•Discuss a current or past innovation. You must hit on the key topics from the innovation lecture.
•Describe the innovation and a BRIEF background. The paper is not a book report or a technical deep dive into the innovation.
•Describe the innovation TYPE that best illustrates your topic. For the purposes of the paper you will use Breakthrough, Disruptive, Sustaining, and Research. Each of these has a definition. Your paper should be thoughtful enough to attach the correct definition to you topic. It’s not enough to simply state the TYPE. Your paper needs to explain how or why you determined the TYPE.
Research – Discover more about how things work
Sustaining – Adding value to existing products, environments, processes to build market share and maintain value
Disruptive – Creating new products, services, processes, etc. that replace the status quo.
Breakthrough – Paradigm shifting
•Describe the innovation SKILLS（•Associative Thinking•Questioning•Observing•Networking•Experimenting） that were used to develop the innovation. You will learn these in class. For the purposes of the paper you will use Associative Thinking, Observation, Experimentation, Questioning, and Networking. It’s not enough to simply state the SKILLS. Your paper needs to explain how or why you determined the SKILLS.
