Idea Champions

AUGUST 19, 2020

It's not in your favorite holy book. You have not identified a challenge or opportunity that inspires you enough to think up new ideas. There's no one to collaborate with. You haven't read my award winning book yet. The brainstorming sessions you attend are pitiful. You're not paid to think. It's too noisy.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 24, 2018

We led the group through a customized Brainzooming Innovation Fake Book of exercises. Creative Thinking: Tesco Homeplus Virtual Subway Store. Brainstorming Ideas – How Many Ideas Per Television Series? Disrupting Thinking. Creative Thinking – 12 Triggers for Finding Strategic Connections.

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Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking Exercises 88

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. This new Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons for leaders to increase strategic collaboration, engagement, and create improved results.

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Idea Champions

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

(The working title of my still-to-be-written book about the experience? or leading brainstorming sessions for 80 Muslim teenagers. Until then, here are the words of Fazeel, reflecting on our collaboration: "I had a strong desire to introduce a culture of creativity and innovation to our humble school in Australia.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 6, 2018

Ask the most creative people at work for their ideas. Brainstorm with a co-worker. Go for a daily brainstorming walk. Ask someone to collaborate with you on your favorite project. Ask someone to collaborate with you on your favorite project. Invite your customers to brainstorming sessions. Have more fun.

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Creativity Brainstorming Exercises Creative Thinking 37

BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2016

This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Download this free, action-focused mini-book to: Learn smart ways to separate strategic opportunities from the daily noise of business.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming 40

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. This new Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons for leaders to increase strategic collaboration, engagement, and create improved results.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 19, 2018

TOPICS INCLUDE: Culture of Innovation, Creative Thinking, Idea Generation, Brainstorm Facilitation, Storytelling, Leadership, Mindset, Teamwork & Collaboration, Meeting Mastery, Listening & Feedback, Problem Solving, and Employee Engagement. And it only requires 15 minutes per week. HOW IT WORKS: 1.

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Learning Creative Thinking Training Meeting 24

Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2017

TOPICS INCLUDE: Creative Thinking, Culture of Innovation, Brainstorm Facilitation, Storytelling, Leadership, Mindset, Motivation, Collaboration, Facilitation, Listening, Humor, and Change. Mitch Ditkoff , Co-Founder of Idea Champions , Author of the two award-winning winning books on innovation and storytelling.

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Learning Creative Thinking Training Innovation 24

hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

To help innovation officers and wannabe innovators in their task, we’ve put together the best books to inspire you and help your company and workforce stay relevant. Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker In this classic book published in 1985, Peter F. Obviously, the books is rife with exciting anecdotes and case studies.

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LEAN Entrepreneurship Innovation Case Study 12

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

This strategic thinking exercise allows a large group (perhaps hundreds of online participants) to provide targeted input on an organization’s future direction. We turn that input into a collaborative vision statement. Pushing Back on a Strategic Thinking Exercise. So we pushed back.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Underperforming Technical Team Groups 40

Innovation Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

In Organizational Design: Clearing the Runway for Collaboration and Breakthrough Thinking, we demonstrated how to build teams in a way that facilitates sharing and communication to allow both groups and individuals to grow. Employees who feel their voices are heard are 4.6x

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Culture Meeting Engagement Leadership 89

Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

TOPICS INCLUDE: Mindset, Culture of Innovation, Creative Thinking, Idea Generation, Brainstorm Facilitation, Storytelling, Leadership, Teamwork/Collaboration, Listening/Feedback, Problem Solving. Mitch Ditkoff , Co-Founder of Idea Champions , Author of the two award-winning winning books on innovation and storytelling.

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Learning Creative Thinking Training Innovation 22

Idea Champions

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Which is precisely why my company, Idea Champions , is now offering forward-thinking companies a much less expensive way to stir the innovation soup -- a virtual, self-organizing, low-cost, just-in-time way that gets everyone into the act.

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How To Video Training Brainstorming 15

InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Empowering their teams with technology and creative tools that guide their brainstorming sessions goes a long way in changing the outcome. In this post, we’ll share some tips and hints centered around innovation and design thinking frameworks to help you deliver an engaging and impactful experience. marathon” = 24-48 hour event.

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Stephen Shapiro

JUNE 28, 2022

Remember, this book was written a dozen years ago, so some concepts have evolved. Open-source software is a well-known collaborative community. As we saw in the previous tip, innovation tournaments and bounties can be run either competitively or collaboratively. Consider your typical group brainstorming session.

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Software Review Tips Competition Collaboration 52

Idea Champions

APRIL 15, 2017

If you can let go of your need for comfort and agreement, you will find yourself catapulted into new ways of seeing, thinking, and acting -- all precursors to breakthrough ideas. BRAINSTORM. They believe in their inalienable rights to think for themselves. What is the topic of your next group brainstorm? Who’s first?

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

If you can let go of your need for comfort and agreement, you will find yourself catapulted into new ways of seeing, thinking, and acting -- all precursors to breakthrough ideas. BRAINSTORM. They believe in their inalienable rights to think for themselves. What is the topic of your next group brainstorm? Who’s first?

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Idea Champions

MAY 9, 2016

If you can let go of your need for comfort and agreement, you will find yourself catapulted into new ways of seeing, thinking, and acting -- all precursors to breakthrough ideas. BRAINSTORM. They believe in their inalienable rights to think for themselves. What is the topic of your next group brainstorm? Who’s first?

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Idea Champions

APRIL 6, 2023

We brainstormed, blue-skied, dialogued, role played, invented, read, sang, stretched, drank coffee, wine, the crisp Colorado air, and whatever else it took to free ourselves from the gravity of what we already knew. Excerpted from my forthcoming book: WISDOM AT WORK: How Moments of Truth on the Job Reveal the Real Business of Life.

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 20, 2018

We brainstormed, blue-skied, dialogued, role played, invented, read, sang, stretched, drank coffee, wine, the crisp Colorado air, and whatever else it took to free ourselves from the gravity of what we already knew. Excerpted from my forthcoming book: WISDOM AT WORK: How Moments of Truth on the Job Reveal the Real Business of Life.

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Meeting Creativity Brainstorming Creative Thinking 29