Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

And so, in the spirit of full disclosure, here's the back story of The Year of Living Creatively -- a bold, new online service of mine with the potential to make a profound difference in your life. Our third client, AT&T, licensed our Get Out of the Box creative thinking training -- the first creative training AT&T had ever purchased.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2021

This lifecycle is what Forrester describes as the 5 key activities of innovation management , a process through which creative ideas are given life via targeting, ideation, incubation, business planning, and commercialization (more on this in point 1 below). That’s the stuff of dreams, you might think, but not anymore.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 13, 2020

In honor of the year 2020 and the classic meme it represents (i.e. We call it Ideation 2020 -- the simplest, most time-efficient way we can think of to help our clients become masterful brainstorm facilitators. IDEATION 2020 TRAINING INCLUDES: 1. No off-sites required. No two-day training sessions.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 3, 2020

In honor of the year 2020 and the classic meme it represents (i.e. We call it Ideation 2020 -- the simplest, most time-efficient way we can think of to help our clients become masterful brainstorm facilitators. IDEATION 2020 TRAINING INCLUDES: 1. No off-sites required. No two-day training sessions.

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Innovation Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, says “We want employees to be able to work where they feel most creative and productive” (Kelly, 2020). Giving opportunities for fun and creative team names is another excellent way to make sure your teams are “never bored” (Kahneman, 2015). Thinking, Fast and Slow. Management Study Guide.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

According to MaRS – North America’s largest urban innovation hub, “a culture of innovation is an environment that supports creative thinking and advances efforts to extract economic and social value from knowledge, and, in doing so, generates new or improved products, services or processes”.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 4, 2020

This post isn’t a creative guide to coming up with a show-stopping idea, that’s all up to you. Product portfolio management (PPM) is used to manage resource allocation, identify areas for improvement, and keep products and services aligned with an organization’s broader vision and strategy (Lynn, 2020). Rachaelle Lynn.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

According to MaRS – North America’s largest urban innovation hub, “a culture of innovation is an environment that supports creative thinking and advances efforts to extract economic and social value from knowledge, and, in doing so, generates new or improved products, services or processes”.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 14, 2020

Like the majority of the world’s population in April 2020, I find myself unable to implement my preferred method of innovation discovery. For the modern innovator, the lesson here is that sometimes one can find a creative solution in examining the exact opposite of what one is trying to accomplish. Wadi Rum Desert, Jordan.

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