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Innovation and Invention
Formulating new ideas for and applications of processes and products.

  • Creative Thinking
    • Employ unique analyses and generate new, innovative ideas in complex areas
    • Reframe problems in a different light to find fresh approaches
    • Entertain wide-ranging possibilities to develop unique approaches and useful solutions
    • Understand the pieces of a system as a whole and possess a big picture view of the situation
    • Integrate seemingly unrelated information to develop creative solutions
    • Develop innovative methods of obtaining or using resources when insufficient resources are available
  • Identify Opportunities
    • Identify needs, wants, and problems as they are changing
    • Seek out opportunities to develop and offer new products and services
    • Seek out opportunities to improve, streamline, reinvent work processes
  • Research and Development
    • Analyze the failure of other projects as research for a possible new venture
    • Conduct experiment and application
    • Identify design trends
    • Design a system, product, or service
  • Technology Transfer
    • Identify scientific research which has potential commercial value
    • Analyze the consequences of societal or technological change
    • Develop practical applications for the results of scientific research
    • Apply newly created technology to new, innovative, productive uses
  • Methods for the Creation and Improvement of Products and Processes
    • Understand and apply lean six sigma methods for creation and/or improvement of products/processes
    • Define problems that affect customer value and impact company financially
    • Select and apply appropriate quantitative and qualitative techniques in applications in aerospace



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