InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. We’ve all been to uninspiring organizational meetings before. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. You can host more innovative innovation meetings that inspire.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Nurturing this environment is essential for unlocking creativity and driving extraordinary results. Some of these benefits include: Enhanced Problem-Solving: Collaborative teams can approach problems from multiple angles, leading to more creative and effective solutions.

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Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Find the most creative people at work and ask for their ideas. Think of five other ways to define your challenge. Assign a “fun fairy” to each of your meetings. Block off time on your calendar for creative thinking. Choose to be more creative. Recall a time in your life when you were very creative.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 19, 2015

“I know you have a certain way you set up for your pizza meeting. But your pizza meetings COULD BE DIFFERENT.”. What’s a “pizza meeting,” and what does it have to do with creative thinking? We’d make creative thinking happen wherever we could find a large enough meeting room at one of our headquarters locations.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

In my opinion, it needs to be based on the thinking around the shift from products to solutions, from transactions to building far more value-adding ongoing relationships, from a supplier of product services into highly valued network partnerships, exploring innovation across all options. A constant redesign to meet the circumstances.

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Innovation in Practice

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Can you really learn to be more creative? Imagine if you went to a meeting with your colleagues and you all got ready to just pop a pill in your mouth, a magic creativity, pill, and voila! . In this episode, you’ll learn how different drugs can help (or impair) your creativity. . Downloadable scorecard to rate your idea.

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Michael Michalko

APRIL 13, 2022

Simply put, the key to increasing creativity in any organization is to make it start acting like a creative organization. Similarly, you and your organization will become more creative if you start acting the part. Similarly, you and your organization will become more creative if you start acting the part.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 20, 2024

These sessions aren’t just about generating ideas; they’re about fostering a culture of creativity and collaboration that can lead to breakthrough solutions. This collaborative approach not only sparks creativity but also drives the development and assessment of ideas through diverse perspectives and group input.

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BrainZooming

MAY 9, 2017

Learning what participants in an upcoming big meeting know, think, and believe before they come together in a large group is one tactic to strengthen team collaboration. 14 Team Collaboration Benefits from Pre-Meeting Outreach. Gaining these team collaboration insights can come through various pre-meeting outreach formats.

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BrainZooming

JULY 18, 2016

We were on a call with an extended creative team generating ideas for client videos. During breaks, I found myself jotting down examples of important creative thinking skills the team was exhibiting. 7 Important Creative Thinking Skills. It can open the way to getting others to support your thinking, as well.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

I recorded a video for the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) that ties into my presentation at their conference on creative thinking skills and “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation.”. A big part of improving your creative thinking does not necessarily mean setting aside time to have offsite meetings and generate ideas.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 10, 2020

Then applying, experimenting and learning from novel practices that provide growing confidence in creative thinking. New practice gives us all the chance to start such totally fresh thinking, they challenge existing paradigms and move you towards considering new business models.

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Michael Michalko

APRIL 13, 2022

Simply put, the key to increasing creativity in any organization is to make it start acting like a creative organization. Similarly, you and your organization will become more creative if you start acting the part. Similarly, you and your organization will become more creative if you start acting the part.

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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! But if you meet […]. They're those people that take everything far too seriously and never find humor in life or other people.

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BrainZooming

MAY 4, 2016

Ever felt as if your main creative outlet just isn’t working anymore ? I’m WAY off my creative thinking game when it comes to putting pen to paper and fingers to keyboard. I have some ideas why this is the case, and have been trying to document the reasons my go-to creative outlet isn’t working right now.

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Idea Drop

JULY 20, 2017

There are two distinct (though complementary) ways to work through a problem and develop a solution: we might label them ‘creative thinking’ and ‘strategic thinking’. Creative thinking focuses on capturing the unusual, unique and unchartered. How does this creative idea fit into our larger strategic vision?

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

I have also since seen a mounting amount of scientific research showing how women do not even get the same credit for their creativity or innovation work as if a man were to suggest the same idea. The main thing is to start with creativity- understand that creativity is the engine for innovation. Twitter: natwnixon.

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Michael Michalko

MARCH 3, 2017

. Simply put, the key to increasing creativity in any organization is to make it start acting like a creative organization. Similarly, you and your organization will become more creative if you start acting the part. Similarly, you and your organization will become more creative if you start acting the part.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 8, 2016

Last week, we presented a creative and strategic thinking workshop for a Brainzooming reader who leads the national sales division of a global industrial manufacturer. We integrated the Brainzooming strategic thinking workshop into their annual sales meeting. Benefit 3 – Ways to Generate Creative Ideas.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 9, 2016

The challenge in a client meeting was developing the strategy for a later meeting intended to build support for a biennial community event. The potential supporters in the later meeting were community organizations. 9 Creative Thinking Skills to Turn Talk into Strategy.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 23, 2017

I met Adrian Martinez at an internal management meeting for our client, LeSaint Logistics. Adrian has incredible creative thinking skills. How was I so sure about his creative thinking skills ? He applied his creative thinking skills and came up with a solution that was pure extreme creativity.

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eZassi

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

A human analyst to validate technology search results, conduct crucial subject matter expert interviews , and evaluate unique ideas from experienced, creative employees and stakeholders through open innovation challenges will prove to be the best approach to a fully developed innovation management strategy.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 29, 2016

A Chicago Creative Nudge. To put it succinctly, Diane came in and kicked my creative and content marketing ass in the nicest possible way. She also kindly shared one of her Innovation Think Pad kits and issued a creative nudge to create a visual vocabulary for Brainzooming. Want to Meet IRL in Your Town?

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Innovation Walk

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Originally from Bucharest (Romania), Vlad teaches this creative thinking concept inspired by personal development, psychology, and renowned creative minds. Check out our conversation to discover more about the REframe workshop and Vlad’s perspective on creativity and innovation. What does creativity mean to you?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 9, 2018

Vickie’s drive to strategize, revise, and improvise in the name of extreme creativity and productivity is as fierce and inspiring as ever, making her a natural choice for an interview on the Brainzooming blog. Now Streaming: Extreme Creativity and Vickie Howell. VH: I had my pitch meeting with ProductionFor in February.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 26, 2017

Utilitarian in its principles, seeking real-world use and implementation through a more creative, collaborative environment, leading to more discoveries that distinctly ‘blend’ the lab application with the customer discovery of unmet need. A constant redesign to meet the circumstances.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 3, 2018

It is being forced back in the production process to meet rapidly changing demand. Large-scale product runs are being adapted to meet more specific opportunities; response rates and customer engagement are being hugely advanced by technology and constant exploring the full customer journey with data and analytics helping the understanding.

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BrainZooming

JULY 31, 2017

I visited it a few days early to see the meeting room. I survived the presentation, and had the opportunity to meet Michael Irvin, “The Big Idea Guy.” Michael won the creative kit door prize I gave away. Boost Your Extreme Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2016

These insights can become the inspiration sparks of your group’s creative thinking. User groups : Hold user group meetings where ideas are shared and feedback is welcomed. Your team, unit, division, and even enterprise should know what is most important to your customers. Begin with the End .

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Michael Michalko

MAY 14, 2022

Following are tips on how to loosen up the group to energize their creative thinking. Ask participants to draw a personal symbol that metaphorically symbolizes their view about creativity. A six word description of creative thinking could be: “Last night confused. CREATIVE COLLAGES. It can be anything…….an

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 7, 2017

So part two of my reflective summary: Design thinking becomes the best friend to innovation, strategically and tactically. When DT is applied to business or social issues it is by making creativity logical, you have its power of contribution, it can transform our innovative solutions. Where Design Thinking Can Earn its Place.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

By and large, hotel meetings rooms suck for actually encouraging people to collaborate and work productively. That’s why I find myself so frequently trying to manipulate hotel meeting rooms in ways that hotel proprietors never imagined. 12 Reasons Hotel Meeting Rooms Suck for Collaboration. Conquer Fears of Business Innovation!

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Another challenge is the potential for information overload due to the plethora of communication channels like emails, instant messaging, and virtual meetings. Continuous exposure to screens and online meetings can lead to burnout, making it essential to encourage regular breaks and promote a healthy work-life balance.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Another challenge is the potential for information overload due to the plethora of communication channels like emails, instant messaging, and virtual meetings. Continuous exposure to screens and online meetings can lead to burnout, making it essential to encourage regular breaks and promote a healthy work-life balance.

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Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Ask participants to draw a personal symbol that metaphorically symbolizes their view about creativity. A six-word description of creative thinking could be: “Last night confused. Ask each participant to write a six-word book that describes their perspective on creativity. CREATIVE COLLAGES. It can be anything…….an

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

They are an invaluable resource for meeting managers and meeting organizers who aim to foster an environment where collaboration is not just encouraged but ingrained in the company culture. Encouraging Innovation : They can encourage teams to innovate by collaborating on creative solutions to complex challenges.

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