Idea Champions

JANUARY 24, 2020

clear vision), Idea Champions is thrilled to announce the launch of an exciting new offering -- an elegant way for its time-crunched, Conducting Genius graduates to upgrade the quality and impact of their brainstorming sessions. Idea Champions is one of the world's premiere facilitators and trainers of organizational brainstorming sessions.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 26, 2020

clear vision), Idea Champions is thrilled to announce the launch of an exciting new offering -- an elegant way for its time-crunched, Conducting Genius graduates to upgrade the quality and impact of their brainstorming sessions. Idea Champions is one of the world's premiere facilitators and trainers of organizational brainstorming sessions.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 22, 2020

clear vision), Idea Champions is thrilled to announce the launch of an exciting new offering -- an elegant way for its time-crunched, Conducting Genius graduates to upgrade the impact of their brainstorming sessions. Choose from a series of 40 brainstorm facilitation modules. Our 142-page brainstorm facilitation workbook.

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Destination Innovation

JUNE 14, 2018

The Ideas Exchange is a brainstorm method which I use with larger groups. They ‘force fit’ them together or adapt them in some way so that they now have a creative idea. Each individual has to construct a proposition based on the three words they have received. Image by Geralt on Pixabay. It is easy to run, quick and effective.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 26, 2019

Here's what Idea Champions' clients have to say about the value they've received from engaging our brainstorm facilitation services. Through your brainstorm facilitation, we gained more than 100 original ideas of high quality. Extremely engaging and enlightening brainstorming sessions" - Karen Lazan, Marketing Director, Pfizer.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

As business leaders, it’s essential to understand and integrate this component to drive change and encourage a thriving environment of creativity and risk-taking. By cultivating psychological safety, leaders can establish a fertile ground for creativity and experimentation, which are the lifeblood of innovation.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Importance of Executive Team Offsites Executive team offsites offer a unique opportunity to disconnect from routine pressures and foster a creative environment for high-level strategic discussions. It should be conducive to the creative and strategic thinking that you aim to foster among your executive team.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

These speakers cover a range of topics, from the innovation process to the creation of a culture that nurtures creativity and collaboration. Let’s delve into what these speakers might cover regarding building this culture and nurturing the key aspects of creativity and collaboration.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Improved Problem-Solving Facilitates creative thinking and collaborative solutions to challenges. These might include communication techniques, conflict resolution strategies, or innovative brainstorming methods. Brainstorming Methods Generate new ideas, foster creativity. Daily meetings, interdepartmental collaboration.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Encouraging Innovation and Creativity Innovation is the engine that drives strategic growth and competitive advantage. As a leader, it’s your responsibility to create an environment where creativity flourishes. Here are some ways to do that: Method Impact Set Aside Time for Brainstorming Facilitates the generation of new ideas.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Encouraging Innovation and Creativity Innovation is the engine that drives strategic growth and competitive advantage. As a leader, it’s your responsibility to create an environment where creativity flourishes. Here are some ways to do that: Method Impact Set Aside Time for Brainstorming Facilitates the generation of new ideas.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

When team members work cohesively, the exchange of ideas becomes more dynamic, leading to creative solutions and groundbreaking products or services. Benefit Description Increased Creativity Diverse perspectives lead to novel ideas and solutions. Organizing regular brainstorming sessions where all members are encouraged to contribute.

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Phil McKinney

JUNE 9, 2023

Whether accidentally stumbling upon a new idea during a brainstorming session or running into a colleague in the hallway and sparking an insightful conversation, serendipity relies on the chance interactions in our lives. I've lost count of how many online brainstorming sessions I've facilitated over Zoom.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Through a blend of strategic planning sessions, team-building activities, and reflective exercises, a well-designed offsite can unlock new perspectives, ignite creativity, and lay the groundwork for transformative growth. In my experience working with dozens of organizations and executive teams around the world, here are the success factors.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Here are some key advantages: Boosted Creativity : Offsite meetings can spark creativity by providing a change of scenery and a focused environment away from the usual distractions. The location should foster creativity, minimize distractions, and be accessible to all participants. Establishing ground rules is equally important.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

They outperform their peers in productivity, creativity, and overall results. This strategic approach enables teams to apply experiential learning towards creative problem-solving, thus driving the organization forward. But what distinguishes these teams from the rest?

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Overview: A serendipitous meeting between a city official’s hobby and a freelancer’s brainstorm led to the city of Arlington, TX, creating a stop-motion LEGO movie to explain the city’s budget. Don’t assume creativity is expensive. How Can You Start Developing Creativity In Your Organization? The Challenge. A Model City.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How well do you use brainstorming and ideation techniques to generate ideas? How well do you balance data-driven analysis with intuition and creativity? Reframe problems: Practice reframing problems in a way that encourages you to think more creatively and openly.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By removing distractions and dedicating time solely to strategic thinking, you create an atmosphere where creativity and big-picture thinking can thrive. Environment : Choose a setting that is conducive to open communication and creativity. Mediating any disagreements that may arise to maintain a constructive atmosphere.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

You’ll want to choose a site that is conducive to creativity, focus, and privacy. Mastery in encouraging open communication and fostering collaboration and creativity can set your offsite apart. Consider the atmosphere of the venue; it should be comfortable and inspiring, yet free from distractions.

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Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It is you (the observer) who constructs reality. Either way, it’s the same figure.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Encourage the use of collaborative digital whiteboards or brainstorming tools to facilitate creative and strategic thinking sessions in real-time. Implement regular feedback sessions where team members can provide constructive feedback on processes and collaboration practices.

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

In the previous blog I covered: Quantum idea generation produces at least 12 times more ideas than brainstorming. Background: this local plumbing company specialized in plumbing for new apartment construction projects. I quickly suggested a meeting at the construction site two hours after we learned of the need.

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The BMI Lab Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Creativity is not a gift but a skill we can train with proper tools. When we introduce somebody to innovation methodologies, especially those focused on business models, the role of creativity topic usually comes up. The most common question is whether we need to use creativity or not to innovate. Analogy cards.

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Michael Roberto

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Work on engaging in constructive conflict with others. Thompson cites studies that find that a certain amount of task conflict is associated with higher creativity. Take advantage of the opportunity for creativity to flourish amidst a more level playing field. There is no head of the Zoom table.” Don't just stick to business.

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Michael Michalko

MARCH 3, 2017

Horst Geschka and his associates at the Batelle Institute in Frankfurt, Germany, developed a variety of group creative-thinking techniques called Brainwriting which, like Feynman=s innovative problem-solving approach, are designed to process ideas in parallel, spontaneous sequences. Brainwriting increases idea production dramatically.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

This sense of security is critical as it encourages the free exchange of ideas, fosters creativity, and promotes innovation. Dealing with Conflict and Resistance Conflict and resistance can arise in any team, but in high-performance leadership teams, it’s essential to address these issues constructively.

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Betterific

MAY 31, 2017

But that campaign, and other ideation campaigns like it, didn’t require any creative problem solving. To gather new ideas, his team traditionally holds brainstorms, listens to end users and talks with cross functional teams. The Innovation Challenge – how and why it was constructed. It’s more of a marketing play. .

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Corporations assign teams without skills or experience, rapidly conduct "brainstorming" exercises based primarily on current opinion or past experience and move as quickly as possible to present a small handful of ideas to a wary executive team. Prototypes are built, minimum viable products are constructed and tested.

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Michael Michalko

AUGUST 30, 2017

Yet perception is demonstrably an active rather than a passive process; it constructs rather than records “reality.” You construct how you choose to see the world. The content of this specific problem influenced the way we constructed our perception of the problem. THOUGHT EXPERIMENT. Consider the following problem.

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Be-novative

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Be constructive In an innovative team you need a safe and supportive space for creativity to flow. You are always sharing ideas with each other, hundreds of ideas come up in regular brainstorming sessions …. if you treat these creative ideas with respect and without judgement at first sight. novative.com.

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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. Criticism, he argues, plays a crucial role in helping to create breakthrough ideas. I don't think it's either/or.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 28, 2021

While creativity is central to any innovation strategy, it doesn’t come on tap. Drawing from the research behind our infographic , here are eight activities that promote creativity that you can do right now. Taking a walk, doing some yoga, going for a bike ride, all of these have been found to make you more creative.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

In fact, creativity is becoming a core skill which companies know they need in the future. 9 – Understanding the science of creativity. What it is: For a long time, there was a lot of crap advice out there about improving creativity.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 23, 2020

We will be bringing up a series of reflection points that can be used in the construction of the present and a much more desirable future, based on community engagement and well-being. Leisure is creative. High performance has a lot to do with creativity, and we know that it takes time to exercise it.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 28, 2016

Certainly I’ve seen or witnessed many brainstorming or management meetings that have asked along a design thinking expert, who pulled out of the hat, like the magical rabbit, a wondrous show to excite, determine and mostly fill an otherwise boring day. Acknowledging and embracing minimum viable product principles. Embrace constraints.

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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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