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Book Review: A.L.I.E.N. Thinking

Jeffrey Phillips

As you may know, as a noted (ahem) blogger and voracious reader, I am sometimes asked to review books on strategy and innovation. Even after choosing some books to review, I often find myself asking - did the book actually meet my criteria? All this in advance of a book I want to like, but struggle to review, entitled A.L.I.E.N.

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IdeaScale Launches a Successful Self-Paced Course on: Excelling at Innovation

IdeaScale

The course focuses on his value-driven approach to innovation, drawing on lessons learned from the CO-STAR methodology he helped develop. Self-paced learning is one of the key innovations of the last twenty years. What You’ll Learn. Overview: IdeaScale’s Laszlo Gyorffy M.S., What Is A Self-Paced Course?

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My innovation journey (so far)

Jeffrey Phillips

I've been leading innovation work for close to 20 years, writing about it on this blog and in my book (Relentless Innovation). But, we got started, getting some initial training from Tim Hurson , who wrote Think Better, a great book on innovation thinking, creativity and facilitation. I think a re-introduction is in order.

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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

In school, we learn about geniuses and their ideas, but how did they get those ideas? The following are seven principles that I’ve learned during my lifetime of work in the field of creative thinking — things that I wish I’d been taught as a student. 2 Creative Thinking Is Work. It is gray.

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Design Thinking Digital Transformation Workshop Tips

InnovationTraining.org

Using design thinking books as digital transformation tools. This book really stands out because right there in the title, “mindful digital transformation” is in the first line. So if you want to go really deep, you can pick up this book.This book is also on Kindle right now. . Utilizing e-books on Kindle and activity guides.

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Crafting the Path to Success: Designing Leadership Team Offsites for Strategic Planning Triumph

Leapfrogging

Logistics Component Checklist Item Transportation Arrange group transport to the venue Accommodations Book rooms for all participants Catering Plan meals and coffee breaks Technology Confirm availability of necessary A/V equipment Remember, the venue and logistics set the tone for the offsite.

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Announcing Momentum Creative Problem Solving (MCPS)

Gregg Fraley

As you learn more MCPS thinking tools, creative power grows. It’s easy-to-learn, immediately useful, and only gets more powerful as thinking shifts towards more focused, improvisational, and creative, problem solving. The creator of MCPS is Gregg Fraley, the author of the creativity book, Jack’s Notebook.