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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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 8, 2017

Inexperience in: the kind of divergent thinking necessary to innovate, in specific meeting behaviors and facilitation skills, and in innovation process, approaches and frameworks. Yes, you can train people in creative thinking, Front-End-of-Innovation (FEI) frameworks, and in meeting facilitation.

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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. You're busy. You know it. No it doesn't.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 6, 2025

Moreover, her blend of mathematics and creative thinking highlights the power of interdisciplinary collaborationa crucial factor for organizations looking to drive innovation across different domains. Next, lets meet the women in innovation who are breaking barriers today and driving change across science, technology, and business.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

Nurturing Creativity and Collaboration Creativity and collaboration are the lifeblood of innovation. A glimpse into the types of interactive sessions might include: Workshops on design thinking to tackle complex business challenges. Ideation sessions that use creative thinking exercises.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2021

But as good as these tools are for conversations, follow-ups, and meetings, they nonetheless lack the capacity to bring ideas to market through collaborative concept development. Think of it as social media, if you will, but for ideation, supported by a workflow-driven system for idea development. What does that mean exactly? .

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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. You're busy. You know it. No it doesn't.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

To do it for real requires ideation, of course, but then incubation (going from an idea to something you could get customer feedback from) to acceleration (bringing the new thing to market). Many large organizations spend the full budget on version 1, and shut the project down when it doesn’t meet expectations.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

According to MaRS – North America’s largest urban innovation hub, “a culture of innovation is an environment that supports creative thinking and advances efforts to extract economic and social value from knowledge, and, in doing so, generates new or improved products, services or processes”.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

The course includes extensive take home materials, including: a shell innovation cycle and innovation mandate documents, idea development templates, post-session coaching, and strategy and ideation session design consultation (after the course). Measuring creative thinking preferences. Meeting and workshop facilitation.

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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. You're busy.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

Let's also assume that you and your company are not at a loss for these BIG IDEAS -- that they regularly make their appearance via any number of ways: brainstorming sessions, early morning team meetings, or simply the spontaneous epiphanies of the wild and crazy people down the hall. That's the good news. What ARE the holes?

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Your actions and attitudes towards innovation can either stimulate a fertile environment for creative thinking or stifle potential breakthroughs. By cultivating a diverse and inclusive environment, you tap into a wider range of perspectives, which can lead to more creative solutions and breakthroughs.

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The Inovo Group

APRIL 27, 2020

Big Tech’s offerings – Google Meet (Hangouts), Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams – also experienced growth. Even WFH evangelist Matt Mullenweg asks his global teams to meet face-to-face several times per year. more joy); and the potential for deeper and more creative thinking (more productive). Houseparty was close behind.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 9, 2024

The service we provide is the distillation of what we've learned, since 1987, designing and facilitating more 1,500 creative thinking sessions for 130 organizations in 11 countries. Bottom line, we know how to open the floodgates of creativity. One size does not fit all.

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Gregg Fraley

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Even at serious meetings? Self-expression is the faucet of creative thinking, and without creative thinking you won’t have much innovation. Self-expression is the faucet of creative thinking, and without creative thinking you won’t have much innovation.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 23, 2017

Let's also assume that you and your company are not at a loss for these BIG IDEAS -- that they regularly make their appearance via any number of ways: brainstorming sessions, early morning team meetings, or simply the spontaneous epiphanies of the wild and crazy people down the hall. That's the good news. What ARE the holes?

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 23, 2020

Simply put, ZoomStorming is a facilitated, online ideation session that radically increases your odds of thinking creativity and originating bold, new, actionable ideas. IT'S FUN: There's enough density, darkness, and boring Zoom meetings in the world these days. If you're stuck, ZoomStorming will get you unstuck.

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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? You're busy. You know it.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Let's also assume that you and your company are not at a loss for these BIG IDEAS -- that they regularly make their appearance via any number of ways: brainstorming sessions, early morning team meetings, or simply the spontaneous epiphanies of the wild and crazy people down the hall. That's the good news. What ARE the holes?

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Cris Beswick

MARCH 14, 2024

As Steve Jobs emphasised, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower” , and sustained Innovation enables companies to consistently meet evolving customer needs, fend off disruptive upstarts, reduce costs, and strengthen strategic positioning.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

According to MaRS – North America’s largest urban innovation hub, “a culture of innovation is an environment that supports creative thinking and advances efforts to extract economic and social value from knowledge, and, in doing so, generates new or improved products, services or processes”.

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Gregg Fraley

MARCH 17, 2021

Gregg Fraley, master creativity and innovation facilitator takes you through a creative thinking/facilitation tool, just one per session. If you’re responsible for getting to the fresh snow of new ideas, in order to solve problems, you’d be well advised to tune in to Taster Tools on Thursday. Register on EventBrite.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 13, 2024

Because we want to increase the odds of people actively participating in the creative thinking process. Yes, as long as the replacement team member has read the Insight & Ideation Report from session #1 and has a clear understanding of what has preceded session #2. Can we still use Free the Genie? Why only four?

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 14, 2020

Hemingway’s advice is that it may be more important to stop a session early at a known point where one can easily resume the session later rather than relying on the arbitrary mechanism such when a meeting is “supposed” to end. In the meantime, however, I would like to make use of an innovation technique I have mentioned in previous articles.

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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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Innovationship

MAY 30, 2018

9 BAD HABITS TO BREAK FOR BETTER IDEATION Time flies, seasons change, and before you know it, the annual barrage of articles trashing the validity of brainstorming is once again upon us. Neither is it a debate, a discussion, or a regular meeting. You can always sit down before the session to think about and write down your own ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

While insignificant tasks requiring minimal cognitive effort can be performed in parallel, the truly meaningful work through which most leaders add value–one-on-one conversations, facilitation or decision-making in meetings, and creative thought and ideation–require a much more intense level of focus. Add to Cart.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2018

We ideated constantly. Create New Positions for the Creatives. Creativity is the heartbeat of progress. Yet, as organizations develop over time, even the jobs that require the most creative thinking tend to become fixed and rigid. We had several pushbacks and failures.

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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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Idea Champions

APRIL 11, 2024

Since 1987, Idea Champions has been designing and facilitating a wide range of brainstorming sessions, creative thinking trainings, and innovation workshops for more than 130 organizations in 11 different countries. During that time, we have worked with just about every industry on planet earth and every kind of mindset.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 24, 2024

With 3,000 employees across 21 countries, CBTW understands that collaboration is key to developing solutions that meet the evolving needs of its customers. In this article, we will explore how CBTW leveraged Qmarkets’ Q-ideate software to support their innovation efforts in new solution development.

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eZassi

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, generating innovative ideas and turning them into actionable solutions requires more than just creative thinking—it demands effective management of ideas, collaboration, and alignment with strategic goals. Idea management software streamlines the entire innovation cycle, from ideation to execution.

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