Idea Champions

APRIL 9, 2024

The service we provide is the distillation of what we've learned, since 1987, designing and facilitating more 1,500 creative thinking sessions for 130 organizations in 11 countries. Bottom line, we know how to open the floodgates of creativity. question for your team to brainstorm. Everyone perceives "things" differently.

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Michael Michalko

MAY 13, 2022

After an hour into his presentation, he announced a ten minute break and invited the participants to enjoy a cup of coffee. A motivational speaker had a table with a coffee urn and cups. Some of the cups were exquisite and expensive and others were plain. The lesson is the richest is not the one who has the most, but who needs the least.”.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

When you invite an innovation keynote speaker to your event, you’re not just getting a presentation; you’re accessing a wealth of knowledge shaped by real-world experience and success. These speakers cover a range of topics, from the innovation process to the creation of a culture that nurtures creativity and collaboration.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Creativity special: Ten top tips Tom Ward senior research fellow in the Center for Creative Media at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and editor of the Journal of Creative Behavior “Merge two previously separate concepts that are in conflict with one another. When you become an expert, move on.

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Michael Michalko

MARCH 3, 2017

. Simply put, the key to increasing creativity in any organization is to make it start acting like a creative organization. Similarly, you and your organization will become more creative if you start acting the part. Similarly, you and your organization will become more creative if you start acting the part.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

For this ability to tap into the “dynamics of innovation,” most of any future success in the modern world demands a proactive approach through constant skill development and creative thinking. Providing a Range of Insights : Objectives : Foster a diverse and creative mindset to generate a variety of perspectives.

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Innovationship

MAY 30, 2018

9 BAD HABITS TO BREAK FOR BETTER IDEATION Time flies, seasons change, and before you know it, the annual barrage of articles trashing the validity of brainstorming is once again upon us. Why give readers tips on brainstorming only after spending eight paragraphs trying to discredit it? Nine Brainstorming Bad Habits to Break 1.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

16 Ways to Jump-start Creativity Simply put, the key to increasing creativity in any organization is to make it start acting like a creative organization. Similarly, you and your organization will become more creative if you start acting the part. E.g. suppose you have difficulty closing a particular sale.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

There are, for example, remarkable similarities between the mysteries of how our creative mind works and what quantum physicists have observed in their studies of the universe. This may be the same mental process that creates the “Aha” experience or divine inspiration that creative thinkers report. The Mind is Like the Universe.

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Michael Michalko

DECEMBER 10, 2021

His international team applied those methods to various NATO military, political, and social problems and in doing so it produced a variety of breakthrough ideas and creative solutions to new and old problems. After leaving the military, Michael facilitated CIA think tanks using his creative thinking techniques.

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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. It’s also about fostering dialogue, collaboration, and reflection.

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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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Idea Champions

JUNE 6, 2018

Ask the most creative people at work for their ideas. Brainstorm with a co-worker. Present your challenge to a child. Go for a daily brainstorming walk. Invite your customers to brainstorming sessions. Think of new ways to define your challenge. Initiate cross-functional brainstorming sessions.

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Michael Michalko

JUNE 1, 2017

Over time the puzzle became synonymous with creative thinking and the phrase “thinking outside the box” has now become a cliché for creativity. Apparently, if we think “outside the box” once, we are done and our thinking is done. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AVERAGE PERSON AND THE CREATIVE GENIUS.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

The value of such gatherings lies in their capacity to refresh perspectives, encourage strategic thinking, and address complex challenges without the distractions of the office environment. You’ll want to choose a site that is conducive to creativity, focus, and privacy.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 24, 2018

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. Strategic Thinking Exercise – New Product Idea Basics and Extremes in 30 Minutes.

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 5, 2017

How would you frame the question you want your creative team noodling on this week? If your Account Services department (or whoever writes project briefs) delivers vague, incomplete, or hard-to-read briefs to your "creatives", you got trouble in River City. Goofy, incomplete briefs that send your creatives off on a wild goose chase.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

How would you frame the question you want your creative team noodling on this week? If your Account Services department (or whoever writes project briefs) delivers vague, incomplete, or hard-to-read briefs to your "creatives", you got trouble in River City. Goofy, incomplete briefs that send your creatives off on a wild goose chase.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Cater to Your Brain: Mind maps structure brainstorming in a way that is naturally understandable by your brain, helping you innovate and retain information. Vague Descriptions Boost Creativity: By keeping associations vague, it allows people to bring their own perspective to the mind map and gets their creative juices flowing.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Thinking of ideas for different categories.”. Brainstorming for technological advancements”. One of best group brainstorming sessions in a long time.”. Exercises presented to gain focus on a certain area.”. Exercises presented to gain focus on a certain area.”. A bunch of brainstorming.”. Learned a lot”.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

Let's also assume that you and your company are not at a loss for these BIG IDEAS -- that they regularly make their appearance via any number of ways: brainstorming sessions, early morning team meetings, or simply the spontaneous epiphanies of the wild and crazy people down the hall. That's the good news. What ARE the holes? The result?

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Idea Champions

APRIL 10, 2019

IMPROVE YOUR BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS: Most company's brainstorming sessions are hugely ineffective, a kind of hyper-caffeinated Rube Goldberg machine where the same, usual suspects go through the same tired process of trotting out their pet ideas, jousting with each other, and calling it "ideation." Take a shot at it now. Is it working?

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Idea Champions

APRIL 23, 2017

Let's also assume that you and your company are not at a loss for these BIG IDEAS -- that they regularly make their appearance via any number of ways: brainstorming sessions, early morning team meetings, or simply the spontaneous epiphanies of the wild and crazy people down the hall. That's the good news. What ARE the holes? The result?

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

How would you frame the question you want your creative team noodling on this week? If your Account Services department (or whoever writes project briefs) delivers vague, incomplete, or hard-to-read briefs to your "creatives", you got trouble in River City. Goofy, incomplete briefs that send your creatives off on a wild goose chase.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Let's also assume that you and your company are not at a loss for these BIG IDEAS -- that they regularly make their appearance via any number of ways: brainstorming sessions, early morning team meetings, or simply the spontaneous epiphanies of the wild and crazy people down the hall. That's the good news. What ARE the holes? The result?

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

For instance, the team needs to select, adapt and provide ideation and brainstorming tools, platforms to set up programming and ideation challenges like hackathons , ideas processing pipelines, information sharing applications etc. To innovate by example. Innovation Advocates.

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Michael Michalko

AUGUST 30, 2017

If you worked this problem silently, you will almost certainly miss it, as have the large percentage of subjects to whom it has been presented. You are then allowed to turn over two, but only two, cards in order to determine whether the rule is correct as stated.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. They can be too passive, boring, yield few ideas (and even fewer creative innovations), last too long, and result in too much discussion and too little action. You can bring the facilitation power to your own brainstorming session!

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 26, 2021

This conglomerate of different personalities and styles can help foster creativity because people are able to see things from different perspectives related to their history, values, and role within the company. With an online whiteboard tool, teams can work together to brainstorm, plan, and test different techniques or strategies.

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Being innovative or creative looks like an inherent trait to most of us, doesn’t it? However, if you’ve been one of those lucky ones who had “creativity” as an academic discipline at school, you’d know that it can at least be nurtured. Perhaps, like renowned educationalist, Sir Ken Robinson says, “We got educated out of creativity.”

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The Inovo Group

APRIL 27, 2020

Done the right way and in the absence of a pandemic, a proper mix of WFH and in-office can increase productivity AND creativity AND reduce stress levels. more joy); and the potential for deeper and more creative thinking (more productive). It is difficult for people to be creative spontaneously at a preset day and time.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

In order to do this, there must be room for creative thinking and for innovation. "It YWE: 2016 was defined by us as the “Year of Creativity and Innovation” at the ISA, and administrators and senior staff were introduced to tools and brainstormed with on how to implement these tools into our ongoing work.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 14, 2020

The highlight of the tour is the writer’s studio above the carriage house where one can almost sense the creative energy flowing from the room, which Hemingway could access via a catwalk from the second floor of the home. Sometimes doing the exact opposite of what one thinks one should do can actually lead to a creative solution.

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Michael Michalko

AUGUST 12, 2018

Ask the most creative person you know. • Think about what it is you still don’t understand about the problem. Learn and use the creative thinking techniques creative geniuses have used throughout history. Give yourself an idea quota of 40 ideas when brainstorming. • . • Take a different route to work.

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