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Where can you get Fresh Ideas?

Destination Innovation

Here are some places and methods to help you find them: Read Widely : Books, magazines, and online articles are great sources of inspiration. Networking : Engage with a diverse group of people in your industry or interests. Brainstorming Sessions : Organize brainstorming sessions with colleagues or friends.

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Work Backward to Drive Innovation Forward

Leapfrogging

After defining the right customer pain point and problem, brainstorm and describe the ideal solution or product that will help. This is the same way that Amazon developed Amazon Web Services (AWS), by engaging and empathizing with target customers more closely and helping to establish entire new business categories that didn’t exist before.

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Brainstorming at Google

Michael Roberto

Fast Company has published an article this week titled, "How to Brainstorm Like a Googler." The article highlights the three broad phases of design thinking: understanding and empathizing with the users, brainstorming, and prototyping. First, Google practices 10X thinking when they brainstorm. Third, don't wait to prototype.

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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. ” Success magazine awarded Thinkertoys as “one of the best of the best business books.” Both are energizing.

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

This sentiment was eloquently expressed in a 2010 Visions Magazine article by James A. Crowdsourcing and Brainstorming – What are they So Often Confused? It became synonymous with just about every event happening online, especially if the event engaged a substantial number of people.

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

This sentiment was eloquently expressed in a 2010 Visions Magazine article by James A. Crowdsourcing and Brainstorming – What are they So Often Confused? It became synonymous with just about every event happening online, especially if the event engaged a substantial number of people. But this is not crowdsourcing.

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Accelerate Innovation — With Experiential Learning

Gregg Fraley

Innovation Session Designs Don’t Engage. They go straight to brainstorming without preparing minds, and that’s a big reason sessions fail. Magazine by Jessica Stillman. If you leverage these learning modes, participants stay mentally engaged. Experiential Learning Accelerates Innovation. Do Improv games.