Innovation often comes from asking the right questions, according to best-selling author and church leader Rick Warren in his talk at TEDxOrangeCoast. Warren referred to his list of essential questions as the “Eight Nations of Innovation”:

1. Termination- What do I need to stop doing?
2. Collaboration – How do we do it faster, larger, cheaper, or with a team?
3. Combination - What can we mix together to make something new?
4. Elimination - What part could we take out in order to make something similar?
5. Reincarnation – What has died that we can bring back to life in a new format?
6. Rejuvenation - How can we change the purpose for why we are doing it?
7. Illumination – How can we look at it in a new light?
8. Fascination – How can we make it more interesting?

“Never stop learning. Leaders are learners. Always ask the right questions,” Warren told the more than 1,000 attendees at TEDxOrangeCoast on May 19th. Check our Facebook page,  TEDxOrangeCoast, for notification of when video from the talks is available. In the meantime, a little question asking may be in order…