BrainZooming

APRIL 25, 2017

Creative wave makers display both the creative thinking skills and the boldness to improve ideas and situations in dramatic, unexpected ways. Some people are born as creative wave makers. Being More of a Creative Wave Maker Yourself. Creativity and Idea Magnets – 11 Vital Creative Characteristics.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The 2018 Fast Company Most Innovative Companies issue arrived Saturday. 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.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 6, 2017

We turn to extreme creativity questions to help clients imagine big ideas. It is all part of not ASKING for big ideas ; we use big questions that enhance peoples’ natural creative thinking skills. Based on our experience using extreme creativity questions, they DO tend to yield bigger ideas. Here are five of them: 1.

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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. What a great (and challenging) question. via Shutterstock.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 19, 2017

3 Conditions for Explosive Creative Thinking Skills. Reflecting on grain elevators led me to consider explosive creative thinking skills , and the parallels between the two. Achieve intensity by constraining time and creating high expectations for the number of ideas a creative group should imagine. We Can Help!

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Exago

AUGUST 10, 2017

From janitor to CEO, everyone should be involved in daily in your innovation process. The tool to deliver this change is creative thinking, in the hands of a leadership that believes in and embodies its principles. The post Creativity, creative leadership and the value of innovation management appeared first on Exago.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Struggling to be creative? Think about reigniting your creativity as a day at an amusement park. All the ways you have been creative up until now are the amusement park rides. All the ways you have been creative up until now are the amusement park rides. You’ll have your creativity back! Make a list of them.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 18, 2024

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack The impact of disruption, hyper-connectivity, and uncertainty, coupled with the pace of change, is causing many people to feel fearful and anxious. They become defensive and reactive and ‘go under’ emotionally and ‘go inwards’ cognitively by ruminating about their past and what bad things may happen in the future.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 8, 2017

All children are born creative. Yet why is it that when we ask adults, the majority would not describe themselves as being creative anymore? Can we keep our children creative for longer? And more importantly, is there anything we can do to bring back this lost creativity in adults? And the answers are positive.

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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 post Harness the Random with this Method appeared first on Destination Innovation. The Random Word method is very good. Here is another brainstorm method for you to try – Roll the Dice.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 11, 2021

We speak about her new book Unblinkered: The quirky biases that get in the way of creative thinking…and how to bust them , about how biases manifest themselves in our workplace and what we can do about them. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:01:20 – Rachel’s history coming to innovation through marketing.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 7, 2021

There are many different exercises that people use for innovation, but very few of them are as effective as mind mapping. In this article, we will walk through what a mind map is while discussing some of the important ways it fuels innovation. Forms Instant Relationships: Automatically connects ideas and demonstrates their relation.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

I spoke to 11 of the world’s leading female innovation experts to get their definition of “innovation” The variety in their responses may surprise you. In 2016, I wrote the article What is innovation? 15 experts share their innovation definition in order to answer the question of “What is innovation?”

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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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Innovation in Practice

JANUARY 9, 2022

The next time you’re facing a contradiction, you’ll be equipped to handle it with confidence and even a boost in creativity. I’m going to help you navigate this very common situation. In this episode you’ll hear: Some examples of contradictions we face every day. Two schools of thought on contradictions. The weak link in contradictions.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In today’s episode, we speak with Rodd Chant, who describes himself as a Creative Something. We talk about what it takes to succeed in the creative industries, and how to lead creative individuals. Topics discussed in today’s episode: 00:03:00 – What actually does a Creative Director do?

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Culture Assessment Definition and Importance of Innovation Culture Innovation culture refers to an environment that encourages creative thinking and the advancement of new ideas.

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Innovation in Practice

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

How do you develop your creativity? As much as you want to or need to be creative, sometimes, there’s something that seems to block it. And one common barrier to creativity is this condition called fixedness. But when you want to be creative, you have to find a way to break it. . Fixedness is something we all have.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 10, 2020

The more we embrace change and recognize innovation demands more of our time, the more we must seek out knowledge that ‘feeds’ innovation. Innovation needs organizing but it also needs a better understanding of its contributing parts. So what is your capacity for innovation really like within your organization?

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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. You must take two things that have never been put together and combine them to produce something truly innovative.

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Innovation in Practice

JUNE 14, 2020

Innovation is a skill – it’s not a gift. 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 Inside the Box is a podcast dedicated to creating a culture of innovation and a flowing pipeline.

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 21, 2022

What was an incredible innovation is now changing how we work and live. Through creativity and innovation, from the earliest origin of man, we have been creating and shaping tools - fire, sharpened sticks for tools and weapons, the wheel and thousands upon thousands of other tools and devices.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 19, 2022

One of the big challenges to innovation is that many people think of it as a big program, like implementing the quality programs of the 1980s, or rethinking everything, like the re-engineering programs and right sizing programs of a more recent vintage. But innovation and design thinking have something to offer here.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 15, 2020

Learn what works in innovation from these ten books. Part of building a great innovation strategy is to learn about the history of innovation. Here are ten books every innovator should crack as they build a new innovation approach. Berkun clears the ground for more effective innovation by blowing up a few myths.

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Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Description Some social scientists believe that the more expert you become in your field, the more difficult it is to create innovative ideas. This is because becoming an expert means you tend to specialize your thinking. Post-it notes and pen for each participant. Duration 10-20 minutes. Specializing is like brushing one tooth.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 25, 2022

Unlocking Innovation with Data, Creativity, and Automation. For some, it may be through hard work and determination, while others may find success through innovation with creativity, data, and automation. Alex was astonished to find that only a few industries offered innovation compared to the pet markets in the U.S.

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Destination Innovation

MARCH 18, 2024

It will lead you to creative ideas. 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. Play Games: Be playful.

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Innovation in Practice

JANUARY 18, 2021

Becoming even just a little bit more creative will enhance what you do every day – whether at work, at home, or just about anywhere. . But how do you learn creativity? . Specifically, there are five patterns of systematic inventive thinking (SIT) method that tend to explain the majority of innovations out there.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2020

Educators, Creators, and Innovators, Revisit His Work! The creativity and innovation world has lost one of its finest just this last week. Sir Ken Robinson was the most articulate speaker and author in the field of applied creativity we’ve ever known. Creativity is Not a Nice to Have — Business Leaders.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, the ability to build a strong case, stay informed, and think critically is the key to unlocking success and driving innovation. But how can you empower those responsible for innovation to not only navigate this terrain but thrive within it? My 2nd offer point.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Nurturing Innovative Team Collaboration In the rapidly evolving business landscape, innovative team collaboration has become a cornerstone for companies seeking to remain competitive and adaptive. Nurturing this environment is essential for unlocking creativity and driving extraordinary results.

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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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IdeaScale

AUGUST 28, 2018

Why We Like It: This type of in-depth psychology gives us ideas for how to better engage the crowd, inspire creativity, and drive innovative thinking. Stanford Innovation Lab. Favorite Episode: The Daily Show’s Secret to Creativity. Global Innovation Management Institute Game Changers. 99% Invisible.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 18, 2019

When we are designing innovation for the future, the search is even more centered around strategically connected value creation. The task of searching to resolve more complex problems allows Design Thinking to step up and become a far more visible component on how we can go about this. It provides the innovation marching orders.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I have argued in the past that innovation management needs to radically adjust and needs to be designed differently, it needs to be highly adaptive. I’d like to offer some views, partly looking out to the future, partly considering what is potentially within our grasp, if we step back and rethink innovation design.

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Innovation in Practice

JANUARY 10, 2021

Creativity can be learned, and there are patterns you can use to generate creative ideas. If you’ve listened to our previous episodes, you’re pretty much familiar with the 5 patterns of systematic inventive thinking or SIT method by now. In this episode you’ll hear: Scientific study on creativity . Practical tips.

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