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What impact does time pressure have on creativity?

Idea to Value

Companies such as AT&T’s Bell Labs (leading to the transistor and the laser), 3M allowing people to have 15% of their time to work on projects of personal interest (leading to Post-It notes ) and Google. 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. My graduate school thesis project was to create a learning resource for an Aboriginal literature course for Aboriginal students at the University of Alberta. My final project was a prototype design that I then tested in paper form. Creating a Learning Resource with Aboriginal Students.

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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). Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute. The real value of any software capturing system is more for the unknowns as it requires greater collaboration , observation, and awareness. This quote is from the former U.S.

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Digital transformation examples

Board of Innovation

In our own innovation consultancy projects, we regularly look at how other companies approached this problem. Sector: Manufacturing Company: Philips Learn more: Source Pay-per-use Leasing Energy savings The fast pace of projection disruptions resulted in cinemas to either work with outdated technology or spend more than they earn.

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Hidden tools at my fingertips

100%Open

We’re at an event today with #Adobe’s @tonyharmer where he teaches us how to use the tools we own in Adobe CC to design and collaborate more efficiently. excited #design #graphicdesign #programme #adobecc #collaboration #innovation. This proves the importance of collaboration within businesses – and open innovation.

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COVID-19: Business R&D Spending Will Fall by at Least 5-6%

Commodore Innovation

That might be in relatively small ways like sharing and disseminating knowledge about tools and behaviors that enhance virtual / remote collaboration. For example, it will tell you which projects and portfolios deliver higher RoI. a hackathon for an open source ventilator ). in 2001 and a further 5.6%

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Innovation Networks – Needed Now More Than Ever

The Inovo Group

Work is organized by programs and projects and done by purpose-built teams. This is the job of specific innovation project teams and business units. Instead, internal networks create the knowledge foundation and environment within which project teams and business units operate. Norton & Company; May 2002. Buchanen, M.