This was the Start – June 2013 to June 2014

Concept: 1 RV + road trip for a year (phase 1) + interviewing innovators and business people.

Questions I am Asking:  While the interviews will proceed into numerous innovation topics, the following questions are the scaffolding for the interactions, asked in a more conversational manner:

• What does innovation mean to you (or at your organization)?
• What are the catalysts to innovation – where do the ideas originate?
• Do you have any examples of “aha” moments that turned out to be important innovations? If you have an example, what “went right” that made it a success – what is important for the innovation to be successful?
• Is there someone in your organization that is regarded as particularly innovative (including yourself) – what makes him or her innovative (characteristics)?
• If you were to give small business owners advice to be more innovative, what would you tell them?
• What have we not talked about that is important to innovation?

If you have a questions I should be asking, please email me.