Innovation is defined as the process of bringing about new ideas, methods, products, services, or solutions that have a significant positive impact and value. It involves transforming creative concepts into tangible outcomes that improve efficiency, and effectiveness, or address unmet needs.

 

 Canton Innovation Hub  - Bill W brought up the subject of forming a team in EDC to look at bringing an Innovation focus as part of attracting and maintaining our business base in Canton.  The eventual team would include the Business, Education, The Canton town and the Paul Revere Heritage group. 
 

The intent is to foster a Innovation culture (Making things better) in our community.  

Inventor’s axioms

• ·         There is always more to learn.

• ·         People are not born with a fixed amount of knowledge.

• ·         Inventors aren’t successful because they have all the answers… successful inventors have learned how to keep asking questions.

• ·         The best ideas don’t happen in a vacuum… Gathering the best resources- produces the best results.

• ·         Mistakes are the steps toward success.

• ·         The bigger the problem the bigger the opportunity.

Needs:

• Your support
• EDC email for team
• Business cards
• Introduction to Town & Business people
• Space on EDC web site
   

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Outline of Professional Development

·        Brain Plasticity

·        Definition … What’s bugging me? 

·        Keeping a Journal

·        Meet the Inventors

·        Engineering is everywhere

·        What is design … resolving the GAP … How to begin inventing

·        Tools to help in the design

·        Scamper

·       Reflection

Proposed Plan 

1.  Discuss with EDC board- Defined as our uniqueness 

2.  Create a committee of EDC board to firm up idea

a.  Innovation for retail and manufacturing companies can be defined as the process of introducing new ideas, products, processes, or business models that result in significant improvements, advancements, or differentiation within the industry

b.  Get CABI, Paul Revere center Support & membership- Get Schools involved

3.  What learning tools can be used to spread innovation to different organizations  

a.  Education about - This can include advancements in areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics,

Internet of Things (IoT), or augmented reality

b.  Create a business team  

4.  Sell the concept to our community as part of Canton’ uniqueness  

5.  Set up Mentorship program for interested organizations  

6.  Develop measurements to judge how we are doing
 

7. The EDC team will not facilitate individual companies effects but provide leadership direction to the different group developing the community Innovation culture.

8.
Explore the Boston community of innovators-MIT, Harvard, Greentown Labs, MassChallenge, District Hall, to learn from them.

Examples of possible activities:

1.  Tie in with an Innovation management software company to provide their software to our community - Discounts, Education, Sharing learning between companies..
 

2.  Provide an education program to members about Innovation using books like – Cracking Creativity by Micheal Michalko.
 

3.  Develop with the school district Finding Bugs For their children’s classes.

Town Innovation days and programs (Maker Space).

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