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Where can you get Fresh Ideas?

Destination Innovation

Do you need some novel ideas for the problems and challenges you face? Here are some places and methods to help you find them: Read Widely : Books, magazines, and online articles are great sources of inspiration. Different perspectives can trigger new ideas. Talking to people from different backgrounds can spark fresh ideas.

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Why campfires are the perfect analogy for innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

When you are generating ideas, through individual work, or brainstorming, or some other means, you are sparking ideas. While idea generation can often seem challenging to introverts or people who don't think of themselves as "creative", it is the easiest activity in the innovation realm.

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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

This principle helped Walt Disney bring his fantasies to life and also enabled Albert Einstein to engage in thought experiments that led to revolutionary ideas about space and time. Therefore when trying to produce new ideas, do not evaluate them as they occur. Both are energizing. The only certainty in life is uncertainty.

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Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector

Qmarkets

How have you handled innovation and specifically idea management in the past? Michiel: Originally we had a post-box where ideas were dropped and an anonymous guy in HQ would say yes or no – mostly no. But this wasn’t engaging and employees were left dissatisfied. Michiel: So just to share some numbers with you.

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Accelerate Innovation — With Experiential Learning

Gregg Fraley

Innovation Session Designs Don’t Engage. Magazine by Jessica Stillman. If you leverage these learning modes, participants stay mentally engaged. The hard part is the integration with the challenge, but if you do it properly, it pays off in breakthrough ideas. Experiential Learning Accelerates Innovation.

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Enexis Interview: Navigating Operational Innovation in an Environment Ripe for Innovation Stagnation

Qmarkets

We now ask for their ideas and let them discuss, and grow their ideas in a transparent and constructive manner. Michiel: Originally we had a post-box where ideas were dropped and an anonymous guy in HQ would say yes or no – mostly no. But this wasn’t engaging and employees were left dissatisfied. What’s your secret?

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Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector

Qmarkets

How have you handled innovation and specifically idea management in the past? Michiel: Originally we had a post-box where ideas were dropped and an anonymous guy in HQ would say yes or no – mostly no. But this wasn’t engaging and employees were left dissatisfied. Michiel: So just to share some numbers with you.