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3 Innovation Specialists Busting the Myth About Brainstorming

Innovation in Practice

But what the critics are really complaining about are formal brainstorming sessions, governed by a set of rules that originated with advertising manager Alex Faickney Osborn, in his 1963 book Applied Imagination. Omnichannel : Are you living in 2005? Mark McGuinness ). Do you pay attention to any of them? Neither does anybody else.

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When innovation led to a reversal of fortunes

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Jobs began by changing the company’s image and ran his “Think Different” advertising campaign, which glorified individuality. In 2004, CEO Knudstrop embarked on a back-to-the-basics journey, and went from a loss of $292 million that year to a profit of $117 million in 2005. Then, Microsoft invested $150 million (!) and Apple came back.