The series will teach you how to generate and select unique strategies that separate you from the competition. Construct bold and disruptive solutions, and then build and execute a plan for taking those strategies to the market.

The episode will deal with strategically approaching problem-solving through the IDEAS framework. The IDEAS Framework helps you construct innovative and new approaches to problem-solving.

In this episode, we will learn about the letter "I" In IDEAS. Harness the power of your imagination and get curious about the future.

This episode is about the letter "D" In IDEAS and how to use the 8 P's methodology to uncover the areas where you can assess potential solutions and innovative ideas.

Want to stand out from your competition? This episode will help you in identifying your core customer and determine how to best position solutions to meet their needs is one of the keys to innovation.

Different users have different products or attributes that are important to them and this helps you determine the best product offering. This episode is all about that.

This episode is about Promotion, which is how we communicate with users including through marketing, sales and PR channels.

Creative pricing may help you stand out from your competitors. The lesson will teach you how to effectively do it.

This episode will teach you about placement and how to develop innovative ideas based on how you distribute your product and value proposition.

Sometimes focusing on a different method than your competitor can make all the difference. While competitors are focusing on products, some companies focus on physical experience - take Apple for example.

Our operations and processes for running our business are our overall process. Finding innovation in these areas saves money and creates more efficiency. This episode will guide you through this topic

People are the most important part of the 8 P's. Great companies really focus on hiring, organizing, culture, and incentives. This episode will deal with the people element of your business.

The letter "E" In IDEAS is about Expanding upon your ideas and generating more potential strategies. This section explores how great strategists see opportunities that others just don't see. The way that chess players perform at high levels is that they recognize patterns early on and they can begin to predict the moves.

Many of the great innovators of the past and of today's world focus not just on today but they look further out to the next 'battleground' and plan for the future. How does one do that?

The next pattern is to coordinate the uncoordinated. Companies like Uber, AirBNB don't own the products, but they coordinate them. This is the key to their success. Can you do this in your business? Let's learn in this episode.

Successful businesses less often define themselves by their industry but instead focus on what makes them behave differently. They are very clear on the type of business they are in. Learn how to differentiate yourself in this episode.

Social responsibility is important; now organizations need to innovate to support not only stakeholders but the environment, community, government, customers and employees.

Imagine if you could only add or remove things in the situation and couldn't influence things that are already there? How would your IDEAS change?

The letter "A" In IDEAS, the Analyze framework enables you to analyze disruptive strategies.

The letter "S" In IDEAS, convince others to pursue the innovative strategies you've identified. You want to see that getting buy-in is part of the entire process.

Review and determine which of the 5 patterns you'll start to use in your own creative innovations. How do you move early to the next battleground, force the two-front battle, coordinate the uncoordinated, be good, and create something out of nothing? Learn in this episode.