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? . More importantly, how do you make it stick? 2 Techniques to Master Creative Thinking. Creative thinking is a team sport.

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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. . Innovation is a skill – it’s not a gift.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 30, 2023

We need to navigate a very different terrain that requires a deeper investment in skill development in a culture of continual learning. Here, the focus is on encouraging clients to invest in continuous learning and skill enhancement as not just a recommendation – but a necessity. My 2nd offer point.

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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. But how do you actually master those patterns long-term? Practical tips.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 19, 2022

Committing to becoming a far more innovative company requires training people on the tools and methods, introducing more risk and uncertainty in the business and experiencing occasional learning experiences that others might call failures. Service Excellence Let me start with the idea of service excellence.

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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. This book lays out how businesses can do everything right and still lose out on innovation. Thinkertoys , by Michael Michalko Creative thinking can be a struggle for some.

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ImagineNation

MARCH 26, 2025

Through real-life experiences and by teaching, training, mentoring, and coaching others to learn, adapt, and grow by conquering high peaks and engaging in stimulating adventures, I have come to understand that being open to continuous disruption and constant reinvention is essential for survival and success in our chaotic and uncertain world.

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Innovation in Practice

AUGUST 10, 2020

But 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. What is Creativity? It’s not a gift. It’s not something you’re born with.

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Innovation in Practice

AUGUST 10, 2020

But 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. What is Creativity? It’s not a gift. It’s not something you’re born with.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Closing the gap between collaboration and action will result in greater creative thinking. The more you know about the people who are buying your products, the easier it will be to come up with ideas on how to reach them. Want to learn more about innovation strategy that can set your organization apart from competitors?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Sometimes creative thinking challenges come from inside your own head. In many organizations, however, substantial creative thinking challenges come from leaders and cultures that may say they want new thinking, but seem to do everything they can to scuttle creativity.

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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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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Here’s a demonstration of how to use AI to help you brainstorm or generate ideas. AI can be a powerful tool to use in your innovation, design thinking, or ideation projects. We demonstrate how to use popular tools like OpenAI playground and ChatGPT to generate and develop ideas for a number of questions and purpose.

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 17, 2023

A culture that doesn't reward or recognize creative thinking can stifle innovation and make it difficult to see outside the established norms. This means that even though an innovative idea is presented to us, we might not fully appreciate its value or understand how it can benefit our organization.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 10, 2015

We’re with a client today, delivering a strategic and creative thinking skills for sales workshop. As an outgrowth of the workshop, here is a strategic and creative thinking skills compilation comprised of articles that support the Brainzooming workshop we’re delivering. How to Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone.

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Cris Beswick

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The key to building an influential innovation-led culture lies not in proclamations but in embedding behaviours that support creative problem-solving and breakthrough thinking throughout the organisation. Celebrating learning and iteration rather than just successful outcomes helps build resilience and persistence.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 11, 2015

I had a Twitter question from Charles Westscott about creativity and how to make money from your passion. Brainzooming how to get paid as a creative is my struggle. 5 Ideas for How to Make Money from Your Passion and Creativity. Boost Your Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

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? The creative adult is the child that survives. It is about guiding your team to produce their best work.

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BrainZooming

MAY 3, 2016

We were working with a client and sharing the value of our extreme creativity strategic exercises to boost creative thinking skills. Another reason to embrace extreme creativity questions is they provide a more beautiful, amazing mental landscape to inspire creative thinking skills.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

As a result, the pressure for inspiration and creative thinking was always dependent on me. What did I need to do to trigger creative thinking? At some point, God provided the grace to realize my creative inspiration was from outside, not inside. What ideas did I need to imagine?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 6, 2016

We’re developing a strategic thinking webinar for a client on cultivating and sustaining creativity among its salesforce. Since the webinar is with the organization’s sales leadership, the focus is on creative thinking skills they can and should be embracing to help their salespeople see opportunities in new ways.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

They mistakenly think the term innovation refers to only big, multi-year, heavy investment, ‘revolutionary’ changes. Which means they do not believe small changes over time, failing, learning and adjusting can or will have a meaningful impact. This will need to start with the leaders, who set the tone.

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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. Why We Like It : Tina Seelig is an inspiring personality, but she has some very practical approaches to creative thinking that can be applied by anyone.

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CMOE

MARCH 17, 2025

Creative thinking is also part of adaptability. Strategic Thinkers Are Willing to Learn A best practice in becoming a strategic thinker is to continuously learn something new. Strategic Thinkers Are Willing to Learn A best practice in becoming a strategic thinker is to continuously learn something new.

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IdeaScale

MAY 16, 2018

If you think about it, universities and educational institutions are almost always breeding grounds for new ideas, prototypes, and creative thinking. These campaigns are some of the opportunities for campus-wide learning on which a Chief Innovation Officer could begin their strategy: Sustainability.

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Phil McKinney

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Research has shown that excessive cognitive load can impede our ability to learn, think critically, and make decisions. However, with the right strategies in place, we can manage cognitive load and optimize our thinking. Conversely, extrinsic cognitive load is influenced by how the information or task is presented to us.

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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Think “out of the box”…you’ll find you’re still inside a larger box! Learning to think outside of the box is critical to innovation and creating competitive advantage. Creative thinking requires learning how to get beyond the real and perceived limiting barriers.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

To support you in building out your innovation competencies, capabilities and capacity that requires a deeper investment in skill development in a culture of continual learning. It is a journey of building innovation, fitness and dynamics drawn out in a new way of thinking and design within innovation ecosystems.

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Michael Michalko

MARCH 28, 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. We’ve been schooled to think of them all as separate and distinct entities so they can be described and explained.

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BrainZooming

MAY 24, 2017

Last week’s “Inside the Executive Suite” from Armada Corporate Intelligence featured ideas for how to handle confidential information. The business strategy focus revolved around how an executive can maintain confidences while employing confidential information to best benefit his or her organization.

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Phil McKinney

MAY 16, 2022

Thinking is one of the essential skills a person must learn. And yet, many people never learn how to do it properly. The history of thinking goes back centuries. The ancient Greeks were some of the first people to think about thinking, […].

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

Workplace Diversity – The Why, Who, and How of Strategic Thinking. Strategic Thinking Success – 3 Critical Thinking Perspectives. Strategic Thinking Perspectives – Three Strategic Voices to Include on Your Team. Creative Thinking – The Math of Brainstorming and New Ideas. #3 4 Encourages Change.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 4, 2016

During the time for audience questions, I asked Michael how long it took during the four year run of M!ndspark He said they learned over time about how to purposefully manage creative diversity most effectively. What mix of creative diversity will drive implementation? Mike Brown.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I have written extensively, certainly over the past eighteen months, about our need to take innovation into a new era, designed for today and tomorrow’s “fit for purpose” Below you will see my view of how I see this sketched out, as my suggested concept outline. Does it make sense? Structuring for Asset Orchestration.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

We’re developing a workshop on creative thinking techniques for a B2B salesforce in a few weeks. Reviewing the attendees’ pre-workshop surveys on their expectations, personal learning objectives, and needs for creative thinking development, they mentioned “thinking outside the box” and “how to get out of my comfort zone” frequently.

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Innovation in Practice

AUGUST 24, 2020

Creative thinking can be systematic and routine. All you have to do is learn how to use your brain and learn a new way to generate high-quality ideas on demand. . One method of creative thinking is the Systematic Inventive Thinking or SIT method.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Collaborative Activities : Exercises that require teamwork and creative thinking to solve problems or develop new ideas. For additional strategies on facilitating these sessions, explore our guide on facilitating strategic planning offsites and learn about the success factors for executive team offsites.

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