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Where can you get Fresh Ideas?

Destination Innovation

Do you need some novel ideas for the problems and challenges you face? Here are some places and methods to help you find them: Read Widely : Books, magazines, and online articles are great sources of inspiration. Different perspectives can trigger new ideas. Collaboration often leads to the generation of novel ideas.

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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

What are the mental processes, attitudes, work habits, behaviors, and beliefs that enable creative geniuses to view the same things as the rest of us, yet see something different? You Are Creative. Artists are not special, but each of us is a special kind of artist who enters the world as a creative and spontaneous thinker.

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Innovation Teams in a Virtual World

Leapfrogging

Ideas aren’t innovations in themselves. Innovation happens when ideas are implemented and add real value for customers. The problem is that most brainstorming sessions stop with a big list of ideas. There are many collaborative tools out there for generating ideas. Get focused. Confirm ground rules.

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Why campfires are the perfect analogy for innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

When you are generating ideas, through individual work, or brainstorming, or some other means, you are sparking ideas. While idea generation can often seem challenging to introverts or people who don't think of themselves as "creative", it is the easiest activity in the innovation realm.

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In Defense of Brainstorming

Idea Champions

In the past few years I have noticed a curious trend in the media -- one I can no longer ignore -- and that is the appearance of seriously derisive articles about brainstorming by self-declared pundits and free lance writers. What I'm guessing that brainstorming naysayers really mean is that bad brainstorming sessions don't work.

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Design Thinking Tools: how to use them to solve complex problems

mjvinnovation

To make it even simpler, you could say that Design Thinking is an innovative approach based on the designer’s thoughts, combining creativity and empathy to create innovative solutions. Ideation: collaborative brainstorming sessions with the help of tools to create innovative solutions. What are some Design thinking tools ?

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Accelerate Innovation — With Experiential Learning

Gregg Fraley

They go straight to brainstorming without preparing minds, and that’s a big reason sessions fail. Magazine by Jessica Stillman. Frameworks become a competitive advantage when you use them in more creative ways. Most corporate innovators have no training in using experiential tools. The article I reference is in Inc.