1. Describe innovation in your own words.
a. What different kinds of innovation are there?
b. What type/s of innovation did your group show?
c. What are the benefits of innovation?
d. Explain how innovative proposals decided on or discussed are economical and practical.
2. How do you think you performed in the team meeting?
a. Did you use feedback from Assessment Task 1 to improve your team performance? If so, how?
b. Based on your impressions and feedback received from your team, how would you improve your performance?
3. How would you build constructive feedback and two-way communication into future team activities?
a. How would you communicate key issues to colleagues?
b. What are the challenges of being innovative in an open and constructive way?
4. How would you implement the innovative solutions you have come up with as a team?
a. What measures would you take to ensure successful take-up?
b. How would you communicate the changes?
5. Describe the internal and external factors that contribute to a team becoming and remaining innovative including:
a. team characteristics
b. the role of group dynamics and diversity (for example, cultural background, religion, gender)
c. broader environmental factors, for example, the culture of the workplace, the wider political, economic, social or technological environment
6. Explain how activities can encourage or hinder innovation in a team, including:
a. planning and scheduling of time and activities
b. modelling behaviour
c. providing rewards and recognition
d. planning communications
e. providing feedback.