TY - JOUR AU - Buurmeijer, Hugo AU - Deshmukh, Piyush AU - Fuller, Alice AU - Verlinde, Lander PY - 2022/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The push and pull between innovation and feasibility: reflections on an ideation process during a CERN IdeaSquare Summer School JF - CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation JA - CIJ VL - 6 IS - 1 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.23726/cij.2022.1334 UR - https://e-publishing.cern.ch/index.php/CIJ/article/view/1334 SP - 15-19 AB - <p><span style="left: 113.987px; top: 523.243px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.90153);">We wrote this paper as part of a summer school project in collaboration with CERN IdeaSquare, TU </span><span style="left: 720.787px; top: 523.243px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.96);">Delft,</span><span style="left: 758.787px; top: 523.243px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.881137);">and the Rotterdam </span><span style="left: 90.3873px; top: 540.443px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.90248);">School of Management. Using the example of the PEBBLES technology, our work elaborates on the exploration and integration of </span><span style="left: 90.3873px; top: 557.643px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.905174);">technolo</span><span style="left: 142.387px; top: 557.643px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.910389);">gical boundaries to the creative thinking process. Diving into the foundations of different views on creativity allows us to </span><span style="left: 90.3873px; top: 574.843px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.880301);">better understand the ideation processes and outcomes that occurred throughout the project. Feasibility boundaries appeared a</span><span style="left: 844.387px; top: 574.843px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.847463);">s a ke</span><span style="left: 878.387px; top: 574.843px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.964739);">y </span><span style="left: 90.3873px; top: 592.043px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.892225);">element in the ideation and idea selection process, suggesting the prime importance of realistic thinking in the case of tech</span><span style="left: 824.387px; top: 592.043px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.925042);">nological </span><span style="left: 90.3873px; top: 609.643px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.910224);">innovation. Expert discussion and validation played a significant role in the navigating of technological uncertainty, </span><span style="left: 789.587px; top: 609.643px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.921432);">helping mostly </span><span style="left: 90.3873px; top: 626.843px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.905339);">within the idea validation stage. </span><span style="left: 285.587px; top: 626.843px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.896899);">We did not overlook the importance of technological boundaries in the creation process. We postulate </span><span style="left: 90.3873px; top: 644.043px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.883413);">in this paper that the role of attention to those boundaries varies depending on the process stage. Our p</span><span style="left: 704.787px; top: 644.043px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.875517);">aper encourages innovators to </span><span style="left: 90.3873px; top: 661.243px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.901329);">formulate ideas prior to exploring the boundaries of the technology in order not to impede the richness of the creative think</span><span style="left: 829.187px; top: 661.243px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.875231);">ing process. </span><span style="left: 90.3873px; top: 678.443px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.887433);">We stress that expert talks happen to play a great role in the validation of ideas and s</span><span style="left: 598.387px; top: 678.443px; font-size: 15.2px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.889584);">hould occur in the end stages of ideation.</span></p> ER -