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What is Ideation? Definition, Process, Importance and Strategy Best Practices

IdeaScale

What is Ideation? Ideation is defined as the process of generating, developing, and refining new ideas for a specific goal. It is a creative and brainstorming-driven approach to exploring potential solutions to problems, creating innovative products or services, or identifying new opportunities for business growth.

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6 Creative Innovation Exercises for Online Whiteboards

IdeaScale

Innovation is a process that relies heavily on creativity and individual thinking, and these are things that don’t come easily. In order to get your creative juices flowing it can be important to engage in creative thinking exercises and practice ways you can improve your innovation process. Increased Range of Thought.

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Taming Blue Sky Ideation: Collecting Ideas that are Both Novel and Valuable

IdeaScale

In two blog entries, I provide guidelines to help you go broad, avoid pitfalls, and collect ideas that are valuable and relevant to your organization. The most common pitfall when running a “general” or “blue sky ideation” campaign is to assume this means you no longer need constraints or a problem statement.

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HUMAN CREATIVITY AND CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING WITH GENERATIVE AI

ImagineNation

This shift was powered by the defining trait of our species, our human creativity, which is at the heart of all creative problem-solving endeavors, where innovation is the engine of growth, no matter, what the context.

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Creative Problem Solving Templates

InnovationTraining.org

These Miro and MURAL digital templates can be used in team sessions for problem identification and creative problem solving. Creative problem solving is a foundation of many of the innovation and design thinking processes. A five-step process will walk you through the process, from ideation, problem solving, planning, and execution.

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18 Best Entrepreneur Blogs for Women in Business

CMOE

For the best women’s entrepreneur blogs across the internet, CMOE has put together these 18 sites for exceptional inspiration, motivation, and advice to help women in business succeed. The blog offers strategies to develop relevant skills, traits, and plans of action to make a meaningful impact in any industry.

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4 Ways To Invest In Your Employees’ Creativity

IdeaScale

How do you invest in your employees’ creativity? Regardless of how your organization is structured, you must invest time in teaching your employees how to think creatively and be more innovative. Here are a few of my favorites: How To Build Your Creative Confidence (video). The Corporate Startup (book). Originals (book).