Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Brainstorming Sessions : Organize brainstorming sessions with colleagues or friends. Collaboration often leads to the generation of novel ideas. Keep a Journal : Write down your thoughts, observations, and ideas regularly. Keep a Journal : Write down your thoughts, observations, and ideas regularly.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 17, 2021

Brainstorming is an important part of innovation. This initial process of gathering information often leads to idea generation. One study revealed 42% of organizations who are fast innovators are also strong game-changers. Regularly brainstorming directly contributes to how you innovate.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Sins That Ruin Idea Generation. Redefine Brainstorming If You Want Results. . It’s okay to hate Brainstorming. ” Well, you bother because you need ideas. There have been many studies of brainstorming and articles written. Rarely does a casual brainstorm generate a breakthrough idea.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 17, 2021

Brainstorming is an important part of innovation. This initial process of gathering information often leads to idea generation. One study revealed 42% of organizations who are fast innovators are also strong game-changers. Regularly brainstorming directly contributes to how you innovate. Technology.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 18, 2016

I find that I've become increasingly irritated with all of the narrow interpretations and self-serving definitions of what is, or isn't, innovation. I'm happy to climb up on a soapbox again to talk about one of the most common scapegoats for innovation, the act of brainstorming. It is not the only idea generation technique.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Innovation Rate Anything fresh on the menu lately? For a deeper dive, see how to marry business strategy and innovation. Pinpointing these gaps lets you tweak and twiddle your strategy into a lean, mean innovation machine. For further intel, drop by our piece on integrating innovation into planning.

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Destination Innovation

MAY 8, 2017

So before your next idea generation session try this exercise. They then make gestures following your instructions as follows: “We will be open to ideas.” “We want big ideas.” ” People stretch out their arms as far as they can. “We want many ideas.”

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The image here is the list of exactly which capabilities your company needs to succeed at innovation. Almost every business leader will tell you that they value innovation and that it is a positive & important factor for their company. However, why is it then that approximately 96% of innovation efforts fail ?

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Idea to Value

APRIL 29, 2022

Those collaborating over zoom came up with 20% fewer ideas than those working face to face. And of the engineers, who were given an hour to brainstorm, those working face to face generated more ideas, and more creative ideas, than those using videoconferencing.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 12, 2022

Ideas are vital to innovation. They are the seeds from which every innovation grows. When it comes to overseeing an idea management program involving thousands of employees or customers, it is crucial that the process is structured in a way that helps participants to generate the best ideas.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Generating innovative ideas is crucial for business success, but it doesn’t happen without the right approach. In this article, we’ll explore how design thinking enhances the ideation process, why tools like empathy mapping are essential, and how idea management can help turn innovative concepts into actionable results.

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Qmarkets

JULY 22, 2021

Employee ideas are the backbone of any corporate innovation initiative, and therefore a strong idea generation process that can be scaled across your organization is key. This is where your employees will submit their ideas and kick off the innovation process.

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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 2, 2017

In this piece, I share with you a summary of the key components of Quantum Idea Generation 2.0. This is the most powerful proven idea generating process. Brainstorming is archaic and dumb – it can actually produce fewer ideas than sitting down by yourself and writing ideas on paper.

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Destination Innovation

JUNE 10, 2018

Short video with ten tips and techniques to help you use lateral thinking for idea generation and creative problem solving. The post Ten Ways to use Lateral Thinking for Creative Problem Solving appeared first on Destination Innovation.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 7, 2023

GUEST POST from Diana Porumboiu Brainstorming is one of those hyped terms that these days has a reputation of its own because of the controversy surrounding it. Is it just a shallow activity, organizations do when they are stuck in a rut? Or is there an efficient way to go about it without wasting time? […]

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

I've been writing, speaking and consulting about innovation for over 15 years, and I'm constantly amazed by the different perspectives and definitions about innovation. Innovation theater is very similar to what ecologists call "greenwashing" and both are bad for their respective movements.

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Betterific

AUGUST 22, 2016

In this installment of brainstorming with an innovator , we invite Laurie Steiner , who won our wireless innovation competition. I love doing these series, because we get to learn more about our members – what gets them going, why they do what they do, and how they come up with such creative ideas.

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

“Brainstorming” as a concept was originally devised by Alex Osborn as a group ideation activity. Today, many people just consider individual idea generating (or thinking) as brainstorming – when it was originally meant to be a group experience…a brainstorming session. They are as follows.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Most companies say that they are investing in innovation. They will showcase large initiatives for gaining ideas and suggestions from across the organisation. They will point to their last brainstorming session and say how successful it was, how it produced hundreds of ideas (or at least post it notes).

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Innovation is an art and science. Here’s how to help your team generate and prioritize the best ideas and opportunities in today’s virtual world. Over the past 25 years, I have run hundreds of innovation sessions for high performing teams. Ideas aren’t innovations in themselves.

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 13, 2023

Are you finding it challenging to generate fresh, innovative ideas? Are your brainstorming sessions falling flat? Enter Thinkpak: A Brainstorming Card Deck. This ingenious tool supercharges your creative process and takes your idea generation to the next level. With Thinkpak, those days are long gone.

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InnovationManagement

JULY 26, 2021

The post In Search of the Perfect Brainstorm: An Update of Collaborative Ideation appeared first on InnovationManagement. A heated argument ensues. Some people take sides. Others remain silent. There are bruised egos. You are not the only one who feels frustrated. All that time [.].

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IdeaScale

JUNE 14, 2017

Michel van Hove is the co-owner and partner of Strategos , a strategy and innovation consultancy that helps companies grow. We recently spoke with Michel to hear his thoughts on how to successfully foster a culture of innovation within a company. Working on innovation in industry roles can be very demanding.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Whether your hackathon is in-person, online, or a mix of both, having the right software can be the difference between chaos and groundbreaking innovation. At its core, a hackathon is a time-bound event where participants collaborate intensively to tackle challenges, brainstorm innovative solutions, or build functional prototypes.

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Exago

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Most people will have heard the basic mantra of brainstorming: there is no such thing as a bad idea. With this premise in mind, people are encouraged to share any idea without fear of ridicule or judgement. While some concepts may not be achievable, these so-called ‘bad ideas’ can often be necessary stepping stones to good ones.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 16, 2023

So, what's this interesting flashback to scouting days have to do with innovation? Innovation and campfires There's a reason so many innovation tools and methods are associated with light or fire. Ideas are often considered "sparks" that will catch flame to create new ideas. Who will manage the idea?

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

But in most cases, the difference between a fleeting concept and a breakthrough innovation lies in the ability to execute. Unfortunately, many organizations struggle to transform their best ideas into tangible outcomes that drive growth and competitive advantage. Without these, even the best ideas risk failure.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In recent years, hackathons have gained traction as powerful events for rapid problem-solving and innovation. Originally rooted in software development, hackathons have evolved into a strategic tool across industries, fostering creativity, team collaboration, and idea generation under tight timeframes.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 20, 2024

Whether you’re looking to solve a specific problem, develop a new product, or simply encourage creative thinking, the approach you take to an ideation session can significantly impact the quality and feasibility of the ideas generated. What Is an Ideation Session? This helps to guide the discussion and keep it focused.

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hackerearth

DECEMBER 26, 2017

While producing new ideas might not be difficult considering how frequently ideas come and go, producing great ideas often requires some inspiration and implementing some scientifically proven techniques of ideation. It’s time to let go of conventional, boring idea generation tactics. Brainstorming.

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Gregg Fraley

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

80% Of Brainstorming Sessions Don’t Work. Seven Idea Generation Fails. Redefine Brainstorming and Get Better Results. I might be getting to old to hold back on saying this about ideation, aka idea generation, aka brainstorming. As the drawing suggests, please, let’s redefine brainstorming.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Here’s a demonstration of how to use AI to help you brainstorm or generate ideas. AI can be a powerful tool to use in your innovation, design thinking, or ideation projects. We demonstrate how to use popular tools like OpenAI playground and ChatGPT to generate and develop ideas for a number of questions and purpose.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 16, 2017

Or you might even just think of the person in your business who is always the first person to come up with a seemingly great idea in a brainstorming session. And this is usually also very clear to see when teams and companies are trying to generate new ideas. But there is a huge problem with this.

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Innovation in Practice

JANUARY 12, 2018

When thinking about creativity in teams, we often imagine a bunch of people in front of a flipchart throwing on the paper whatever comes to their mind – brainstorming. But, what actually is brainstorming? Once ideas have been generated, they are evaluated at a later stage, to see which are worth implementing.”.

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Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 26, 2015

I am often asked to give corporate innovation training workshops. They readily absorb the ideas and the methods. In the interactive modules they generate and select great ideas for the company. They do not have the time, budget or authority to implement the great innovations that they conceived and planned.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Innovation is the driver of societal progress. However, “innovation” in itself is a hard concept to grasp. What counts as “innovative,” and why? Who should be the subject of our efforts to innovate? Is there a more innovative solution than the one we’re coming up with?

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InnovationTraining.org

MAY 9, 2022

Learn more about this CPS innovation methodology here. When it comes to developing innovative solutions to unique organizational challenges or your own life, using tried and true methods to brainstorm ideas and find the best possible solution can be a great way to achieve your goals. What is creative problem solving?

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