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Can creativity training really improve your creativity?

Idea to Value

While this can be a fun way for fun team-building and teams to spend time together, it is less likely to result in longer-term improvement in their ability to solve problems or come up with creative solutions. So if you or your team have ever felt like their creativity could be improved, training can have a strong impact.

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3 Innovation Specialists Busting the Myth About Brainstorming

Innovation in Practice

Even though brainstorming does have value, for the purpose of energizing, team building and alignment around a topic, there is o ne main drawback to the method: most results are of little practical value. 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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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. “Bionicle” was the only saving grace. Lego has managed to wring sustainability by adopting the Lean startup approach. The company encourages open innovation via Lego Ideas.