Summary: We spoke in pairs about how observation leads to creative ideas and innovation, but we didn’t get to view the videos, so we can view them in Class 09.  Then I gave a preview of the writing assignment and answered any questions you had about it.

New vocabulary: Hawthorne Effect, Pavlovian, lupin flower, pigeon, tactic, cynical, discrete

Science Pet. (2014, August 18). Observations and inferences. [Video]. Youtube. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBlR7taW9jk

Denver, C. (2009, October 4). Test your observational skills. [Video]. Video. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAFfYLR_IRY

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Homework due at 1 pm before Class 09: There are two parts to the homework. Please read and take notes on Chapter 3 observation first, and then decide what you want to observe for your report second. There is time in Monday’s class to revise part two of your homework.

Please read and take about four pages of notes in keywords only in Chapter 4, Discovery Skill #3 Observing in:

Dyer, J., Gregersen, H., & Christensen, C. (2019). Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the five

skills of disruptive innovators. Harvard Business School Press.

Notes for Your Observation Paper Step by Step (in the Google Doc for Class 09): Please think about this activity after you read chapter four. We can finish this homework in class, but could you think of some ideas that you would like to observe?

a)     Please select an issue that you would like to observe that is interesting to you.

b)    Reflect on your own experiences about what you have learned about creativity and observing skills by reviewing your notes.

c)    Please answer what you would like to observe in two or three detailed sentences for each question:

1. Who?

2. What?

3. Where?

4. When?

5. Why?

6. How?

Here is one sample of an observation proposal.

There will be a lot of time to reflect and write about this in class.