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Soren Kaplan’s April 2015 Leapfrogging Newsletter

Leapfrogging

Changing the nature of board engagement -5 tips for directors and CEOs to make the most of limited time. 175k Innovation Prize 2015 – Deadline April 30, 2015. Global Millennial Conference 2015 – May 15, 2015, Columbus, OH. Social Innovation Summit 2015 – June 11-12, Washington, DC.

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Happiness is linked to higher creativity

Idea to Value

Interestingly, other studies from 2015 showed that being in a positive, happy mood made people perform better at divergent thinking, but not necessarily convergent thinking. Interestingly, another study from 2015 found that people’s capacity for how creative they could be was not correlated with their overall happiness.

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And the Winner Is… Announcing 2020 Innovation Management Awards

IdeaScale

Since 2015, the Innovation Management Awards, presented by IdeaScale, have sought out the best innovation strategists, designers, and approaches. Nonetheless, we’ve picked the winners in three categories: Best Engagement Strategy, Best Innovation Process, … Continued.

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Employee Engagement 2015: Not Much Has Changed

The Human Factor

Do you have an engaged, committed workforce? They identified 12 key indicators that translate to high levels of employee engagement: I know what is expected of me at work. To determine whether you have an engaged workforce, use this list as the basis for an employee survey and see how many positive responses you get.

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2021 IdeaScale Innovation Management Award Winners

IdeaScale

For 2021, IdeaScale has three new winners of the Innovation Management Awards: TriHealth for engaging nearly 80% of their workforce; Grant Thornton for pioneering work in automation; and Graybar for an exemplary innovation process. Best Engagement Strategy: TriHealth. Best Innovation Process: Graybar.

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Can creativity training really improve your creativity?

Idea to Value

A 2015 study of 180 participants over 9 weeks showed that creativity training not only significantly improved the participant’s view of their own creativity, it resulted in those participants producing more creative output A 2016 study showed one 1.5

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How Has Innovation Created a Private Space Race?

IdeaScale

A private market could help by tapping new sources of funding and engaging in experiments government agencies couldn’t justify attempting, and would also drive down the cost of launches, thus conserving government funds for more research. In December 2015, SpaceX landed its first reusable first stage of an orbital rocket.