Apologies in advance if any of the content in this article offends political sensitivities and affiliations; it’s certainly not the intention.  Judging by the press and social media, to most people in the UK and probably in Europe as a whole, it appears that the election of Donald Trump as president of the USA is beyond surprising.  But digging beneath the shock, and of course looking from the outside, there are lessons to learn for innovators.

This is the first of two articles on setting targets for creativity.  The topic of part 1 is why targets should be set; part 2 deals with how to set them.