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Attributes of Innovation
People often say: "Be innovative!"
You may have heard this from your boss or colleagues. Everyone wants to be ahead of the curve and lead their industry—to set an example for others to follow. In the digital sphere, customer- and service-oriented products are in the midst of a great many innovations right now, with the emergence of elements like cloud computing, tablets, mobile location services, and social media integration. Now is a fertile time for innovation. But what does it take to be innovative? What does an innovative product look like?
There are attributes that materialize differently depending on the product or service, but they are attributes that all innovations have in common. When these attributes of innovation are combined, the resulting product or service often exceeds the expectations of current user experiences and pushes the field of UX design forward. In particular scenarios such as enterprise IT or the public sector, these common attributes can seem daunting. They can sometimes even seem irrelevant. But in successful and innovative ideas, they are always present.
Innovation is Disruptive
I know, disruptive sounds like a bad thing. But it's not. It's what differentiates leaders from followers. A disruptive product or service changes the way that people think about things and the way that they behave. In consumer markets, innovative products change the way that people go about their lives and perceive industries. Within an enterprise, innovative products or services change the way that people think about how they work and engage their employees and employers. Innovation disrupts normal behavior and introduces a new—hopefully better—way of doing things and thinking about things. This is the quality that makes way for real innovation, that leads to leaps in technology, and that is often the hardest to achieve.
The original iPhone is an example of a disruptive innovation. The iPhone, for the first time, combined phone, camera, email, Internet, and GPS technologies in a single device with a touch-screen interface. This was not the first time that email and phone had been combined (that was done by BlackBerry), or phone and Internet browsing (as terrible an experience as it was, you could do that on an old flip phone). But the combination of all features and functions in one slick and easy to use touch interface made the iPhone disruptive.
People's behavior changed—they carried fewer devices and used a single one for many purposes. Other companies tried to replicate the combination in their phones and portable devices, following the lead of a new product. Now, five years later, the features in the original iPhone are simply expected in all new models of smartphones.
Innovation Fills a Gap
There are many ways to view this factor of innovation, but at a minimum it is clear that innovative products or services are those that fulfill an unfulfilled need. This doesn't necessarily mean that it needs to be a groundbreaking invention for which there is no predecessor. It could just be a new way of approaching an existing product or service, adding a differentiating factor that was not previously there—something that increases the convenience, simplicity, availability, or accessibility, for instance.
Google Docs is a good example of this attribute of innovation. It fills a gap—maybe not a huge never-before-traversed gap, but a gap nonetheless. There were, of course, productivity and document creation tools prior to Google Docs. But you had to email things to people, track changes and versions, and could only perform all of this on your desktop or laptop computer. What Google did was add a new differentiating factor: all your documents fully available and editable by those you shared them within the cloud. Google Docs increased the convenience, availability, and accessibility of a product that already had a solid foundation. Google Docs provided an innovative solution to a common document creation/management challenge.
Innovation Addresses Your Audience's Needs
Knowing your audience is key to any successful innovation; this is particularly true for new products and services. There are many factors that could cause a great idea to fail because its creators did not take the time to learn about their audiences' behaviors, motivations, needs, and desires. The first thing to consider should be how your audience will adopt this new innovation? Will the release of it need to be staged and phased in to make sure your audience accepts this new and innovative product or service? Or is your audience screaming so loudly for something like it that you should just release it at once in all of its glory and worry about fine-tuning later? Is your product or service being delivered on the right platform or in the right medium for your audience? Are you providing the appropriate types of support and training for your innovative product?
Let's take a look at an example of innovation in the workplace—a new model for reporting time spent on different projects. Employees may be used to entering their time into a web application, with a typical table-based interface for entering time per-project across different days of the week. It might not be the ideal or most efficient method, but they're used to it and they make it work.
Enter in enterprise innovation. Someone has the idea that employees should just be able to open an app on their phone or a widget on their desktop, select a project, and start a timer that will automatically record and report their time. Seems like a great idea, right? No more entering time at the end of the week taking up 30 minutes of an employee's Friday, less risk for errors in reporting time, and it's available on mobile devices for travelling employees. But what if people forget to open it? Or forget to change from one project to another? What if they want to edit something before the time is submitted to their boss? What if they are using their phones while travelling so they can't start the app? These types of obstacles are uncovered by knowing your audiences. Addressing audience behaviors and needs such as these is a key factor in achieving successful innovation.
Innovation is Simple
Think about some of the most innovative ideas and products you've seen in the last 20 years. What's a common factor they all share? They make your life easier. They do not add complexity or confusion. They simplify things, make things more accessible, or bring comfort to your life. You may have to spend some time learning to use the new product or service. It may take a while for it to become ingrained in your everyday life. But when you use it, the innovation makes your life easier.
There has been much talk about innovation in the medical field recently. Digital prescriptions are a leading medical innovation for many reasons; especially because of the simplicity they afford to doctors, patients, and pharmacists. Doctors can look up a drug on their tablet or hand-held device, double-check all of the side effects and contraindications for a patient, and then send a prescription for the drug straight to the pharmacy from their device. The patient doesn't have to deal with a paper script, which he or she also no longer runs the risk of damaging or losing. The pharmacist has a clear script and doesn't need to interpret a doctor's handwriting. And, in the time it takes a patient to drive from the doctor's office to the pharmacy, the script is filled and waiting. Digital prescriptions changed the process of writing and filling scripts, making it easier and simpler for all of the people involved.
Aside from being a core attribute of innovative products, the concept of increasing simplicity is often the one that inspires innovation in the first place. The desire and drive to simplify people's lives creates concepts that disrupt the more complicated way that people currently behave. That fill gaps in their lives, and addresses their needs.
So the next time that someone looks at you and says "We need to be more innovative," proceed by first asking, "How can I make my audiences' lives simpler?" and move forward from there.
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Raul - I absolutely agree with your point that innovation is about knowing the culture of your audiences. In an open consumer market, I think it's more about being conscious of the culture and environment - knowing your audiences, what they need, what motivates them. There is less opportunity to shape and control the culture of your audiences in a consumer market so it becomes a challenge of knowing who they are and making sure it addresses the current culture of them. However when it pertains to the workplace, there is more opportunity to influence the culture. Encourage new innovations and not quick and dirty solutions; ensure there is C-level buy-in; support innovative programs by understanding long-term investment vs. just next quarter's budget. An innovative employee culture is created from a clear and consistent top-down vision and from bottom-up employee motivation. There are a lot of very important factors that come into play for innovation in the workplace that may not necessarily be factors in consumer markets. The majority of my research and work has been involving the enterprise, so I plan on writing a follow-up article about how these attributes apply to the enterprise as well as unique barriers or factors that come into play in that context. I hope to hear your feedback on that article when it is released!
Apu - Thank you for bringing Zoho to my attention. It seems like Zoho is mostly geared towards workplace document collaboration. Do you feel like it was an innovative product?
Paresh - Your points are all very interesting perspectives on the attributes listed above. In response to your comment "I don't know if you do study or write about innovation that has different justifications to drive efforts other then monetary return on investment" - I have not had the opportunity to perform research in areas such as the military, government, or non-profits. But I agree, there would be very different motivators for those industries. I suspect there would be several additional key attributes of innovation in those industries when the impetus is not ROI and profits, but instead is focused on community engagement or personal safety. I am now very intrigued by this and will look into those areas more! Thanks for inspiration!
I think rather than only using Google Docs as an example, that could be considered a product extension of ms office. I think Google Wave should be studied also side by side to realize key factors to help define the starting line and people wanting to innovate.
Innovation is Disruptive:
Docs was trying to be disruptive to MS Office, but the needed and wanted product requested by users has been to disruptive to the users themselves, even though majority of the need is meet and the process as a whole is simple for everyone that use, purchase, install & maintain the tools.
Wave was trying to be disruptive to everyone who offered email service & tools across many categories, even themselves as a major player in that market. Wave I think from technology engineering implementation to understanding the need of users and path the communication domain was headed toured, a simple interface to truly mashup email, messaging and content sharing in one product. The Google Wave was the winning invention & brilliant solution that was not adopted by even the early minority to allow for even one revision.
Innovation Fills a Gap:
Google Docs tries to fill a gap. These types of initiatives often have shorter lifespan, because it reliers on what's creating the gap in the first place.
Clearly with Google Wave the desired motive was not to fill a gap. However, the gaps it created like all disruptive inventions create initially was too big of a leap for most to hertal and get past. I am speaking of the gap left by the lack of a migration path that would allow a smooth transition from email to wave as a communication tool. This was a product release few years to early and in my opinion, wave should/would/could have disrupted email, blogging, cms, crm, website build tools (WordPress, Drupal, etc.) & few others to simplify UX, provided converging user data and process to drive leaner processes to one product.
Innovation Addresses Your Audience's Needs: Should be #1 of anyone list.
Google Doc Group was handed exact need not fulfilled "Sharing & Accessing Files across machines", that's it but somehow the need to move to a new file format, all new set of UX and detachment from many, many 3rd party solutions to get 3 new needs filled that I don't have anyway.
Google Wave I think was too close of an assessment to the users and markets need in more ways then any user could have described. But again, ignoring current user data and expecting a voluntary discernment of information held within emails and documents as a result of new value the wave solution would provide in the long run was too much to ask of user. It was not the same situation where users just had to discard 8 tracs & LPs and saw it as progress.
Innovation is Simple:
Simple has more mass then Better when users try to weigh out the net value the product will give them. When the market was provided with a simple solution to the command line (promp, sorry *nix user) that to cumbersome for most. The courser won vs the I-bean, even though typed command interface was/is a far more efficient and productive method to send commands then using a mouse or trackpad, the courser give the user freedom to not memorize hundrads of commands but how to move, align and click one button and after searching you know you would be able to find the command you where looking for.
Simple is a valuable determining factor for use of products, a wide adoption of a product is possible if value can be added to justify the complexity.
I don't know if you do study or write about innovation that has different justifications to drive efforts other then monetary return on investment, where success is gaged by different metrics that may be subjective and max, min & intervals can't be expressed. But its very interesting when you go from a business driven process to perserving the state of the union that drivers the military innovation process.
The US Military remains 10-15 years ahead of any other entity (private or gov. based) in the world. And although it's nice of them to share innovations for public use once they find better ones, how would it change the private sector to use their process? Large corps. seems now understand large corps. will never innovate and acquiring technologies innovations to stay big and ahead is to find the guy in the basement or garage who gets it done simple as possible because it's the only option for single and small groups. Large corps will never, ever be able innovate at that level because 1. more then 3-5, 80% of the time will be spent on coming to a consensus. 2. No one want's to put failures on their resume to miss out on the next level-up opp. because you took risks.
"Google Docs is a good example of this attribute of innovation. It fills a gap—maybe not a huge never-before-traversed gap, but a gap nonetheless. There were, of course, productivity and document creation tools prior to Google Docs. But you had to email things to people, track changes and versions, and could only perform all of this on your desktop or laptop computer. What Google did was add a new differentiating factor: all your documents fully available and editable by those you shared them within the cloud. Google Docs increased the convenience, availability, and accessibility of a product that already had a solid foundation. Google Docs provided an innovative solution to a common document creation/management challenge."
Online docs isn't goggle's innovation. It's from Zoho . Just an FYI
Many would agree above all else, innovation is about culture and an environment that allows employees to think differently. It's disappointing to hear a manager cry for more innovation and then proceed to send off his/her employees to their 6 foot high cubicles.
Another critical point is a disruptive product can only be successful if it is tied to a supportive business model.
Another point, is that if you're going to speak about "disruptive" technology, it should be compared with "sustaining" technology to better illustrate the difference. Let's not forget about Clayton M. Christensen's contribution to this subject.
Typo in third paragraph - "hopefully" is spelled wrong. Also, 7th paragraph line should read,"Google Docs increased the convenience, availability, and accessibility of a product that already had a solid..."
Otherwise, good article that describes how one can use innovation in user experience design.


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November was a huge bust for me. After months of pretty consistently staying in the gym and eating well my schedule really got blown up. And my workouts and eating habits suffered. To get myself back on track I am going to try posting here everyday for 28 days. I figure I log on to GC everyday anyway so it wont be so hard to do. And hopefully posting what I am doing will give me the extra motivation to get back on track that I need. Feel free to chime in with whatever advice, encouragement or suggestions you have. And if you want to drop in your own workouts and other info go for it.
Stats: Height - 5'10" Weight - 185 Waist - 34.5 All in all not too bad of a starting place. Workout: 5-3-1 with some cardio sprinkled in. I walk a lot because I commute to work most days and I may occasionally take some Krav Maga classes as well. Diet: Eat less than I burn. Nothing too extreme. Based on what I like and won't over indulge on my diet will be fairly high protein, low to moderate carb and low to moderate fat. Supps: Caffeine Whey Fish Oil Multi Creatine
Day one was a success. Ate around 1800 calories. Walked over 2 miles Lifted for 25 minutes or so. Hope today is just as easy.
My main goal is just to get back on a consistent routine. Since I really fell apart in November. For physical goals I would like to get my weight back between 175-180. Hopefully, losing BF while sacrificing as little strength as possible. I took all of my measurements though I did not list them all. I figure I will measure again in 4 weeks and see where I am at.
Just got back from the gym. Deadlift day. I just started doing these this year and I don't know what I was thinking leaving them out of my routine for so long. Probably my favorite day in the gym now.
Yeah, what were you thinking leaving deadlift out ? :wink: They whip your butt. And when I'm pressed for time I'll just do the deadlift 5-3-1 then half the weight and do 100 reps for time.
Had another good day yesterday. Without the Gators grinding my nerves I was able to watch a bunch of football and not get hammered to make the pain stop. Ate around 2000 calories. And spent 40 minutes in the gym. I am sore all over so I will probably take today off entirely. Definitely no lifting. Though if I get bored later I may go do some cardio or something.
Good luck! I have sorta had a similar epiphany. My eating habits have slowly deteriorated into crap. Thus far, from mid October until now has been an epic failure diet wise. I don't follow the scale too much, but I can tell a difference in how my clothes are fitting and in the mirror. Based on this, I have decided to put in place the following plan. 1. My company hosts a 5k run every year in October. I WILL do this in 2011, and put up what I feel is a "respectable" time. I am FAR from a runner, in fact, I hate it. So this will be a minor challenge. I know I can cover the distance, but I want to cover it in less than 25 minutes, if not faster. 2. Be aware of calories eaten. I lost sight of this. Especially at dinner. Dinners were becoming huge and then snacking before and after. Just bad. Get this in check. 3. 4 day workout schedule. 5-3-1 on Monday's and Wednesday's (2 lifts per day). 3 mile jog on Tuesday's and Thursday's. Will see how well that sticks.
Thanks ATL, good luck to you too. I understand what you are saying about not following the scale. If that was all I looked at I would not be concerned with my weight, but I just dont feel as good as I know I could. And I think I could look a little better. Looks like you have a good plan going forward. I would make sure to set some short term goals on the running since the 5K is so far off.
Yesterday I did end up skipping the gym altogether. I knew I wasnt going to lift anyway and spent the day taking care of other things around my apartment. I still ate pretty well sticking to just above 2100 calories. My goal is to keep it between 1800 and 2200 which I have so far been able to stick to fairly easily. And since I am going back to work today I will be walking a lot again today and plan to get back in the gym tonight.
Walked my 2+ miles yesterday in the freezing and windy conditions. I feel like that made it harder and not just because my ears went numb at one point. Didn't make it to the gym, will make up for that today. And luckily, my office which is known for piling junk food on a table right by the door chose to lay out things I can't stand. Ended up dropping my cals back down to around 1800 yesterday. Today should be a good day, bench press day.
Good work. Keep it up. So far so good on mine. Did my run/jog outside yesterday, in spite of it being about 40 degrees. Wasn't too bad once I was able to sweat a little (in my sweatshirt and hoodie), but the first 3/4 of a mile was brutal.
Being outside in the cold is rough and trying to exercise is even worse. I know all I am doing is walking and I hate it, I doubt I could go for a run. Its 26 degrees here now, I might forgo the walking today. Yesterday I managed to get in the gym and do my usual chest day. For the most part I think it went well though I felt a little sluggish on my final 5-3-1 set. Not sure if that was from diet, working out at a different time than normal or from consciously trying to back it down a little. Its been pretty easy to keep my cals in the rang I want lately since I just dont have any junk around me. So far so good.
Good work. Not that it is that cold here, but I know what you mean about exercising in the cold. It was 40 degrees yesterday on my run. Sucky. I don't know how you are able to stay at 1800 calories a day. It isn't even lunch yet and I have already eaten 700 to 800.
5-3-1 is just a lifting program designed to make slow progressive strength gains. It focuses on Bench, Deadlift, Shoulder Press and Squat. I think I posted the links to it in one of the other threads. I would post again but I dont have the link on this computer.
I ended up walking to the train this morning despite it being freezing, bad idea. It was painful. As far as the calories, its weird, it felt hard the first few days but this is probably my fifth day and it just keeps getting easier. One thing is just making myself busier, the other is caffeine which seems to help. I drink water and chew gum a lot too. And when I do eat I try to make it foods that are more filling for fewer calories. I think that is the big thing. Yesterday I actually struggled to get to 1800 because I only 800 calories by 5pm thanks to a dentist appointment that took forever.
Almost one week in and have not broken down yet. Gonna hit the gym for Squats after work today. I will see how my progress is on them and if I feel like my energy is lacking I am going to manipulate my carbs over the weekend. I have kept them around 100 g or less. Which is fine for me but I would like to have more energy in the gym and I did not feel that way when I was benching. And squats are even more of a test. I am trying not to sacrifice my workouts as much as possible and I might need to rethink how much of what I am eating to help get the energy levels up.
Yesterdays workout went well. Was able to squat 225 for 6 on my last set, which is pretty good for me. All that while staying under 2000 calories for the day made it a pretty solid day. Weighed in this morning after one week down to 181.


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- Drop In Sinks: A rim or lip sits on the counter while the basin rests below. Ideal for remodeling, these sinks can be easily retrofitted to an existing counter.
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- Overall Length: 23-7/16" (measured from the left outer rim to the right outer rim)
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- Height: 5-5/16" (measured from the bottom of sink to the top of the rim)
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- Basin Length: 15-3/8" (measured from the left inner rim to the right inner rim)
- Basin Depth: 1-7/8" (measured from the center of basin to the rim)
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Racing enthusiasts of all kinds will find special events around every hair pin from the drag strip, oval, road racing track, National sanctioned carting track as well as concerts and corporate functions. Former race car driver Curtis Francois brought back the track and the NHRA Midwest Nationals. Don't miss many of the other events that are held through the year.
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The McKendree University campus houses two gyms: the Melvin Price Convocation Center and the attached IM gym, which can be configured to produce a total of four basketball or volleyball courts. Leemon Field, an artificial turf surface with the look and feel of natural grass, is home to several programs, including the nationally ranked football team, men's/women's soccer, and track & field.
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This great building, operated by the city of Highland, offers a cardio/weight room, indoor walking track, indoor aquatic center and full-size gymnasium. The gym can accommodate two basketball or volleyball courts.
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St. Clair Bowl is known as one of the premier bowling destinations in Southwestern Illinois. The building features 50 lanes with AMF Boss Scoring, the Bowlers Shoppe pro shop and a snack bar/arcade.
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Governors Run Golf and Country Club
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Some great thought provoking RE: "Greed" replies to "Melissa" below:
Funny how things work out. If we were a global family we would be so happy for our overcapacity. Families are little communisms; no? Yet they often work within capitalisms and semi-free markets in competition with other families.
WE seem to be standing on the border of a great tipping point.
Assuming we are globally 100 families: Do we deny ourselves free shoes for everyone so that we can make profit from the 30 families that can afford them? Thus the 10 families that make shoes can eat for a year and the other 60 families can go without. Or: Do we make shoes for everyone and re-school ourselves for a better life.
It seems it is time for some hybrid of capitalism and welfare state.
Only we can now insist on some performance in exchange for some welfare. In the mean time those that can and will work creatively can continue to improve the quality of life for themselves and for those who can and will pay.
Thus greed and charity can co-exist without the need for mutual annihilation.
Why can't you click "Reply" under the comment you're replying to? I'm not going to go search the thread just so I know what you're writing about. I've got a busy night.
Both my comment on the comments and the follow on comment stand on their own.
It was my intention to bring attention to comments that are otherwise hidden and might go un-appreciated by those "Too busy" to read every comment. Plus They are short comments and can be commented on as a group, making it hard to choose which "one" to reply to.


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I ask my wife if she'd had her monthlies earlier today and got beaten up by her.
It turns out she has but it has nothing to do with Guild Wars.
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Is 'Monthlies' a proper term?
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04-01-2013, 03:52 #3
Happy New Year to you too. And may I suggest maybe wearing protective gear before asking your wife a similar question again?
04-01-2013, 04:47 #4
Haha, I never thought of the term that way. Also, I second shadowhand's suggestion.
04-01-2013, 04:54 #5
Art, my wife no longer has them. But it has been so long ago that I also no longer suffer with an open window during the winter. It was like living with an Ice Elemental who felt she was inside an oven.
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08-01-2013, 15:43 #8
One monthly, two monthlies. Maybe your wife was mad because she only had one? *dons protective gear*
Happy new year :)
13-01-2013, 12:39 #9
Just add an "achievement" after "monthly" and you're good :D
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Motorbank Kenya is a microfinance institution that helps motorcycle drivers in Kenya purchase their own bikes, enabling them to make more money and do good in their communities. It is the only organization that specializes in motorcycle loan plans that enable borrowers to make daily, weekly or monthly installment with a reasonable or no deposit option. In addition, the company offers training in entrepreneurship, safe driving, first aid and more.Aiming to ease transportation challenges faced by health workers in Kenya, Motorbank has developed a loan product called BodAfya, offered to both Community Health Workers (CHWs) and motorcycle taxi drivers that commit to expanding community health outreach in remote areas where hospitals are not accessible due to poor infrastructure and long distances. Kiva lenders' funds are used to decrease interest rates on this loan product and expand the program's outreach in more rural communities.
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Name: シャナ Shana
Nicknames:Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Hunter
Shana is a young girl with fiery crimson hair which is almost as long as her body with embers fluttering from her head down ,her eyes are also fiery crimson. She has an anime antenna hair called ahoge (アホ毛) which always sticks out on the top of her head and other characteristic that would make her a Moe character.She wears an all-black attire consisting of a shirt, pants and her Yogasa in the form of a trench coat. By using Transformation Technique she hides her appearance and appears as a young girl with Jet black hair and brown eyes.She also wears a necklace which was given to her by her father.
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Early YearsShana was born in Kumogakure, her father was Alastor who was known as throughout the land as the "Flame of Heaven".and her mother was Mathilde who was also know as the "Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Hunter".When Shana was only six years old she lost her mother during the First Shinobi War. who fought courageously to protecte Kumogakure.
Since her mothers death Shana decided she wanted to become a ninja just like her mother. While time passed Shana was trained by her dad in using a sword and fire style. Her intelligence made her the smartest kid in her classes, never failed one test. On her 14th birthday she was given her mother's necklace and her long sword from her father. She decided to call her sword "Nietono no Shana" and kept it always with her including her mothers necklace which she always wore. After three months of training she passed the Chuunin Exams.Since becoming a Chuunin Shana was a dedicated ninja of Kumogakure and did her missions without doubts. Later on she soon earned her mother's title the "Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Hunter".
As time pasted Shana soon became a S-Class Ninja. She made many new friends during her missions. As she watched her fellow friends The 4th Raikage , dm1202,and other fellow Kumogakurans become strong and skilled in battle. One night She watched as her friends and the Raikage Kirabi-sama brought down Tetsu Uchiha who tried to leave Kumo and got his eyes taken. She was absent when the traitor Gaara left the village. Seeing how her friends were getting stronger and stronger she decided to find a teacher that could help her master her Katon ninjutsu.
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Mastering the Flames
She traveled far wide searching for a teacher but most of the teachers were full of students so they couldn't except her as a student. She reached Kirigakure and went through the village looking for a teacher that could accept her. While searching she saw Reborn and asked him if he would be willing to train her. Reborn told her that she has to get permission from Lili-Chwan, his master. She went to find Lil-Chwan and asked her if she could be trained by Reborn. She kindly said yes, which brought joy to Shana. Shana went back to Reborn and told him that Lili-Chwan had agreed to let him train her. During their training Shana trained really hard to improve her Katon ninjutsu. Reborn-senpai taught her the disadvantages and advantages of Katon techniques. He made Shana tell him the possible combinations and strategies she could use during battle.Before she knew it,Shana was capable of using S rank katon techniques.Her training still continues.....
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Nietono no Shana
Shana's mother's long sword that was given to her from father. Its one of Shana's most prized possession. She has defeated many opponents with that sword.
Mothers Necklace
Another item that is one of Shana's most prized possession, she always wears the necklace never, taking it off.
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