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Researchers say anyone can learn to innovate like Steve Jobs.STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- After a six-year study, researchers say they have identified the secrets of being a great innovator
- Innovation is not an inherent trait, it's a set of skills that anyone can learn
- Exposing yourself to new ideas and observing the world around you can drive innovation
London, England (CNN) -- Coming up with brilliant, game-changing ideas is what makes the likes of Apple's Steve Jobs so successful, and now researchers say they have identified the five secrets to being a great innovator
Professors from Harvard Business School, Insead and Brigham Young University have just completed a six-year study of more than 3,000 executives and 500 innovative entrepreneurs, that included interviews with high-profile entrepreneurs including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Michael Dell, founder of Dell computers.
In an article published in December's Harvard Business Review the researchers identified five skills that separate the blue-sky innovators from the rest -- skills they labeled associating, questioning, observing, experimenting and discovering.
Read the full article, for a review of how the pros bust out of the box, on a regular basis.
Nicely complemented by The Presentation Secrets Of Steve Jobs, and Presentation Zen -- to convince others of the value of your breakthroughs, once you've made them.
Maybe channeling Steve Jobs is an attainable goal, after all.
