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Kill your darlings

Idea to Value

Since then, the phrase has been repeated by many writers when asked for advice on their creative process, and how to become a better writer. As a result, there may be zombie ideas which are not working, but are taking the resources away from the few good ideas which could flourish if they were given the support they need.

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Innovation Services: In-House or Outsourced?

IdeaScale

Isn’t innovation supposed to be about tapping the potential of your employees while engaging with them on a creative level? Sometimes it takes an outsider to kickstart the creative process. If you haven’t really developed a strategy before, it helps to work with an expert who can guide you through the process.

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Innovation Hacks: Lessons Learned from Successful Startups

IdeaScale

Allocate the Right Resources Startups are famous, and in some cases infamous, for their “cash burn.” Asking multiple groups of stakeholders to weigh in will help limit problems further along in the creative process. To learn more about the innovation process, join our newsletter today.

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Helping Kids Foster and Keep Creativity

Idea to Value

So, what can you do to help your kids build their creative muscles? How can you keep their creative minds alive? Renewing Resourcefulness. Helping your kids to be more resourceful is a win-win situation. You can spark their creative process and do something good for the planet, all at once.

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Resourceful Innovation from Inside the Box

Innovation Excellence

There are so many clichés around innovation but the one that causes me the most grief is this idea of “thinking outside the box”. Ever asked someone to show you how you actually go about thinking outside the box? I have.More times than not, they’re not really sure what to do with it.

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Implementing Ideas: How to Convert Great Concepts into Effective Innovations

Qmarkets

Heres how implementation drives results in the innovation management process: Securing Resources : Implementation requires adequate resources, including funding, tools, skilled personnel, and time. Understanding these obstacles is the first step toward overcoming them and building a more efficient implementation process.

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Barriers to innovation, the cause and effect.

Paul Hobcraft

Innovation is one of those activities that constantly “swim against the currents of the dominating culture of the organization” We cripple our creative process as it is often not visible or transparent; the innovative process can be seen as a “black box” by many in the organization; they only can judge the end result.