Innovation Creativity & Entrepreneurship

"You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go."

Jeanette Rankin

  • In Modules 1 & 2 you learned more about leadership and the different characteristics that make a great leader

  • In Module 3 you completed a home-based leadership task (Leadership Certification) and reflected on what worked, what did not, and where you can improve your leadership skills

  • In Module 4 Ray Zahab spoke with us about Leadership qualities that are required on expeditions and in some extreme circumstances and you were asked to think about how his experiences with leadership could transfer to yours

  • In Module 5 you were given various challenges by sector partners and asked to choose a video that was representative of your sector

  • In Module 6 you are going to work through the challenge they posed and come up with a solution to their issue by working through the steps of ICE and Brian Eastwood’s Personal Leadership Development Plan (SPE)


What is I.C.E?

Innovation

  • generation and realization of a new idea

Creativity

  • process of generating ideas, making connections & imagining what could be

Entrepreneurship

  • a set of activities for building and scaling an idea that is sustainable

I.C.E. Gear 1: Empathy & Need Finding

You have had the opportunity to complete a home leadership project, listen to Ray Zahab talk about leadership, and watch the challenge video for your sector. All of those components of this SPE are part of Gear 1.

In this section of the I.C.E. Challenge you will work on your own or with others to discuss your experience with leadership and think about what challenge your community partner has provided us with. By discussing your leadership experiences you will start to think about ways you can help the community partner with their challenge.

Sharing Stories

Take some time to share your Leadership Plan with others (friends, family, school mates, those in your SHSM program, etc.) and listen to their experiences with leadership. Write down or record your answers to the questions below.

  • What are some commonalities with your experiences?

  • What are some differences?

  • Did anyone have a particularly good or bad leadership experience?

I.C.E. Gear 2: Ideation and Prototyping

During Gear 2 of I.C.E. you will have the opportunity to brainstorm ideas and develop a prototype for an idea that will help the Sector Partner with their challenge.

In this section of the I.C.E. Challenge you will work with others to develop solutions for the challenge your community partner has provided us with.

Ideation: the generation of many ideas through brainstorming

Prototyping: a method of visualizing ideas for the purpose of gaining feedback and further developing the idea

Ideation

A good brainstorming session generates many different ideas. Once you have those ideas you need to categorize them into:

  • Seen It

  • Could Be Fun

  • Radical Change

  • When you brainstorm solutions to the challenge problem, don't judge your ideas.

  • Instead, try and come up with as many ideas as possible and then categorize them into Seen It (seems like a solution others would come up with), Could Be Fun (something a little different), or Radical Change (a very distinct solution).

  • You can use a piece of paper, sticky notes, or brainstorm using audio.

  • When you have finished brainstorming you should have 10-25 solutions for the challenge posed by your sector partner.

Prototyping

Choose one idea from your ideation process and pursue it with prototyping.

  • You can choose to draw your idea, write it out, chart it, or audio record your idea.

  • Include as many details as possible so when you share it the other people have a complete picture of how you plan to solve the issue your community partner is dealing with.

Feedback

After clearly outlining your solution take the time to receive feedback or constructive criticisms from those around you (family, friends, school mates, SHSM program students, etc.)

Take that feedback and improve your prototype based on the suggestions you have received.

I.C.E. Gear 3: The Pitch

In this section of I.C.E., you will have the opportunity to develop a pitch for the solution you have developed through brainstorming, ideation, prototyping, and receiving feedback from others.

The purpose of the pitch is to succinctly tell the community partner about your idea, sell them on why it would work, and convince them that your idea is worth trying.

Your pitch should be under 3 minutes and consist of three parts:

  • The Process

  • The Product

  • The Sell

The Process

Tell your audience about your creative process!

  • The process for deciding your plan

  • Why you decided on this plan

  • Show everyone your initial ideas


The Product

Tell your audience about your solution.

  • What are the main components of your plan?

  • What is special about your strategy?


The Sell

Tell us why your plan is the best!

  • What is special about your idea?

  • Who do you think would be the people who would be influenced by your strategy?

  • How would your plan help the community partner with the challenge they are facing?

Take some time to think about the components of the pitch:

  • Think about the features of your idea that makes it stand out

  • Think about the people that would be influenced by your idea

  • Think of your last line—how are you going to win over your audience at the very end of your pitch and make them love your idea?

Present Your Pitch

Record your pitch, or create a PowerPoint with voice over, or a webpage, or a prezi and share it with your SHSM Lead Teacher.

OCTE asks SHSM Lead Teachers to share some of the wonderful solutions students have found for these challenges with OCTE.

Please send student projects (student names removed) to cgerman@octe.ca so we can share them with the Community Partners and help them find solutions to their problems.

Resource: http://www.rotmanithink.ca/ice

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