The Most Important Words for Innovation

The most recent Guerrilla Marketing email bulletin has Jay and Amy Levinson sharing the most important words in Human Relations:

• The six most important words in business: “I admit that I was wrong.”
• The five most important words in business: “You did a great job.”
• The four most important words in business: “What do you think?”
• The three most important words in business: “Could you please…”
• The two most important words in business: “Thank you.”
• The one most important word in business: “We.”

To build upon this meme, I wanted to add my own quick course on the most important words for Innovation:

• The six most important words for innovation: “This process really drives me crazy!”
• The five most important words for innovation: “Why do it this way?”
• The four most important words for innovation: “What do you think?”
• The three most important words for innovation: “What if we…”
• The two most important words for innovation: “Why not?”
• he one most important word for innovation: “How?”

How about you?
What are the most important words in your category?