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Creative Problem Solving: Overcoming Fixation

Michael Roberto

We become stuck on a particular solution or solution set, and we fail to consider a wider range of alternatives. A new study by Jackson Lu, Modupe Akinola, and Malia Mason examines whether switching tasks can help overcome the fixation problem, and thereby enhance creative problem-solving efforts. That's an interesting finding.

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MS Society celebrates innovative partnership with Wazoku

Wazoku

Going forward, the charity will be collaborating with Wazoku – using their cloud-based idea management software and diverse range of expertise – to harness creativity and innovation within their organisation. The relationship was inspired by Wazoku’s Chief Operating Officer Jon Landau who has lived with the condition for more than 13 years.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Let’s take a look at how the British cycling team went from zero Tour de France victories and ninety-five years without any Olympic medal by 2003 to sixty-six Olympic or Paralympic gold medals and five Tour de France victories between 2007 and 2017 (Clear, 2018). But what is the “secret sauce” of winning athletes and companies?

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Ideate or Deteriorate – Why Companies Must Learn How To Be Innovative to Achieve Major Growth

Qmarkets

One of the first companies to offer their own chat service was Yahoo, who launched Yahoo Pager in 1998. Who knows, If Yahoo had nourished a truly innovative business culture back in 2007, they might have received an idea from Koum or Acton, which would have completely transformed their business. Conclusion. The Most Valuable Resource.

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Design for Emotion and Flow

Boxes and Arrows

We create software and websites to display and represent information to people. We tend to enter these states in environments with few interruptions, where our attention becomes focused by a challenge that we’re confident we can handle with our existing skills. Hours pass by in what seems like minutes.

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Innovate or Deteriorate – How Can Corporations Ensure That Billion $ Opportunities Don’t Slip Away?

Qmarkets

One of the first companies to offer their own chat service was Yahoo, who launched Yahoo Pager in 1998. Who knows, If Yahoo had nourished a truly innovative business culture back in 2007, they might have received an idea from Koum or Acton, which would have completely transformed their business. . Conclusion. Harvesting that resource.

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Innovate or Deteriorate – How Can Corporations Ensure That Billion $ Opportunities Don’t Slip Away?

Qmarkets

One of the first companies to offer their own chat service was Yahoo, who launched Yahoo Pager in 1998. Who knows, If Yahoo had nourished a truly innovative business culture back in 2007, they might have received an idea from Koum or Acton, which would have completely transformed their business. . Conclusion. Harvesting that resource.