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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 ideageneration technique.
It has been a while since Henry Chesbrough coined the term OpenInnovation and formulated it’s definition: “combining internal and external ideas as well as internal and external paths to market to advance the development of new technologies.” ” ( Chesbrough, 2003 ). Route 3: Spin-off.
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).
The 30 minute weekly webinar features demonstrations of various facilitation tools for: strategy, challenge clarification, ideageneration (aka brainstorming), problem framing, idea selection, innovation projects, and idea development, etc. Sessions begin on Thursday March 18th.
The secret sauce in the design of a MoshPit session is how fresh thinking is scaffolded through the discovery and ideageneration process. Nearly all brainstorming techniques, and even innovation frameworks, fall short in terms of helping people make new conceptual connections. This is not your Dad’s brainstorming.
Do You Wish To Accelerate Innovation? When I step into a room to facilitate an innovation, strategy, or ideageneration session I always find a great deal of energy. Yes, you can train people in creative thinking, Front-End-of-Innovation (FEI) frameworks, and in meeting facilitation. Get Training!
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Looking for innovation opportunities in new digital technologies. Involving and engaging a wide group (Openinnovation concepts and use of virtual ideation platforms). Ideation sessions (how to plan and execute, also known as “brainstorming”). Tools and techniques for generatingideas.
Hackathons are on the rise , and many leading enterprise grade businesses now participating in these events on a regular basis as a way of quickly generatinginnovative results to difficult problems. Target your audience : Who you invite to your hack day will generally be determined by the theme or purpose of your hackathon.
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Hackathons are on the rise , and many leading enterprise grade businesses now participating in these events on a regular basis as a way of quickly generatinginnovative results to difficult problems. Target your audience : Who you invite to your hack day will generally be determined by the theme or purpose of your hackathon.
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