Idea Champions

APRIL 13, 2021

"The creative process is a process of surrender, not control." -- Julia Cameron. Somebody, somehow, someway conjured them up and successfully navigated their way through the twists and turns of their creative process until what they saw in their mind's eye became a reality. And then they did. The Sistine Chapel.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Importance of Keynote Speakers in Team Innovation Harnessing the collective creative power of a team is essential for innovation and growth within any organization. Keynote speakers play a significant role in this process. Their impact can often extend beyond the event, influencing long-term team dynamics and innovation.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 17, 2021

How is it that some people are able to be creative on command, while other people find it so challenging to come up with new ideas? Many neuroscientists have tried to find out what changes in the brain when someone is able to improvise successfully, which would indicate that this is one brain region involved in certain creative processes.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

But there are a lot of different opinions on the questions of whether creativity can be forced, and if large companies can grow ideas. Coming from a large, creative family which has created music, book, games, stories, inventions and a lot more, I was also bitten with the bug, the desire to create something. Very simple.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

But there are a lot of different opinions on the questions of whether creativity can be forced, and if large companies can grow ideas. Coming from a large, creative family which has created music, book, games, stories, inventions and a lot more, I was also bitten with the bug, the desire to create something. Very simple.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design Thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems, and create innovative solutions to prototype and test. This shift allows design thinkers to focus on higher-level creative and strategic activities. What is Design Thinking?

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Idea to Value

JUNE 16, 2017

Imagine what you think a “creative person” looks like, and what they behave like. You might see a trend developing here, and you would be doing the same thing that the vast majority of people do… … most people think that more extroverted, outgoing people are the most creative ones.

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Norbert Bol

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Boosting creativity and innovation. When we want to boost creativity and innovation in an organization, there is not only a need for creative people but there is also the need for an organization supporting an innovative culture (see also the blog: Innovation is built on the desire for success ). Norbert Bol. Literature.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 4, 2021

Neither my mother or father were particularly "creative", but they had whatever it took to spark new life and I was very glad they did. Why should YOU, a person with big ideas, but little time, spend any of that time with me -- or more specifically -- exploring my YEAR OF LIVING CREATIVELY service? Here's the short story. Your choice.

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Every great product or service in the market today started out as an idea in someone’s head, and it was brought to life by a group of creative, motivated, and inspired people. Ideation: Planting the seeds of creativity. Knowing what ideation is and that it’s needed in the creativity process is one thing.

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Every great product or service in the market today started out as an idea in someone’s head, and it was brought to life by a group of creative, motivated, and inspired people. Ideation: Planting the seeds of creativity. Knowing what ideation is and that it’s needed in the creativity process is one thing.

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Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 7, 2014

Creativity started taking more effort than it had previously. My creative process at work started to go into overdrive. It was much easier to do collaborative creative brainstorming and get dozens of ideas out because my thought processes had become accustomed to it. The science behind creativity.

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Michael Roberto

APRIL 8, 2019

Source: Alfred Wordsworth Thompson (Wikimedia Commons) In Unlocking Creativity , I write about how achieving some psychological distance from a problem can enhance our ability to develop creative solutions to perplexing problems. A recent study confirms the value of simply taking a break or going for a walk.

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Greatest. Idea. Ever.

JULY 19, 2020

According to another article on Lifehacker that examined the best times of day for creative thinking: “Bouts of creative writing might be easier to come by just after waking as this is the time of day when the prefrontal cortex is most active. And who knows, after a while, we may not even mind waking up anymore.

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Stephen Shapiro

MAY 15, 2018

If you are like most companies, you put your most creative people in a room to develop ideas who then hand off those ideas to a team of implementers. A fascinating study may give us clues to what is most effective. But as this study showed, it is not the specific task that matters, but rather the structure of the task.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 9, 2021

When do you have your best ideas: Right at the beginning of creative work, or later on when you are exhausted? Interesting new research sheds a light on how you might be wrong about your own creative process. They think that their creativity will fall off a sharp cliff. This was termed the Creative Cliff Illusion.

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Michael Roberto

JULY 20, 2018

Scholars Florenta Teodoridis, Michael Bikard, and Keyvan Vakili have completed a new study regarding the role of generalists vs. specialists in the creative process. How did they study this question, and what did they find? Their detailed study confirmed their initial hypotheses.

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Michael Michalko

DECEMBER 12, 2021

I have become fascinated with scholastic attempts to apply Darwinian ideas to creativity and genius. My own outlook about genius has roots in the works of Donald Campbell’s blind-variation and selective-retention model of creative thought. How do creative geniuses generate so many alternatives and conjectures?

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 14, 2020

These benefits are particularly important when it comes to ensuring success in creative thinking and innovation. Gartner studies highlight that 70% of companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list are currently using gamification techniques and that 50% of innovation processes will be gamified in the coming years.

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ImagineNation

MARCH 31, 2022

Knowing how to generate and catalyse creative ideas through rapidly innovating through constraints? According to a recent article “Why Constraints are good for innovation” in HBR, research studies revealed that “when there are no constraints on the creative process, complacency sets in. Innovating through constraints.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Soon after launching my new online course on the creative process, I began talking with the people who enrolled. I was curious to discover what kind of obstacles they were facing -- the "stuff" that got in the way of manifesting their own creativity. Researchers who have studied creativity have come to the same conclusion.

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IdeaSpies

MARCH 16, 2018

Thanks to the creative capacity of our ancestors. This process of thinking that generates or recognises ideas and alternatives to problem solving that are workable or functional is called creativity. Man’s capacity to be creative and innovative has made major contributions to humanity through the fields of science and the arts.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 17, 2022

Whenever I am giving a public lecture on the science of creativity and there is an open Question & Answer round, one of the most common questions I get is: Does taking XXX help you be more creative? If there is one drink which is often most closely associated with creativity, it is coffee.

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Innovation 360

MAY 30, 2017

Sabina is a passionate innovation expert who thrives from connecting the dots between people, business and creativity. Before specializing in innovation, she worked with business development and export consulting, and has spent large parts of her career working and studying in countries such as Australia, Spain, England and USA.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Soon after launching my new online course on the creative process, I began talking with the people who enrolled. I was curious to learn, from their perspective, what kind of obstacles they were facing -- the "stuff" that got in the way of manifesting their own creativity. Should" is not the disciple's operational word.

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IdeaConnection

JANUARY 27, 2018

Inviting the unknown is essential for creativity yet too often fear, uncertainty, comfort, stability and familiarity get in the way. She draws on scientific studies, religion, Jewish mysticism and her experience in private practice to produce a compelling guide on how to tap into the wisdom of not knowing. It had many origins.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Soon after launching my new online course on the creative process, I began talking with the people who enrolled. I was curious to learn, from their perspective, what kind of obstacles they were facing -- the "stuff" that got in the way of manifesting their own creativity. Should" is not the disciple's operational word.

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The Human Factor

AUGUST 15, 2019

You are at your most creative when you work without interruptions. While there is nothing wrong with organizing a creative brainstorming with the team, you’re most likely to be able to turn those ideas into a great podcast or blog article if you can think your way through it alone. You create your best material alone.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Dr. Albert Rothenberg, a noted researcher on the creative process, has extensively studied the use of opposites in the creative process. He identified a process he terms “Janusian thinking,” a process named after Janus, a Roman God who has two faces, each looking in the opposite direction.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 30, 2019

The speakers provide three different perspectives on innovation: theory of the “how to” from Gregg Fraley, real world case studies by local manufacturer Earl Miller, and the role of innovative leadership from Sheila Matias. Gregg Fraley is the author of Jack’s Notebook, a business novel about creative process.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Banks are opening up to the idea of looking outside of their normal creative processes, by using external sources such as crowdsourcing with customers for their next disruptive technology. Click here to download the full case study between Intesa Sanpaolo and Qmarkets! .

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Banks are opening up to the idea of looking outside of their normal creative processes, by using external sources such as crowdsourcing with customers for their next disruptive technology. You can download the full case study of Qmarkets' project for the Intesa Sanpaolo Card here.

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Innovation Excellence

MAY 26, 2020

They study the issues until they know them like the back of their hand, and ultimately establish those six crucial Ws: who, what, where, when, why and how. Uncover hidden motivation: needs, wants, and beliefs: Now deeper truths can emerge; try to combine your clues and meanings to form a hunch and a creative new belief about the world.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Banks are opening up to the idea of looking outside of their normal creative processes, by using external sources such as crowdsourcing with customers for their next disruptive technology. Click here to download the full case study between Intesa Sanpaolo and Qmarkets! .

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Brainstorming critics like to cite a 1958 study, at Yale, that showed that students thinking on their own came up with twice as many solutions as brainstorming groups -- and their solutions were deemed to be more effective and feasible. Whenever two or more people with egos get together, creativity has the potential to be stifled.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Encouraging creativity and experimentation among your team members can lead to breakthroughs that keep your company on the cutting edge. Establish ‘innovation labs’ or ‘hackathons’ to tackle challenges creatively. To foster innovation: Implement systems for employees to submit and develop new ideas.

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CMOE

MARCH 31, 2023

Experts attribute this to the group’s ability to more effectively correct issues, think creatively, process information, and solve problems. Through workshop exercises, case studies, and discussion, our team will help you identify the critical areas that must be leveraged.

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