BrainZooming

JANUARY 3, 2019

How about Creative Thinking Questions? To prepare for the in-person planning, Tara forwarded creative thinking questions that looked out from today to more than a decade into the future. While the document was daunting, working with a fresh set of questions forced me to think about completely new opportunities and issues.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

I was talking with someone who was wondering aloud about how to boost the creative thinking skills of a group made up primarily of fact- and logic-driven individuals. Think accountants, engineers, compliance officers, and others in right-wrong answer professions. Click below and download the FREE Disrupting Thinking eBook.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2021

Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:15 – Dr Black’s history in architecture and advertising, leading him to the new field of creativity research. 00:06:30 – Who was Prof Paul E Torrance and his impact on the field of creativity research. 00:09:30 – How creativity tests were developed in the 1950s.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

It’s always a wonderful inspiration for strategic and creative thinking questions (plus it’s exciting that we have a current client among the companies recognized). 16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies. 16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In order to get your creative juices flowing it can be important to engage in creative thinking exercises and practice ways you can improve your innovation process. Advantages of Creative Thinking Exercises. Here are some of the advantages of using creative thinking exercises. Discovering New Ideas.

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Michael Michalko

MARCH 29, 2022

What do you know about creative thinking today that you wished you knew twenty years ago? That creativity is a phenomena that results from a certain combination of relationships.

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ImagineNation

AUGUST 6, 2024

This results in resistance to the creative changes using Generative AI might bring because they lack the vital creative and emotional energy to generate creative thinking with AI; they will typically resist innovation-led change and stay ‘stuck’ in their habitual, safe and conventional roles, capabilities and identities.

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Michael Michalko

MAY 20, 2022

Aspects of creative thinking that are not usually taught. You are creative. Every one of us is born a creative, spontaneous thinker. The only difference between people who are creative and people who are not is a simple belief. Creative people believe they are creative. Creative thinking is work.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 11, 2021

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Australia’s top facilitator of Systematic Inventive Thinking, Rachel Audigé. 00:03:30 – What is Systematic Inventive Thinking (S.I.T.). 00:06:00 – What are biases and how do they affect innovative thinking.

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Destination Innovation

APRIL 1, 2021

The use of chance is a key element in lateral thinking. How can you deliberately introduce chance into your creative thinking? The Random Word method is very good. Here is another brainstorm method for you to try – Roll the Dice.

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Innovation in Practice

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

To hear more about breaking the barriers to creative thinking, listen to the full podcast episode here: Episode 008: Fixedness: Your Main Barrier to Creative Thinking. Then force the dependency that wasn’t there before or break a dependency that already exists.

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Innovation in Practice

JANUARY 9, 2022

Life is full of contradictions, isn’t it? We often have two ideas in our heads that are in opposition with one another. We want one thing but we also want something else. Unfortunately, we can’t have both because they’re directly opposed. So, what do we do? That’s what I’m discussing in this episode.

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Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Further info/Source Exercise is based on creative thinking techniques described in book of Michael Michalko “Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques” The exercise was implemented in the Training Course CREATIVE LEADERSHIP that has been funded with support from the European Commission.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 1, 2021

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Dorte Nielsen, founder of the Centre of Creative Thinking in Denmark, and author of The Secrets of Highly Creative Thinkers. We speak about the successes and challenges she has had in bringing creativity into Danish classrooms.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Genein Letford, award-winning speaker, best-selling author and corporate trainer on creative thinking and Intercultural Creativity.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 3, 2021

This is a process that activates and is facilitated by abstraction, which in turn promotes creative thinking,” said Gino via email. “To create or decode sarcasm, both the expressers and recipients of sarcasm need to overcome the contradiction (i.e.,

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 13, 2022

We speak about what it takes to go from beginner to expert, the hurdles and changes along the way and the impact of expertise on creative thinking. 00:18:00 – The balance of repetition what has worked before and beginning to be creative. 00:35:00 – The curse of expertis e and how it can make you less creative.

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Innovation in Practice

JUNE 14, 2020

You can actually learn to be creative like you could learn any other skill whether it be in business or in your personal life or some other skill that you want to learn like a new sport. Innovation is a skill – it’s not a gift. It’s not something you’re born with.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 23, 2021

And it turns out that different colours can help you focus (to be productive in your creative challenges), while other colours help improve your divergent thinking (so you can come up with lots of ideas). The best colours for more creative thinking: Blue and Green (and especially green plants ).

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Innovation in Practice

APRIL 11, 2021

Creativity is nothing more than combining two things in an unexpected way. For example, if you mash peanut butter and jelly together, it may taste great, but it’s not very creative. However, it is critical that it really is unexpected. If you struggle with finding two new things to mix together, this episode is for you.

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Innovation in Practice

APRIL 6, 2021

To hear more about another study on gender bias in the world of creativity, listen to the full podcast episode here: Episode 036: Gender Role in Creative Thinking – Not What You Think! Women will tend to pull men and a little bit, rein them in, while men will tend to challenge the status quo more.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

Improves Innovation and Adaptability Encourages creative thinking to respond to market shifts. Develops Multiple Future Scenarios Explores a range of plausible futures to test strategic options. Enhances Organizational Resilience Ensures preparedness for both positive and negative changes.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Developing a Culture of Innovation Building this magic culture needs a headspace that sparks creativity, testing ideas, and a little daring. Check out these pointers: Encourage Creative Thinking : Set up spots and times for everyone to throw ideas into the ring. Want to see this vibe in your organization?

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Innovation in Practice

JUNE 19, 2022

A challenge for you to practice your creative skills this week. The post Episode 097: Take Drew’s Final Exam on Creative Thinking appeared first on Drew Boyd. The five criteria my students are graded on. Why I like grading these finals.

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Destination Innovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Which are your favourite creative thinking games? The post Games that Boost the Creative Brain appeared first on Destination Innovation. Rory’s Story Cubes. A set of nine dice with different images create random stimuli. They fire your imagination with multiple starting points for story telling.

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Innovation in Practice

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

How different drugs affect divergent or convergent thinking. . The post Episode 079: Is There a Magic Pill For Creative Thinking? Resources from this episode: Nick Skillicorn’s blog: Idea to Value. Downloadable scorecard to rate your idea. appeared first on Drew Boyd.

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Innovation in Practice

MARCH 27, 2022

The post Episode 085: The Path of Most Resistance to Creative Thinking appeared first on Drew Boyd. Matching two unrelated things together to create the most resistance. What it looks like to take the path of most resistance.

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HYPE Innovation

JUNE 4, 2018

The extreme conditions in which they had to work to repair it required rapid creative thinking on the part of a large group of people on the ground and aboard the ship itself.

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Innovation in Practice

MAY 15, 2022

What I do hate is how they are used as an example of innovation and creativity. To me, they set a terrible example of creative thinking. Tune in to learn some of the history of Post-it notes and why I don’t think they teach us any good lessons about creativity. . I love them as a product.

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InnovationManagement

MAY 25, 2022

Creative thinking and innovation don’t come naturally to everyone, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t good at them. Sometimes, teams need practice and routine to improve their creativity skills. This article will highlight some popular innovation exercises you can conduct with your team to get your creative juices flowing.

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Digital Tonto

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Yet as Daniel Pink explained in Drive, decades of studies show incentive pay often decreases productivity, especially for tasks that require creative thinking. Many managers spend a lot of time and energy designing compensation schemes to incentivize performance.

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Idea to Value

MAY 27, 2022

Reuter 2005 suggests that one particular dopamine receptor gene DRD2 may manifest itself in the creative potential of an individual, albeit weakly. The TPH1 gene related to serotonin (another neurotransmitter) might also be involved in creative thinking.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 19, 2022

Many innovation tools and ways of thinking are scalable to a specific need and are reasonably user friendly, and often generate a tremendous amount of value for a small investment. Service Excellence Let me start with the idea of service excellence.

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Destination Innovation

MARCH 18, 2024

Set Aside Time for Creativity: Our brains are cluttered with pressing tasks. Dedicate specific time in your schedule for day dreaming, creative thinking and imagination. Harness the Random: Deliberately introduce random ideas into your thinking. Breaks can lead to enhanced focus and creative thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I have been building a stronger, more robust narrative that is built around what I continue to refine and offer as my advisory and coaching practice at Agility Innovation, my eight skill development and creative thinking steps , which will be discussed in depth in a subsequent post or two.

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Idea to Value

MAY 11, 2022

If you want to improve your creativity , what is more likely to make you better in the long run: Creating a large volume of average-quality work, or focusing on a single piece and working tirelessly to try and make it perfect? A large number of creatives think that in order to make anything worthwhile, you need to strive for perfection.

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Phil McKinney

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

If you want to be creative, then it's important to learn how to laugh at yourself and not take things so seriously all the time! I'm sure you've met a humorless person before. They're those people that take everything far too seriously and never find humor in life or other people. But if you meet […].

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