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What impact does time pressure have on creativity?

Idea to Value

At the same time, there is no shortage of stories of people, teams and companies succeeding under tremendous time pressure to come up with game-changing ideas to solve a problem, produce a piece of art or breakthrough new product. And the results were clear: time pressure results in people being less creatively productive.

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The Power of Collaboration

Boxes and Arrows

Eber Hampton (2002) The Circle Unfolds, p. One aspect of the research, however, reinforced for me the power of collaboration in the design process. My takeaway from all this: try to practice a collaborative approach whenever possible to inform your work and allow yourself to see six sides of the box. “Now I see three sides.”.

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There are Knowns and Unknowns in Innovation: Let’s Manage Them Differently

Paul Hobcraft

Secretary of Defense Donald Henry Rumsfeld, who mentioned: “unknown unknowns” (Rumsfeld, 2002). It becomes our task in delivering alternatives, in new varieties, updates, technology enhancement, or simply recognizing the lifecycle of the existing needs refreshing, changing or altering. This quote is from the former U.S.

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ISS Software GmbH and Wazoku partner to revolutionise the German insurance industry

Wazoku

ISS Software GmbH and Wazoku are set to transform the German insurance sector by enabling the co-creation of new solutions for insurance organisations for and in collaboration with the wider industry. Set up by Sopra Steria AG in 2002, ISS Software GmbH provides its customers with more than technical excellence, expertise and cost reduction.

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The Orange Socks Story I’ve Never Written Before

BrainZooming

Yesterday marked a momentous day professionally, that seemed big on the day it happened, but not as life-changing as it has become. When the Fast Company article appeared in January 2002, someone came to my office to ask if I’d seen it. On October 22, 1997, I wore orange socks for the first time. Current Orange Socks. I said I hadn’t.

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Innovation Networks – Needed Now More Than Ever

The Inovo Group

Changing Organizational Behavior in a VUCA World. The most important job that an internal network needs to accomplish is to cause changes in company knowledge and behavior. Use tools and systems that decrease the friction of interaction and collaboration. How should we change? The Primary Jobs That Networks Do.

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Digital transformation examples

Board of Innovation

Sector: Manufacturing Company: Cisco Learn more: Source Outsource manufacturing Real-time visibility to supply chain quality Traceability Trelleborg introduced collaborative robots to operate their CNC machines in their production site.