egk 2012 esayas gebremedhin, i wish

MIGRATIONTHE CATALYST

FOR INNOVATION

Esayas Gebremedhin (MA in Applied Imagination) Co-Founder of I WISH & LALIAFLIA

Addis Abeba 29.11.2012

TRACES OF INNOVATIONTHE RISK TAKERS

SHIFT IN PERCEPTION

TRACES OFINNOVATION

WHERE IS HE FROM?

EARLY MIGRATION- 60 000 YRS

WHERE IS MY LUNCH GOING?

BIG ARTIFICIAL TEETH

EARLY MIGRATION- 30 000 YRS

BIRRRRRRRR

SHOE MAKER

RECENT MIGRATION- 5 000 YRS

MIGRATING WITH THE STREAM

GOVERN TRADE

THE RISK TAKERS

PREPARED TO FACE THE UNPREDICTABLE

“AS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN THE US, I LEARNED THE VALUE OF TAKING

RISKS AND STARTING A COMPANY – A DIFFERENT SENSE OF VALUES

THAN IN JAPAN,”

DR. SEMMOTO/ FOUNDER & CEO EACCESS LTD.

INDIA, US

RUSSIA, US

GERMANY, FAR EAST, WEST AFRICA, UK

IRAN, FRANCE, US

AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE

EXAMPLES

LALIAFLIA = INNOVATION METHOD

LA

LIA

FLIA?

I WISH

REVERSED CHAMELEON

SHIFT INPERCEPTION

WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF???

THE MIGRATION OF COFFEE

THE MIGRATION OF TĀ MOKO

THE MIGRATION OF CHOPSTICKS

ANIMALS MIGRATECULTURE MIGRATES

PEOPLE MIGRATE

MIGRATING ANIMALS = SMART(!)

MIGRATING CULTURES= PROGRESS(?)

MIGRATING PEOPLE= PRISONERS(?)

MIGRATING CULTURES= PROGRESS(?)

MIGRATING ANIMALS= SMART(!)

5 INNOVATION SKILLS THAT MIGRATING TRIGGERS

5 INNOVATIONSKILLS

Association

Networking

Observing

Questioning

Experimenting

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOXWHAT DOES IT MEAN?

ARE YOU READY TO GO ESCAPE FROM THE OBVIOUS? MENTALLY? PHYSICALLY?

EMOTIONALLY?