Innovation Excellence

MAY 15, 2024

New Zealand’s All Blacks GUEST POST from Stefan Lindegaard The New Zealand All Blacks’ rugby team exemplifies high performance through a blend of deep cultural traditions, continuous improvement, and exceptional teamwork.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2021

00:22:30 – Moving away from studying sick people, to studying psychology. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:15 – Dr Black’s history in architecture and advertising, leading him to the new field of creativity research. 00:06:30 – Who was Prof Paul E Torrance and his impact on the field of creativity research.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 16, 2023

Numerous studies have looked at what sort of mood results in people producing their most creative output. One study from 2008 of 171 students found that people’s happiness was significantly related to their ability to come up with ideas. This was also shown in a 2021 study of 722 high school students in Lithuania.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The study followed more than 7,000 individuals who took part in the longitudinal “Understanding America Study”, and looked at how their 5 personality traits from before 2020 (pre pandemic) were affected when measured in 2020 (start of pandemic) and in 2021/2022 (well into the pandemic.

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Destination Innovation

MAY 19, 2021

Study Mathematics. Study German or Latin. Study Science and the scientific method. Make lists, analyse your work, break it down into smaller tasks. Learn problem analysis methods such as six sigma and why, why. Learn critical path methods. Read biographies of great scientists and detectives.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2024

If you’re an intrapreneur — or aspire to be one — this episode is for you.

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Destination Innovation

AUGUST 20, 2021

The study was carried out by Adams, Converse, Hales and Klotz at the University of Virginia. In another study, participants were asked to improve an essay – 80% added material while only 16% cut words out. Nature magazine recently published a paper with the headline – People Systematically Overlook Subtractive Changes.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 23, 2021

A study of 170 volunteers by Cadman and Mann set out to test whether engaging in a boring activity could stimulate people to be more creative. In the first study, 80 participants (40 bored and 40 controls) were asked to copy phone numbers from a phone directory for 15 minutes ( yawn!

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 17, 2022

A study in 2020 tested the impact of caffeine on problem solving and divergent thinking performance. In one study from 2017 , small amounts of alcohol helped participants solve an Remote Associates Test insight problem, but had no effect on their divergent thinking, and impaired their executive control (being able to focus on a task).

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

But what does the actual scientific literature which has studied this challenge say about whether there is a gender difference in creativity? Some individual studies (for example this 2011 study ) have indeed shown that men and boys perform better at certain creativity tests, and try therefore to suggest that men are more creative than women.

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Business and Tech

DECEMBER 14, 2021

According to a recent study that assessed the preparedne ss of physicians-in-training to recommend medical cannabis, “the vast majority of residents and fellows (89.5 percent) felt not at all prepared to [recommend] medical marijuana, while 35.3 percent felt not at all prepared to answer questions, and 84.9

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Idea to Value

JUNE 9, 2021

Nordgren wanted to study at what point people expected to be their most creative, and when they actually produced their most creative work. Interesting new research sheds a light on how you might be wrong about your own creative process. Lucas and Loran F.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Since this landmark study, there have been numerous studies that have confirmed the anchoring bias. In another study by Northcraft and Neale in 1987 , participants were asked to negotiate the price of a car. The researchers found that when the initial asking price was higher, the final price that was agreed upon was also higher.

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Idea to Value

MAY 27, 2022

Twin studies. One of the most indicative ways to study whether genetics plays a role in a certain behaviour is to find a group of people who are genetically similar as possible (to assess the “nature” aspect), and who also have the same surroundings and upbringing (to control the “nurture” aspect).

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Idea to Value

APRIL 7, 2022

00:22:00 – Two case studies of a company which successfully and unsuccessfully attempted to disrupt themselves. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:30 – Andy’s background with IBM’s Emerging Business opportunities, and how this brought him to the idea that corporations can innovate better than startups.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 28, 2023

Research into the effectiveness of creativity training There have now been hundreds of peer-reviewed studies into creativity training. This is similar to the work I do with clients and companies to understand the science of creativity.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A conversation with Harvard Business School professor Bill Sahlman on creating a focused strategy for growth.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 10, 2021

A new study just published in Science has given a shocking insight into how uncomfortable most people find it having nothing to do but think by themselves. The study, led by Timothy Wilson, originally asked what people’s reaction would be when asked to just sit in a room with no distractions and ‘just think’.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 7, 2023

How children are more creative than adults Numerous research studies have found that children can be much more creative than adults in certain instances. Another 2012 study showed that pretend play and creativity were also linked. Are children really more creative than adults? The answer is a little complicated.

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Idea to Value

JULY 14, 2021

This effect has been shown through numerous research studies, but the most famous was by Robert Zajonc in their 1968 research article Attitudinal effects of mere exposure. The name comes from the fact that if we are merely exposed to something, it will make us look at it more favourably in the future.

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Idea to Value

MAY 3, 2021

A fascinating new study could shed some light on the evolution of creativity in Homo Sapiens. These three major systems of modern human personality and adaptability were found in a previous study, spread across 972 specific genes. The April 2021 publication Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity by Zwir, I., Del-Val, C.,

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 30, 2023

But I just came across a new research study just published at the end of Jan 2023 which may have a bigger impact than any on the future of the planet. The study describes a new AI model called Progen, developed by the research team from Salesforce. of their sequence resembled any known natural protein.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 10, 2023

In two sets of research studies, participants were either shown humorous film clips or were allowed to listen to humorous records before doing a creativity test. Additional studies have also suggested that increasing the exposure to humour can help children enhance their creativity as well.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 15, 2020

One study revealed … Continued. Creativity is more than painting a work of art or writing a best selling book. Thoughts, words, and actions are all forms of creativity. Creativity ranks number one in terms of business success. The post Here Are Five Examples of Creativity in the Workplace appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 15, 2022

Well, two studies can shed some light on the question. A large research study by Stanford Economics professor Nick Bloom looked at a large technology company, where 1,612 staff from engineering, marketing and finance took part in an experiment. Does it lead to lazy employees, or employees who are actually more engaged with their work?

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 21, 2021

00:15:00 – A great case study from a bank in Poland. Topics covered in this episode: 00:02:30 – The seven primary inhibitors of creativity: The most powerful one is fear. 00:05:00 – What are people afraid of? 00:07:15 – The importance of permission. 00:09:30 – The 8 keys to build innovation.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 3, 2021

00:14:00 – A case study showing the different ways which teams communicate, when not everyone has all the details. 00:08:15 – How to become more innovative by building different thinking modes. 00:11:45 – Using mental models from one discipline and using it in a completely different field.

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Idea to Value

MAY 28, 2021

This is known as the Sunk Cost Bias or Sunk Cost Fallacy , and it can be a killer of Innovation Labs and innovation projects.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 14, 2021

At least, this is what an interesting new piece of research by Adams et al suggests, just published in the journal Nature.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Topics covered in this episode: 00:03:00 – The case study of how Swiffer was actually developed at P&G. We speak about what it takes for ideas to flourish in a company, and what innovation capabilities are required to execute ideas. 00:06:30 – Innovation is a Leadership problem.

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