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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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Having a strategy isn’t just covering your bases; it’s about setting your business up to dance circles around the competition. Check out our article on mixing business strategy with the innovation process. Check out why innovation and strategy should be thick as thieves in your planning.

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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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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Chuck is the owner of Brilliance Activator , which helps leaders uncork the creative genius of their teams to improve products and processes, delight customers, and grow profits. Why Specificity Makes or Breaks a Creative Thinking Workshop by Chuck Dymer. Looking for Ideas to Make Strategy Planning More Fun?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 5, 2018

Are you too comfortable to generate new creative ideas? Would inventing something to make you nervous align with your creative thinking formula and attract more creative ideas? Asking people what they think about my creative ideas. Taking away my most important creative resources. circa 1995).

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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. Like nature, the contents of creative genius aren’t contained anywhere but also are revealed by the dynamics. THOUGHT WALKS.

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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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BrainZooming

MARCH 22, 2017

Short story: If you want big ideas, ask the big questions, which is what extreme creativity is all about ! Keeping with the eight theme, here are eight new questions from the Brainzooming R&D Lab to boost your creative thinking skills. Creative Thinking Skills and Breakthrough Ideas. Aspirations.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 1, 2018

Sometimes, we get to design a creative thinking exercise that seems like so much fun during its development that it causes me to continually smile and giggle. Interested in disrupting thinking in your organization to boost innovation? Click below and download the FREE Disrupting Thinking eBook.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2017

Short Story: Look for specifics and things that people can actually do or perform to move creative thinking into action. How do you move from creative thinking into action? Two of the client’s senior staff members said this was a question they expected us to answer during the strategic thinking workshop.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Supply chain innovation is defined as the implementation of new and improved strategies, technologies, processes, and practices within the supply chain to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, mitigate risks, and improve overall performance. It involves the application of creative thinking and the adoption of [.]

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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. This podcast is about the idea that creativity can be systematic. . In this episode you’ll hear: Reasons you want to improve your creative skills.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Are you looking for training that will build systemic creativity within your organization? IdeaScale is partnering with The Idea Guy® to offer options that will expand our current offerings and significantly impact company performance by helping you develop an idea management strategy that works. Taking Decision-Making Up a Notch.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

They requested a follow-up innovation workshop to inspire bigger, further out thinking. We brought two specific inspirations to the innovation workshop: extreme and analogy-based creative thinking exercises. In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! , A Remedy from our eBook, 321 GO!

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

We see seven keys to creating an innovative workplace culture where individuals are able to meaningfully contribute to the organization’s innovation strategy. It’s vital to point your innovation strategy in a direction. What is the first innovation strategy question to ask? 5 Ideas for Turning a Vision Statement into Strategy.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 15, 2020

Part of building a great innovation strategy is to learn about the history of innovation. Reading it and digesting its message should be part of any innovation strategy. Thinkertoys , by Michael Michalko Creative thinking can be a struggle for some. Running Lean , by Ash Maurya Innovation strategy starts with a plan.

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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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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. The post Why Incentives So Often Fail first appeared on Digital Tonto.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I attended a presentation on cultivating a creative culture delivered by Michael Perman, formerly of Gap, at The Marketing Conference last week in San Francisco. During his keynote, Perman discussed twenty-plus three-day creativity sessions he organized while at Gap. What mix of creative diversity will drive implementation?

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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. In this podcast recap blog post, we will discuss how innovation derived from creativity, data, and automation can lead to success.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 17, 2017

Short Story: When it comes to creativity, start with and return to the underlying strategy ; that’s the most important piece of creative advice I have to offer. I’ve been trying to let go of some creative reins on the Brainzooming brand. 8 Pieces of Creative Advice from a Great and Horrible Client.

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Michael Michalko

MARCH 23, 2017

One of the paradoxes of creativity is that in order to think originally, we must first familiarize ourselves with the ideas of others. Adaptation is a common and inescapable practice in creativity. One day he and I had a discussion about creative thinking and I brought up the principle of adaptation.

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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. This might involve innovation training programs or revisiting your innovation leadership strategies.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Creative Thinking Skills. ” – Brené Brown on hurdles that stand between an idea and celebrated creativity. Related posts Making Challenging Content Accessible: 5 Steps to Creating a Nick Cave Fan Leadership Strategy – How Much Teaching and Coaching Is Enough? ” – Ed Catmull of Pixar.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Vague Descriptions Boost Creativity: By keeping associations vague, it allows people to bring their own perspective to the mind map and gets their creative juices flowing. Overcome Creative Blocks: By providing context and clear avenues for ideation, mind maps help overcome common innovation roadblocks.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 6, 2017

From a day-to-day perspective in the corporate world, we didn’t necessarily use objective metrics about creative ideas. After talking with a friend, I think the percent of time you are told to pull back your creative ideas because they are too big and bold may be a good way to assess how your creativity is faring in an organization.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 24, 2018

Someone wondered about the range of topics included in the disruptive innovation strategy workshop we delivered recently. 27 Links to Energize Your Innovation Strategy. If you’re interested in reviewing some of the innovation strategy content we shared during the workshop , here are links within three major focus areas: Imagine.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Brainzooming as the blues scale of strategy, innovation, and branding? It’s like the secret to creative success for everyone ! Engage employees and customers with powerful questions to uncover great breakthrough ideas and innovative strategies that deliver results! Extreme Creativity. I like the concept, a lot.

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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. This, again, is a problem of context and labels.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Stronger creative leadership to identify productive tactics, make better (and faster) decisions, and successfully implement with a major impact. The Answer to Boosting Creative Leadership within Your Team! This Brainzooming book demonstrates the value of stronger creativity.

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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

APRIL 5, 2018

I have (finally) written a book on creative leadership. The book, Idea Magnets – 7 Strategies for Cultivating & Attracting Creative Business Leaders , emerged from my experiences working with and knowing Idea Magnets throughout my career. Related posts Creative Leadership – Do Idea Magnets Get a Pass on Empathy?

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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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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

As an example, I wrote some time back about the “Shrimp” creative thinking exercise we included during a creative thinking workshop for a regulated financial services company. Rethinking the “Shrimp” Creative Thinking Exercise.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

To keep up with these changes and stay ahead, you must embrace innovation as a core value within your business strategy. Your actions and attitudes towards innovation can either stimulate a fertile environment for creative thinking or stifle potential breakthroughs. Innovation is not just about creating new products.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 9, 2016

What are your expectations from a creative thinking workshop? That is the first question I ask the audience at a Brainzooming creative thinking workshop. 7 Expectations from Creative Thinking Workshop Training. How do you move an organization and its strategy from reactive to proactive?

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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 team leader asked, “How is it possible to listen to us talk and turn it into a strategy so quickly?”. 9 Creative Thinking Skills to Turn Talk into Strategy.

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