Qmarkets

AUGUST 11, 2022

When it comes to overseeing an idea management program involving thousands of employees or customers, it is crucial that the process is structured in a way that helps participants to generate the best ideas. Your manager has asked you to come up with a few quick wins and, under pressure, your creative well has suddenly run dry.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Prepare, Then Brainstorm. Most brainstorming doesn’t work. The literature bashing brainstorming is extensive. I’m going to focus on one problem with brainstorming in this post: lack of preparation. There is not enough mental preparation done with participants before brainstorming/idea generation sessions.

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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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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak to Simon Hill, founder of Idea Management software company Wazoku. What idea management software actually does to help innovation management (10:40). Bonus: This episode was made possible by our premium members and the Deep Creativity training system.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The pool from which innovation emerges is filled with big ideas and endless creativity. For this reason, thought leaders grapple with generating methods of categorizing types of innovation as a means of channeling some of the creativity. It introduces predictability into the creative process. The key word here is effective.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Chuck Dymer co-facilitated a client’s internal management meeting with us recently. Chuck is the owner of Brilliance Activator , which helps leaders uncork the creative genius of their teams to improve products and processes, delight customers, and grow profits. Lemon chicken is specific; Chinese is a generality.

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Idea Champions

JULY 11, 2021

Do not lose heart, oh facilitators of the creative process. Next time you find yourself leading a creative thinking session , make it a point to give participants, early is the session, a mental map of the process you'll be using. Creativity" really isn't all that foreign to them (although they may think it is).

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

Creative Thinking – The Math of Brainstorming and New Ideas. #3 Innovation Strategy – 6 Ideas Better than “Clean Sheet of Paper” Creativity. 9 Extreme Creativity Questions from Peter’s Laws. Creating Change and Change Management – 4 Strategy Options. Innovation Strategy – 4 Change Management Struggles at Disney.

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Idea Drop

JULY 20, 2017

For most businesses, every day is an exercise in problem-solving. From managing your team, to running your office, to actually doing the work that’s paying your bills, even the most repetitive role is likely to involve some degree of decision making. Creative thinking focuses on capturing the unusual, unique and unchartered.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Sometimes creative thinking challenges come from inside your own head. In many organizations, however, substantial creative thinking challenges come from leaders and cultures that may say they want new thinking, but seem to do everything they can to scuttle creativity. Organizational Creative Thinking Challenges.

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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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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

From a facilitation standpoint, it was the most arduous couple of days of going through strategic thinking exercises I recall. What questions or exercises can I eliminate to save time while still getting enough input in all the areas we are covering for each innovation strategy? 11 Things Running through a Facilitator’s Head.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

The Evolution of Design Thinking in Business Design thinking has evolved from being a creative process into a robust strategic tool. This allows managers, executives, and consultants to focus on more strategic elements of innovation. This helps to spark creativity and inspire new concepts.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 24, 2018

The objective involved taking twenty-three tables of participants through innovation strategy exercises to identify disruptive concepts, craft strategies, document audience profiles, imagine ideas, develop market positions, and propose all the ideas in 9-second pitches. Creative Thinking: Tesco Homeplus Virtual Subway Store.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In fact, innovation and creativity are cited as being some of the most important skills and differentiators listed by CEOs which will determine their future success. In order for innovation to be possible, a company needs to have the following foundational elements: Enablement: The creativity and culture to develop new and different ideas.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 28, 2019

Idea Champions has trained quite a few PR and Marketing firms in the art and science of facilitating breakthrough brainstorming sessions. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, Idea Champions' ability to quickly and effectively teach my colleagues and me how to facilitate brainstorming sessions changed the future of our business.

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Michael Michalko

MAY 14, 2022

In the same way, if we start a brainstorming session cold with a serious, uptight facilitator throwing out questions and problems to a stiff, conservative group, the chances of producing healthy ideas is minimal. Following are tips on how to loosen up the group to energize their creative thinking. CREATIVE COLLAGES.

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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. Implement collaborative activities such as brainstorming sessions and group problem-solving.

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CMOE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Third, leaders and managers must focus the unique abilities of individual team members in different ways to accomplish the team’s overall goals. Managers and trainers could consider focusing on any of the following behaviors: Effective Communication : Teach employees how to be open with each other instead of holding back great ideas.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 1, 2021

While changes to your environment can help you focus, get more done, and think more creatively, all of these approaches have limits. Another option is to create flex spaces in the office to make it easier to run into people, have impromptu meetings or brainstorming sessions, or otherwise break up the workday into more manageable chunks.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Do not lose heart, oh facilitators of the creative process. Next time you find yourself leading a creative thinking session , make it a point to give participants, early is the session, a mental map of the process you'll be using. Creativity" really isn't all that foreign to them (although they may think it is).

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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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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

We’ve written a tremendous amount about change and change management strategy since the Brainzooming blog’s inception. Just HOW MUCH have we written on change management strategy? I reviewed all eighty-six pages to develop our change management strategy primer. 35 Articles on Change Management Strategy in a Change Agent Role.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 14, 2017

Strategos offers clients a robust and creative approach to strategy and innovation that appealed to me. I was educated as an engineer and have always believed that finding new ways to solve problems required creativity as well as systemic thinking and collaborating with people that have diverse backgrounds. Why is this important?

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100%Open

OCTOBER 25, 2019

No matter the size or nature of an organisation, I believe that there are a number of practices that can help teams foster an innovation mindset, promote a willingness to be creative and implement positive change. This creative time/space can be replicated in an organisation by making time for generating ideas.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 16, 2017

How about framing the exercise as Goldilocks and the Three Competitors? Jack and his Extreme Creativity Beans. Suppose you need extreme creative thinking. The kind of extreme creativity that comes from people with their heads in the clouds! When Is the Right Time for Brainstorming in Strategic Planning?

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hackerearth

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Now, almost 20 years later, an increasing number of companies are beginning to appreciate the importance of fostering innovation so that their employees have the flexibility to exercise their creativity, which in turn would result in their products and services sitting at the forefront of their domain. What is an innovation lab?

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 29, 2017

Do not lose heart, oh facilitators of the creative process. Next time you find yourself leading a creative thinking session , make it a point to give participants, early is the session, a mental map of the process you'll be using. Creativity" really isn't all that foreign to them (although they may think it is).

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Planview

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Ideation in this context is presented as a considered and managed process, designed to achieve a specific measurable outcome. STEM communities tend to be encouraged by knowing the exercise is well framed and by having a calibrated target. Likewise, those who want to create and invent, rather than manage, will have a place to do so.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Concepts are taught using interactive exercises and challenges, which make for rich debrief discussions, learning, and integration into real world team habits. Conflict Management: Conflict, or the avoidance of it, is the biggest barrier to team productivity. Management teams. Sales Management teams. Innovation teams.

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

One of the exercises on my Creative Leadership workshop runs like this. The second conversation goes to all sorts of creative and unusual places. The typical responses to a creative suggestion might be: Yes but it would cost too much. People in pairs have short conversations. The second person replies with an objection.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Ideation in this context is presented as a considered and managed process, designed to achieve a specific measurable outcome. STEM communities tend to be encouraged by knowing the exercise is well framed and by having a calibrated target. Likewise, those who want to create and invent, rather than manage, will have a place to do so.

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Gregg Fraley

JUNE 27, 2017

It’s ​​intended ​​audience ​​are ​​leaders, ​​managers, ​​and ​​project ​​supervisors ​​who ​​are ​​empowered, ​​or ​​seek ​​to ​​be ​​empowered, ​​to ​​lead ​​innovation ​​projects ​​at ​​their ​​organizations. It’s ​intended ​for ​the ​project ​manager ​or ​director ​of ​innovation ​at ​an ​organization. ​In August 28, 2017.

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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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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Do not lose heart, oh facilitators of the creative process. Next time you find yourself leading a creative thinking session , make it a point to give participants, early is the session, a mental map of the process you'll be using. Creativity" really isn't all that foreign to them (although they may think it is).

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 6, 2015

If Drucker was right, what does that say about most executives, who are busy managing costs? Over the last 30 years modern management thinking has been influenced by outsourcing and rightsizing, on lean and Six Sigma thinking and on the GE way (1st, 2nd or out of the market). Everything else, he said, are costs.

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Boxes and Arrows

MARCH 22, 2016

Brainstorming: The Walt Disney method. We love brainstorming—and the Walt Disney Method is a quite simple technique for everyone. To give the people participating in the exercise a surrounding to test or to reflect on the characters, we usually use the game “build a bridge.” According to Robert B. Good luck and have fun!

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