Idea Champions

MAY 6, 2021

For the past 11 years, I've been writing a series of articles on creativity for my Heart of Innovation blog. I'm in the process, now, of editing it. What follows are 77 of the 88 chapters in the book. The Hero's Journey and the Creative Process.

Creative Process 43

Creative Process Brainstorming Creativity Learning 43

Be-novative

DECEMBER 12, 2018

We only need to be creative and come up with original, new ideas 2% of the times on an average day, yet disruptive solutions are the key to any successful business in the 21stcentury. 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. As a company, we follow the market leaders or already set-up lower-risk processes.

Video 40

Video Disruption Ideation Brainstorming 40

Leapfrogging

JANUARY 5, 2017

Promoting a culture of innovation focused on business growth starts with providing practical tools that give anyone the opportunity to innovate in whatever they do. It’s one thing to say you want a culture of innovation. It’s another to actually get everyone truly innovating. In fact, if they become seen as leadership lip service, they can actually lower morale and stifle the very innovation you want most.

Tools 116

Tools Culture of Innovation Culture Guidelines 116

Leapfrogging

JANUARY 5, 2017

Promoting a culture of innovation focused on business growth starts with providing practical tools that give anyone the opportunity to innovate in whatever they do. It’s one thing to say you want a culture of innovation. It’s another to actually get everyone truly innovating. In fact, if they become seen as leadership lip service, they can actually lower morale and stifle the very innovation you want most.

Tools 100

Tools Culture of Innovation Culture Guidelines 100

IdeaScale

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Organizing the types of innovation can help streamline your processes and boost results. The pool from which innovation emerges is filled with big ideas and endless creativity. Thus, in a way, innovation is infinite, bound only by the depth of thought processes. However, without limits or structure, innovation can be impossible to harness, rendering it useless. A few examples include: Innovation Type 1: TRIZ.

Brainstorming 100

Brainstorming Conference Exercises Tips 100

Business Innovation Design

MARCH 25, 2014

Where there is a rise of a dynasty, there will be a fall of a dynasty. Similar concept applies to the most-hyped innovation process; Design Thinking. If a process meets the current needs of the market, it escalates with monumental success. Not living up to the hype will be the cause of failure of Design Thinking as the sought-after innovation process. Imagination is thus the root of creativity.

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Design Thinking Design Innovation Creativity 40