The pressure to generate big ideas can feel overwhelming. We know that bold innovations are critical in these disruptive and competitive times, but when it comes to breakthrough thinking, we often freeze up. Instead of shooting for a $10-billion payday or a Nobel Prize, the most prolific innovators focus on Big Little Breakthroughs -- small creative acts that unlock massive rewards over time.

pt.1: Lightning in a bottle -- Decoding the A-HA -- The great equalizer -- The frogger principle -- Build the muscle -- pt.2: The eight obsessions of everyday innovators -- Fall in love with the problem -- Start before you're ready -- Open a test kitchen -- Break it to fix it -- Reach for weird -- Use every drop of toothpaste -- Don't forget the dinner mint -- Fall seven times, stand eight -- Your shot.