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Soren Kaplan’s April 2015 Leapfrogging Newsletter

Leapfrogging

Sustained competitive advantage comes from innovating how we innovate. 7 Millennials Who Are Too Busy Changing The World To Take Selfies. 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.

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Can creativity training really improve your creativity?

Idea to Value

Well, we have already previously seen that creativity is determined more by our nurture (upbringing) than by our nature (genes we are born with). However, we have also seen that children appear to be more creative than adults , and that divergent thinking creativity rates fall as we age.

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The availability bias: Why we overestimate the likelihood of scary but unlikely events

Idea to Value

However, in the last 500 years only 1,909 confirmed shark attacks occurred worldwide (as of the 2015 research paper ); of the 737 that happened in the United States, only 38 people died in total. So why do we appear to think that sharks are more likely to kill you? Whereas also in the USA, cows kill around 22 people every year.

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Workplace Culture: Productive People Make High-performing Teams That Produce Rapid Results

Innovation Excellence

A positive, engaging workplace culture can attract and retain talented employees, increase productivity, and even improve financial performance. Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, says “We want employees to be able to work where they feel most creative and productive” (Kelly, 2020). Increase Engagement by Making Room for Relationships.

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A Look Back at the Innovation Management Awards

IdeaScale

The Innovation Management Awards are in their fifth year and we thought it would be good chance to look back at all the past winners as we prepare to receive submissions from around the world in this year’s competition. 2015: Innovate Your State. Engaging city-wide employees in an online dialogue for city improvements.

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Sincerely Sima: Keeping Participants Engaged

KindlingApp

This is the second entry in the “Sincerely Sima” blog series which takes a look back at the most frequently asked innovation management questions our customer success team encountered in 2015. In our last post we discussed how to keep executives involved in your innovation program. How do you recommend we get back on track?

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Five Barriers to the Innovation Process and How to Overcome Them

IdeaScale

The most common summary of this problem comes down to the phrase, “This is the way we’ve always done it.” If a company developed a way of doing things in 2015, then it was likely the ideal one at the time. Who do you hear from the most? Who do you have to come to in order to get feedback?