Idea Champions

APRIL 10, 2019

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs of this blog post and will now cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or not understood by the members of your team. Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. How would you frame the question you want your creative team noodling on this week? You're busy.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

Let's assume for a moment that you and your company value BIG IDEAS -- the kind of ideas that have the potential to change the game, differentiate you from the competition, and spark some major business growth. The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. What ARE the holes? The result?

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Michael Roberto

JANUARY 4, 2016

In my view, great innovators combine the principles of brainstorming/ideation with good practices of constructive conflict. At other times in the creative process, they engage in healthy dissent and debate. I’ve found that pairs can also play a key role in the innovation process at established organizations.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 23, 2017

Let's assume for a moment that you and your company value BIG IDEAS -- the kind of ideas that have the potential to change the game, differentiate you from the competition, and spark some major business growth. The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. What ARE the holes? The result?

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Let's assume for a moment that you and your company value BIG IDEAS -- the kind of ideas that have the potential to change the game, differentiate you from the competition, and spark some major business growth. The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. What ARE the holes? The result?

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. The top innovative companies in the world know that hosting effective, engaging meetings makes all the difference.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 11, 2024

Since 1987, Idea Champions has been designing and facilitating a wide range of brainstorming sessions, creative thinking trainings, and innovation workshops for more than 130 organizations in 11 different countries. During that time, we have worked with just about every industry on planet earth and every kind of mindset.

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CMOE

MARCH 31, 2023

When executed well, teamwork unites people and purpose, enhances trust and collaboration, and ultimately boosts productivity and elevates workforce engagement. Experts attribute this to the group’s ability to more effectively correct issues, think creatively, process information, and solve problems. What Is Teamwork?

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Boxes and Arrows

OCTOBER 6, 2009

If you’re not sure what I mean, think about this: We had a big problem at our company. Every scene, every moment, every tangible element of a film works together for a purpose: to make it easier for audiences to understand and engage with a story and to create an emotional response to walk away with. So where to start?

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 12, 2022

In this blog, we highlight eight techniques for idea generation in business that will help your idea management participants to reach their creative potential. Your manager has asked you to come up with a few quick wins and, under pressure, your creative well has suddenly run dry. We’ve all been there.

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Leapfrogging

JANUARY 5, 2017

For example, CSAA Insurance Group, one of the insurance companies associated with the American Automobile Association, uses three types of innovation to help its 3,800 employees understand their role in fostering a culture of innovation. True culture change requires direct engagement. Don’t Throw It Over the Wall.

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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 first client made $600,000 with a single idea they generated in the first brainstorming session we ran for them. Fast forward to 2020.

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Leapfrogging

JANUARY 5, 2017

For example, CSAA Insurance Group, one of the insurance companies associated with the American Automobile Association, uses three types of innovation to help its 3,800 employees understand their role in fostering a culture of innovation. True culture change requires direct engagement. Don’t Throw It Over the Wall.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 11, 2022

In this blog, we highlight eight techniques for idea generation in business that will help your idea management participants to reach their creative potential. Your manager has asked you to come up with a few quick wins and, under pressure, your creative well has suddenly run dry. We’ve all been there.

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The BMI Lab Blog

MARCH 4, 2021

We will start with a quick brush-up: ideation is a creative process for generating and exchanging new ideas. Selecting the right collaboration tool When the pandemic hit in early 2020, many companies faced the challenge of having to move meetings, workshops, and services online. What is ideation?

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The Inovo Group

APRIL 27, 2020

Primary research : The collection of information and insights acquired directly from customers and other ecosystem participants via direct engagement. In fact, it is nearly always faster, less expensive and more effective to engage in remote interaction, either live or asynchronously.

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Be-novative

DECEMBER 12, 2018

It is the responsibility of everyone in a company to contribute with their ideas, validating them and implementing the best ones as one common team to achieve this breakthrough. So, it’s more than high time to train our creative brains and expect both employees and students to come up with surprising ideas on any usual weekday.

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