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Can creativity training really improve your creativity?

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Some people still debate whether creativity is something which only certain people are born with, or whether it can be developed in everyone. Well, we have already previously seen that creativity is determined more by our nurture (upbringing) than by our nature (genes we are born with).

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Can meditation help or hurt your creativity?

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And we know that being distracted can be detrimental to our creativity. A 2018 report from the USA CDC showed that within the past 5 years, the total number of people who had tried meditation had more than tripled. This is much more likely to lead to mind wandering, associated with original and divergent new creative ideas.

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Deadline for the 2018 Innovation Management Awards Extended

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Every year we celebrate entrants who have demonstrated creativity and results in their engagement strategy. The new deadline for submission is November 30 th , 2018. The post Deadline for the 2018 Innovation Management Awards Extended appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Five Must-Attend Innovation and Technology Conferences in 2018

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Attending conferences is a great way to ignite your creativity, whether you’re just beginning to develop an innovation strategy or a long-time veteran of building innovation. There are many great technology conferences in 2018, but these five are particular standouts for innovation this year: Chicago Ideas. Mobile Beat 2018.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.

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What’s New In Corporate Innovation 26 January 2018

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But perhaps 2018 is the year in which both the technology ecosystem is mature enough, and corporate preparedness is ripe enough, that industrial transformation reaches its fullest potential. Watch this space in 2018 and beyond. Grace College [link].

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Making too many decisons makes you want to avoid planning anything else

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In a 2018 research study by Sjåstad and Baumeister , the researchers wanted to see what would happen to someone’s willingness to think about the future before or after they had been forced to make hard decisions. The impact of this on innovation teams and people trying to improve their creativity may be profound.