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Effective Non-Contact Innovation

100%Open

Since 2011 we have hosted a grand total of 36 Union events, but Summer Union 2020 was the first of its kind as it was entirely virtual from farm to fork – from our first brainstorm to the execution of the event itself. For example, serendipity and the organic development of ideas are much harder to do through a screen.

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Best Practices are Stupid

Stephen Shapiro

As you read this and the other chapters, please remember that this book was published back in 2011. The popular press and innovation gurus alike often provide well-worn examples that muddy the waters on how to approach the innovation process. But I completely forgot to include the introduction. So I am going back to that for this post.

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6 absolutely crazy ideas that actually worked and made money

hackerearth

Jack Dorsey was a New York University undergraduate when Odeo, a podcasting company, had what it called a day-long brainstorming session. FedEx is a classic example of how crazy ideas are often overlooked as unworthy ones but go on to become etched in business history. The most profitable ideas don’t always seem very brilliant.

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Creative Problem Solving: Overcoming Fixation

Michael Roberto

For example, brief breaks during brainstorming sessions can increase the number and variety of ideas generated (Kohn & Smith, 2011; Paulus & Brown, 2003). Breaks are purported to free individuals from their fixated mindset by ‘‘reducing the ‘recency’ value of inappropriate strategies” (Ochse, 1990, p.

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6 absolutely crazy ideas that worked and made money

hackerearth

Jack Dorsey was a New York University undergraduate when Odeo, a podcasting company, had what it called a day-long brainstorming session. FedEx is a classic example of how crazy ideas are often overlooked as unworthy ones but go on to become etched in business history. The most profitable ideas don’t always seem very brilliant.

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What is Lean Innovation? Components and Examples

Moves the Needle

The idea was conceived by Eric Ries and brought to life in his book The Lean Startup back in 2011. This involves brainstorming and prioritizing business model assumptions, creating a hypothesis, defining a key metric and running a specific experiment to validate or invalidate the hypothesis.

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How to Turn your Employee Engagement Problem into a Continuous Improvement Solution

Qmarkets

– where levels are the highest in the world – the rate for engagement has been stuck at around 30% for nearly a decade, growing from 29% in 2011 to 31% in 2017. In Canada and the U.S. On top of this, it’s estimated that actively disengaged employees cost the U.S between $483 and $605 billion annually in lost productivity.