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TOP TEN TIPS FOR CREATIVITY

Michael Michalko

Alan Lightman novelist and physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Creativity is enhanced by having a prepared mind, and then being stuck on a problem. Success Magazine awarded Thinkertoys with a Gold Medal for being “one of the best of the best business books.” The ultimate brainstorming guide. multiple times.

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5 Steps to Run a Successful Virtual Brainstorm Session

Leapfrogging

Brainstorming is an art and science. Over the past 25 years, I have run hundreds of brainstorming workshops for high-performing teams. The problem is that most brainstorming sessions stop with a big list of ideas. Because successful brainstorms aren’t about technology at all. Get focused.

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Artificial creativity (A.C.): Can a computer be creative? It’s scarily close

Idea to Value

Let’s me outline the technological advances which will lead to the breakthroughs, and then see my predictions of jobs robots will soon steal from creative people: 1. A lot of advances in robot technology have been about making them more independent (able to move in a new space independently, recognising faces and commands etc).

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ikeGPS – How To Invest in Trends To Escape Your Core and Grow Explosively

Adam Hartung

Are you in growth markets, creating new products with new technologies that meet unmet needs and have the potential to completely change your business? Sure technology is changing, but I don’t understand it, nor know how to use it. So they took to internal company brainstorming to see what they might do. – Spike!

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Innovation Teams in a Virtual World

Leapfrogging

The problem is that most brainstorming sessions stop with a big list of ideas. Because successful brainstorms aren’t about technology at all. In a single sentence, describe the challenge, problem, or topic of your brainstorm. Be sure everyone understands the norms for the brainstorm. Get focused.

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Virtual Innovation Sessions in 5 Simple Steps

Leapfrogging

Because successful brainstorms aren’t about technology at all. In a single sentence, describe the challenge, problem, or topic of your brainstorm. Be sure everyone understands the norms for the brainstorm. Set a timeline and due date for results. I’m not going to write them here. Get focused.

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

This sentiment was eloquently expressed in a 2010 Visions Magazine article by James A. Moreover, academic research shows that a contributor’s likelihood of solving a problem increases according to the distance between his or her own field of technical expertise and the problem’s domain. But they’re experts, nonetheless.