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Sometimes, flat hierarchies can hurt innovation in Start-ups

Idea to Value

While a flat hierarchy led to more creative ideas in Start-ups, it often resulted in worse commercial performance. With the right planning, it is completely possible to build a start-up which has the benefits of creative output and ability to react, as well as the process effectiveness and ability to commercialise their innovations.

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This emotional short animation shows how parents inadvertently stifle their children’s creativity

Idea to Value

Watch the short film in the video above. Originally released in 2015, it has since found a new lease of life after being shared extensively online, and now has over 6 million views on Youtube. The result is that as children get older, their creative ability actually decreases dramatically.

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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

With this new online Udemy course you can quickly absorb the key ideas and principles in best-selling busines books by watching short video lectures. But how much time would it have taken? The books range from old classics like How to Win Friends and Influence People, right up to modern bestsellers like Start with Why and Atomic Habits.

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Judge a woman based on her ideas, not her profile photo

Idea to Value

Especially as an attractive woman in a creative profession. My fiancee told me about her own experiences, where colleagues talked about how she only got a job because of how she looked, and not because of the fact that she was the hardest worker and produced the best creative output.

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4 Tips to Efficiently Boost Creativity in the Workplace

BrainZooming

Here’s a brief video produced by SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association, where I talk about four easy ways for companies to boost creativity in the workplace without taking a lot of time to do it. We shot the video after I delivered our presentation on Taking the NO Out of Innovation at the 2015 SEMA Convention.

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The secret to this government department’s innovation success: Small teams

Idea to Value

In the video above, Haley Van Dyck outlines how her teams at the United States Digital Service used the skills and techniques of Silicon Valley to effect real change in departments which were in dire need of innovation. Editor’s note: I did the math, and $86bn is more than the 2015 GDP of 125 countries!]. How did it go?

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Dyson’s newest innovation: an Ultra-powerful $400 hairdryer

Idea to Value

And as you can see in the video above, the product is over-engineered compared to cheaper competitors, so should stand up to abuse. According to a breakdown of their financials for 2015 in the Guardian , the company spends around £3m a week on Research and Development. Dyson’s view of innovation suggests yes.