Essay Topic: Developing business and social innovation through innovation, creativity & foresight (ICF) methods. 1,000 words
This assessment requires to write an individual essay exploring and critically analyzing one ICF method for developing business or social innovation.
Critically discuss a selected ICF method and provide an example of an application applied to a business or social context where outputs have been used to develop an innovation or to innovatively address a problem.
ICF methods in the ICF Topics is Six Thinking Hats
· –  Background, history, typical application context.
· –  Justification including advantages, limitations, preparations and/or additional tasks and activities, and costs in
terms of time and funding where applicable
· –  an example of the method applied to a business or social context where outputs have been used to develop
an innovation or to innovatively address a problem. Examples have to be real or disguised but clearly based on real source material. Examples may be sourced from academic case studies, professional and/or company case studies, news or documentaries that effectively represent examples, personal compilation of professional materials into an effective example, personal experience with the method (students may need to gain their company’s permission to use such sources).
· –  Your personal reflection on your learning about the selected ICF method, its position, and inte
elationships with other methods, or as part of a framework (if any), and your experience in leading or participating in a workshop focused on the selected method.
Please follow the structure below;
1. Abstract
Your text here summarising all parts of the essay. One paragraph (typically XXXXXXXXXXwords long) is enough for Abstract.
2. Background
In this section include: Discussion on selected foresight/creativity method
– Background, history, typical application context.
– Justification including advantages, limitations, preparations and/or additional tasks and activities, and costs in terms of time and funding where applicable
3. Using
name of method
for Innovation
In this section discuss an example of the method applied to a business or social context where outputs have been used to develop an innovation or to innovatively address a problem. Cite your sources of information. Try to use both scholarly and practical sources.
4. My Reflection on Learning
name of method
for Innovation
In this section reflect on your experience in learning the method, tool or approach to innovation. Preferably use a reflection framework such as Gi
s’ Reflective Cycle.
5. Conclusions
In this section, discuss Conclusions including at least two key insights on using the method applied to a business or social context where outputs have been used to develop an innovation or to innovatively address a problem. Use sub-headings if you wish (bold, left-justified for each of the insights discussed in this section
Key Insight 1
Key Inisght 2
6. REFERENCES