CHRISTINA SWEARENGIN PROGRAMS • ATLASSIAN

7 habits of highly innovative teams

MARK HALVORSON CREATIVE • ATLASSIAN

Be Proactive: innovation

doesn’t just happen

Habit 1

Use your whole body

Get out of your head

Schedule time for innovation

Habit 1: Be Proactive innovation doesn’t just happen

Begin with the end

in mind

Habit 2

Explain the why Brainstorming rules as a guide

Pick a theme

Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind

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Put first things first

Habit 3

Get a lot of ideas Flare then focus Put ideas away, but not forever

Habit 3: Put first things first

Think win-win

Habit 4

Yes, and Keep feedback positive

Use empathy

Habit 4: Think win-win

Seek first to understand

then be understood

Habit 5

Make a plan Listen and help Drive ownership

Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then be understood

Program-ize Habit 6

Document the process

Coach from the sidelines

Eliminate the need for YOU

Habit 6: Program-ize

Sharpen the saw

Habit 7

Iterate each time Assign owners for action items

Eliminate the need for YOU

Habit 7: Sharpen the saw

• Habit 1: Be proactive: innovation doesn’t just happen.• Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind• Habit 3: Put first things first• Habit 4: Think win-win• Habit 5: Seek first to understand then be understood• Habit 6: Program-ize• Habit 7: Sharpen the saw

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CHRISTINA SWEARENGIN PROGRAMS • ATLASSIAN

MARK HALVORSON CREATIVE • ATLASSIAN