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The Creativity Crisis: It’s Getting Worse

Idea to Value

In this very special guest post by Professor KH Kim, we find out the updated facts of what is happening to people’s creativity levels over the past decades, now with updated statistics for 2017. This is a follow-up to what I consider to be one of the most important pieces of creativity research from the past decade.

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What Does a Chief Innovation Officer Do?

IdeaScale

In this survey from 2015, researchers report that 43% of large companies have some sort of top innovation executive in place, which was up from 33% in 2011. After all, “ successful innovation is the combination of creative ideas and sustainably profitable business models.” But what does a Chief Innovation Officer do?

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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

As recently as 2011 90% of Lego’s users were boys. Collaborate to innovate. He transformed the culture into a creative, agile and rapid hothouse of innovation. Study the user in action. Lego commissioned detailed ethnographic studies to determine why this was. Knudstorp revolutionized the corporate culture.

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Learning to be Innovative – Future Building’s Crucial Role in Driving Innovation Impact

Imaginatik

Yet the methods they employ subconsciously derive from talents wired into human nature, accessible to us all – creativity, imagination, the ability to dream. Both are integral components of the visionary innovator’s creative process. At first glance, creative facilitation and narrative building exercises may appear silly or frivolous.

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How to Build the Ultimate Crowdsourcing Platform: Qmarkets’ New VP of Product Discusses Creativity and Innovation Management

Qmarkets

Sivan Leshem joined Qmarkets in 2011 as a project manager, before going on to manage the product delivery department during a period which would see Qmarkets grow into a leader within the idea management market. This latest iteration incorporates the suggestions of our customer base, coupled with a few of our own creative touches.

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Creating Innovation Connections as the Customer Advocate

IdeaScale

These insights can become the inspiration sparks of your group’s creative thinking. They did just that, and by 2011, e-books sales surpassed sales of print books. In fact, by April 2011, Amazon became the world’s largest e-book retailer. They need to understand which problems, if solved, would have the greatest positive impact.

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3 Creativity Lessons from an Afternoon at the Senior Center

BrainZooming

I mentioned that in creativity presentations, I teach people to draw by using letters or numbers – things they know how to use – to uncover their creativity. When I texted a picture of the drawings, a friend wondered how Harry’s drawings would become creativity lessons for a blog post. More Creativity Lessons Ahead?