Chapter 93

Innovation Detection Techniques

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The Anthropologist's Eye

- Spend time in unexpected places - Notice what people work around - Listen for complaint patterns - Watch for behavior-belief gaps

The Time Traveler's Perspective

- What's normal in niche communities? - What technology enables new behaviors? - What beliefs are shifting? - What will seem obvious in 5 years?

The Alien's Questions

- Why do humans do this? - What if this assumption was wrong? - How would another industry solve this? - What's the real job to be done?