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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures

InnovationTraining.org

Agile” and “Waterfall” offer us very different approaches to project management. We might begin with a requirements gathering process in order to understand resources and parameters, and stay within the scope of the Project Charter that emerges from that process. Step 4 – System Testing : TEST!

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How to keep our children (and adults) from losing their creativity

Idea to Value

Therefore, the older brain’s preference will always be to use safe memories instead of creative new ‘risky’ solutions. The effect of this is that throughout their development, children are taught that giving the right answer is what is important, which is in line with convergent thinking only.

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Now Streaming: Extreme Creativity with Vickie Howell

BrainZooming

With the help of over 1200 individual and company backers, Vickie successfully raised $83k in 30 days on Kickstarter to fund the project. As of December 2017, The Knit Show has had over a quarter of a million views in at least 19 countries. Photo: Harper Point Photography. DIY programming in social media has been easy.

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Get Real About Your Company’s Future

The Inovo Group

For many, “future” is in fact a continuation of the immediate past and projections of near-term forces and trends that are easy to see and understand. Before this point, projecting forward from the present works well; what has happened in the immediate past is a pretty good indicator of what will happen next.

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Ten Years Now and Mike Brown Has a Blog

BrainZooming

And then it’s back to the salt mines for me, but now the work I’m doing when I’m not at my day job includes several long-term projects, and we’re presenting workshops and keynotes at conferences in San Francisco and on an island off the coast of Georgia. Now it’s the fall of 2017.

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How the Israel Securities Authority is Engaging Employees to Boost Innovation

Qmarkets

Earlier in 2017, the ISA approached Qmarkets regarding the implementation of Qmarkets' platform in order to run an idea and innovation management program. In order to do this, there must be room for creative thinking and for innovation. "It Yael Weiss Efron is an Innovation Manager at the Israel Securities Authority (ISA).

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Innovation in Myanmar

Innovation Excellence

Innovation Lesson – From an innovator’s standpoint, the personal connection is an important but sometimes forgotten characteristic of an innovation project. Innovators often think of their work at the macro scale, trying to identify a new product or service that would appeal to a wide audience. Jewels at Top of Pagoda.