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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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