (one of many related studies) frames innovation as insight + change + value. Change is at the center with innovation behind it, sandwiched between two conventions. Innovation and convention are out of focus, suggesting the blurring of boundaries. The vertical axis defines the innovation process.
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September 12, 2006. After the Pittsburgh meeting, Ryan Reposar created this version, documenting all the propositions. He also counted the number of times terms appeared in a proposition, creating a measure of their relative importance.
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September 19, 2006. Next, Ryan linked the terms so that none repeated, creating a version that was a "true" concept map.
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February 4, 2007. The next step was to give typographic form to the model. It still places the old convention at the top and the new one at the bottom. Terms and propositions continue to change.
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February 24, 2007 This version is relatively close to the final. The armature is in place, as are the feedback loops. But they are not differentiated from the rest of the terms. Innovation is still the same size as convention. Insight, change, and value have not been called out. The color metaphor of a spotlight shining on innovation is not in place.
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