InnovationTraining.org

JULY 13, 2020

This brainwriting exercise template can help your virtual or in person innovation teams succeed. In this article, we’ll explore this technique and provide a resource that can help you conduct your own brainwriting exercise, whether it’s virtually or in the same room online. Brainwriting Exercise Template. Conclusion.

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Why Do We Give Away So Many Strategic Thinking Exercises? This is why we run compilation articles frequently to help you find a comprehensive set of resources, exercises, and tools. And by the way, here are the most frequently referenced compilations: Strategic Thinking Exercises – More than 200 Strategic Planning Questions.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. The following ten "ideation process best practices" are clues for you. Exercising. You're busy.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Promotes the use of creative thinking and experimentation to find novel solutions. These programs can be offered through various formats such as leadership development workshops and seminars that focus on real-world applications of innovative thinking. Problem Solving The capacity to tackle complex challenges effectively.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

Nurturing Creativity and Collaboration Creativity and collaboration are the lifeblood of innovation. This creative problem-solving approach is crucial for any organization looking to innovate. A glimpse into the types of interactive sessions might include: Workshops on design thinking to tackle complex business challenges.

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. The following ten "ideation process best practices" are clues for you. Exercising. You're busy.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A timed “drill-down” crowdsourcing exercise on some promising improvements, hosted virtually, live, or a mix of both, would likely build out these dimensions effectively. Channel : This is the creative thinking part. Individuals can naturally excel at ideation, but facilitation also helps. Ideas – The “What Could We Do?”

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Michael Michalko

DECEMBER 10, 2021

After leaving the military, Michael facilitated CIA think tanks using his creative thinking techniques. Michael later applied these creative-thinking techniques to problems in the corporate world with outstanding successes. As I skimmed the amazing ideation techniques, I found myself exclaiming, “Woah!!”

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Idea Champions

APRIL 10, 2019

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs of this blog post and will now cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or not understood by the members of your team. Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process. Exercising.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. Highly creative people have a tendency to avoid "process" like the plague, turning a blind eye to anything that requires them to pay attention to an "organized approach". Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process.

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BrainZooming

MAY 11, 2016

These ideas don’t even begin to address the innovation value of strategic thinking exercises and creative structures to spur innovation. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Need help guiding your team’s creative thinking for innovative product ideas? With the right combination of perspectives from outside your organization and productive strategic thinking exercises, you can ideate, prioritize, and develop your best innovative growth ideas.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 13, 2015

In a recent creative thinking workshop, we spent significant time discussing how to enable consumers to customize and personalize a product. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Some of Michael’s creative-thinking techniques that were refined by his government and corporate practice were published in his best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) , which the Wall Street Journal reported “will change the way you think.” multiple times. I was stunned! I had to have this book!

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Rmukesh Gupta

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Get them to exercise (mild) – it could even be just laughter therapy. Start by using humour (watch a funny, yet creative video). Ideation and brainstorming is very serious business. Get people to draw something. Have Dilbert or a Jessica Hagy or a Hugh MacLeod cartoon prints around the room. Idea Coach. Stand-up Storms.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 23, 2017

The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. Highly creative people have a tendency to avoid "process" like the plague, turning a blind eye to anything that requires them to pay attention to an "organized approach". Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. How would you frame the question you want your creative team noodling on this week? Exercising.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. Highly creative people have a tendency to avoid "process" like the plague, turning a blind eye to anything that requires them to pay attention to an "organized approach". Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 14, 2022

Innovation requires creative thinking, imagination, and risk-taking. When you’re trying to come up with new ideas, you can use brainstorming techniques such as mind mapping, free association, and ideation exercises to help you generate a broad range of ideas.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 28, 2019

Thanks to Val and Mitch, we're challenging our assumptions, asking the right questions, and using creative thinking techniques to bring our best ideas forward." - Natalie Giordano, Director, Purple Strategies "Idea Champions' three-day Conducting Genius training was engaging, fun and informative. And we had fun while doing it!

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 14, 2020

As innovators, we often struggle with coming up with a way to wrap up a piece of work in which we are engaged, whether that is an ideation workshop or a presentation to stakeholders on a new idea. This would show that the innovator has exercised due diligence in the work effort and possibly pre-empt any negative questions from the audience.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

High-performing professionals often enjoy success early in their careers by virtue of their ability to forego activities like this–they cut back on sleep or go without exercise for extended periods of time. Further Reading. HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done. Leadership & Managing People Book. Add to Cart.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2018

Although concerned leaders try to address this problem in many ways — teamwork exercises, mentorship, perks, innovative office spaces, and incentive programs — their solutions miss a simple but pivotal point: Employees are engaged by engaging jobs. We ideated constantly. Creativity is the heartbeat of progress.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

Just like competitive swimmers train both in the pool (to be good at the actual swimming) and in the gym (to improve stamina and muscle tone), jammers need to practice not only problem definition and brainstorming but also spend time engaging with creative thinking tools that they can apply in their ideation processes.

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Qmarkets

JULY 18, 2024

This is where ideation tools come into play, acting as the chisel and hammer that shape raw thoughts into groundbreaking concepts. These tools and techniques are crafted to unlock creativity, allowing individuals and teams to seamlessly navigate the maze of idea generation, organization, and refinement.

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