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The Creativity Crisis: It’s Getting Worse

Idea to Value

This approach stifles natural curiosities, the joy of learning, and exploring topics that might lead to their passions. Making test scores as the measure of success fosters students’ competition and narrows their goals, such as getting rich, while decreasing their empathy and compassion for those in need. Narrowing visions.

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CPG Industry Innovation

eZassi

They also look to outside ideas in competitions like the P&G Ventures Innovation Challenge, sharing the stage of ideation with promising startups. Following the competition and battling over market share is not a viable strategy. CPG brands that learn from the past can possibly find competitive leverage in the future.

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IDEA 2008

Boxes and Arrows

How do people learn new technology? By subconsciously learning the language of interaction and applying that language when learning something new. Interaction Designer at Ziba Design surveys everyday objects out there now to spot patterns and trends in what people are learning from devices and products.

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Life Lessons from the Game of Golf

Tullio Siragusa

I was 20 when I started to learn golf. I was more concerned about how I would “look”, than the benefit I would get from being around experts and learning how to play better. . I did learn an important lesson from golf about life and leadership. . “In In the game of golf, the only competition you face is yourself.”.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

Competitive Advantage In all circumstances, leaders will and should have strategic priorities on top of their minds. Usually, you need innovation for that, which means that you either adapt to current challenges or lag behind the competition. Why shouldn’t you just give up on innovation when times are tough?

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Preparing for recovery before it’s too late

Strategos

Even though the cause of the current economic decline that we find ourselves in is in no way comparable in what caused it, the lesson learned is that you need to be, right now, preparing for recovery. Discontinuities are significant, fundamental changes that have the potential to change industry dynamics, redefine the rules of competition.

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The Travel & Hospitality Industry is Being Disrupted, Again.

Leapfrogging

The “travel-tech” sector has attracted over $19B+ since 2008. The greatest growth and competitive advantage – for startups and corporate innovators alike – will come from leveraging technology to: Create new products and services Enhance the end-to-end traveler experience Streamline operations Innovate business models.