How do you innovate?

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Whether its a blog idea, new product idea, feature idea, app idea, or the next snuggie, what is your process? Do you have steps you go through or is it free form and seredipitous?

Maxwell Davis · Accepted Answer

@dylan_merideth I listen to a few and explore many but here's the list of my favourites:

The Indie Dads Podcast by @malcolm_jack 
Wannabe Entrepreneur by @tiagorbf 
Smart Passive Income by @patflynn

Dylan Merideth · Answer

@malcolm_jack @tiagorbf @patflynn @maxwellcdavis will forsure check these out, thank you so much for the rec.

Dylan Merideth · Answer

@maxwellcdavis distractions are detrimental, is there a podcast in particular?

Dylan Merideth · Answer

@anna_mandziuk its all about customer pain, and alleviating it. I think if you fail to be problem-centric you will make solutions to a problem that doesn't exist. New paradigms and new markets can be created sure, but even those seek to serve some customer need

Anna Mandziuk 🇺🇦 · Answer

One of the best things that helped me is reading customers' reviews on various products. This is how you can see their pain points and frustrations with some products and come up with a solution that will better satisfy their needs

Enola VEDOVOTTO · Answer

@dylan_merideth Hello Dylan, in fact, I listen a lot of podcast in french (not in english), if you speak french I have some recommandation aha

Enola VEDOVOTTO · Answer

I listen to a lot of webinars, or podcasts. 
I exchange with other people on LinkedIn or others and it allows me to get inspiration and to open up to other subjects

Qudsia Ali · Answer

At the end of the day, it depends on your individual style and preferences. Experimenting with your own workflow is a great way to figure out what works best for you, and takes inspiration from other designers' workflows can be helpful too.

Dylan Merideth · Answer

@andrei_tulai love this, its interesting to me how creative activities seemingly unlock the brain while being engaged.

Maxwell Davis · Answer

I usually find getting rid of distractions and listening to a Podcast inspires me

Ujjawal Sharma · Answer

Run brainstorms

Andrei Tulai · Answer

If you are like me and have a creative side, I generally spend some time doing unrelated creative things, like painting. Tends to spark a lot of imagination and new ideas for me.

Dylan Merideth · Answer

@qudsia_ali very true, I find it to be crucial to combine various inspirations together, both relevant and irrelevant

Dylan Merideth · Answer

@enola_vedovotto openness is key!! Do you have a podcast recommendation?

Dylan Merideth · Answer

@enola_vedovotto thats awesome, would definitely take them. Podcast translation is an app idea i just had

How do you innovate?

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