5 Tools I Use for Innovation and Creativity

Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 1 p.m.

b'I enjoy reading as well as listening to podcasts and audible books. With all the information I come across, I have to capture, organize, and recall to use them. I\'m currently working on a new book as well as some disruptive innovation courses and workshops. The real challenge for me is finding a single tool that solves the issues stated.
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\\nThe Importance of Utilizing Tools
\\nOver the last six months, I challenged myself to find the right tools for innovation. I combined them in a way that I can capture the input, organize it, and make it easy to retrieve. The criteria I emphasized was usability on a mobile phone and desktop. I carry an Android, iPhone, and laptop on me, as well as an iPad Pro.
\\nI need tools to collect from books, podcasts, websites, magazines, and emails\\u2014information collection with minimal manual steps. The tools also need to adapt as the content focus shifts.
\\nAs of late, ethical innovation is my focus. Sometimes my focus shifts to discussing the digital divide and other things. I also need to be able to find information without remembering exact wording. I need tools that create the serendipity effect.
\\nThe 5 Tools I Use
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\\n* reMarkable 2 tablet
\\n* Kindle Oasis
\\n* Otter.ai
\\n* Readwise
\\n* Roam Research
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\\nTools for Information Collection
\\nThe first tool I have used for innovation is the Moleskine notebook, which I have thousands of. Recently I have shifted to the reMarkable 2 tablet. Using the tablet is like writing on paper but better. There is a pen for writing and erasing, and it stores and exports all my information to my mobile phone and desktop. I actually wrote out the entire script for today\\u2019s show on my tablet.
\\nOn top of my writing, I read a lot of information from RSS news feeds. I am a big user of Feedly\\u2014 for access to its AI engine. Very trainable, it interprets sentences to see what concepts are being talked about. I scan through 500-600 articles a day and save different feeds that I like to the Pocket app. The Pocket app is a collection of things that you save to read at a later time.
\\nAnother tool I get information from is through my Kindle Oasis. In the Kindle, I can highlight things I like. They are automatically fed into my workflow for future inspiration.
\\nPodcasts are also things that I capture content from. Using an app called Airr, I use their podcast snippet that can capture interests with a touch of the screen. Otter.ai is another tool I am experimenting with to help me capture ideation sessions.
\\nOrganization/Combination, and Serendipity Tools
\\nOne tool that I found recently was Readwise. It collects and combines everything from my Pocket, podcasts, Kindle, hardcover books, articles. It also points out things in your collection that you might not have picked up. Readwise may trigger serendipity.
\\nWhile Readwise is great, it only prepares information for what I am looking fo...'