Idea to Value

MARCH 11, 2016

In 2013, I wrote a breakthrough article on the nascent examples of computers beginning to generate ideas in a way similar to human creativity. Here I revisit the article with all-new evidence showing how close we are to artificial creativity. It’s close to a digital brainstorming session. So what comes next?

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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 25, 2022

Strategy Without Successful Execution Is Just Brainstorming. Between developing strategy and executing it, there’s a step that requires creativity coupled with analytical thinking. Magazine, a leading keynote speaker and the founder of Praxie.com. It’s defining leading and lagging indicators.

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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. Chuck Frey.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 6, 2018

Ask the most creative people at work for their ideas. Brainstorm with a co-worker. Go for a daily brainstorming walk. Invite your customers to brainstorming sessions. Initiate cross-functional brainstorming sessions. Block off time on your calendar for creative thinking. Choose to be more creative.

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 13, 2015

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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Betterific

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

We are excited to bring you Joyce Wycoff , an author and expert on gratitude and creativity. The Betterific memberbase is comprised of design thinkers, product developers, and smart creatives. So we like to bring content that helps expand the mind around creativity and brainstorming. She is a thinker and a doer.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

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.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Creativity is for morons. But this view of creativity is outdated – our mind is not always rational. When accepting that ideas are a powerful instrument for day-to-day business people face a problem: how does creativity work? Running a brainstorming session to collect innovative business ideas is a mistake.

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mjvinnovation

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

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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Michael Michalko

JUNE 1, 2017

The nine-dot puzzle was popularized by William North Jayme, a direct-mail copywriter who was hired by Esquire magazine in 1958 because they wanted to abandon their unwholesome image for a more sophisticated one. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AVERAGE PERSON AND THE CREATIVE GENIUS. Creative thinking is inclusive thinking.

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 21, 2021

Brainstorming is an art and science. Over the past 25 years, I have run hundreds of brainstorming workshops for high-performing teams. The problem is that most brainstorming sessions stop with a big list of ideas. Because successful brainstorms aren’t about technology at all. I’m not going to write them here.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Creativity is for morons. But this view of creativity is outdated – our mind is not always rational. When accepting that ideas are a powerful instrument for day-to-day business people face a problem: how does creativity work? Running a brainstorming session to collect ideas is a mistake. Ideas are a powerful tool.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Creativity is for morons. But this view of creativity is outdated – our mind is not always rational. When accepting that ideas are a powerful instrument for day-to-day business people face a problem: how does creativity work? Running a brainstorming session to collect ideas is a mistake. Ideas are a powerful tool.

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Greatest. Idea. Ever.

JULY 21, 2020

Sure, there were lots of people reading books, magazines, and newspapers or maybe finishing up some work or sending emails. .” Personally, I love this idea because it ties in perfectly with one of my long standing assertions that we humans waste a lot of time collectively. What a waste of brainpower that was.

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Innovate2Grow Experts

MARCH 8, 2019

elements we utilize in a creative session to generate at least 12 X more ideas than brainstorming – and a quality of ideas you will never get from brainstorming. Quantum idea generation produces at least 12 times more ideas than brainstorming. Stimulus is the second of the four Quantum Idea Generation 2.0

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The problem is that most brainstorming sessions stop with a big list of ideas. Because successful brainstorms aren’t about technology at all. In a single sentence, describe the challenge, problem, or topic of your brainstorm. Be sure everyone understands the norms for the brainstorm. Get focused.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Because successful brainstorms aren’t about technology at all. The “hard” stuff is actually the “soft” stuff — setting the right environment and tone that gives everyone the mindset, motivation, and focus to work together in new and creative ways online. I’m not going to write them here.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 16, 2016

Fast Company Article “Brainstorming is Dumb” Misses the Point. Brainstorming, Done Properly, Is Not a Tool, It’s A Multi-Step Process. And yet another major publication publishes a misleading article about brainstorming — Brainstorming is Dumb. Brainstorming as a technique is beside the point.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 16, 2023

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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Innovators Alliance

MARCH 6, 2020

Maybe it’s because I was Creative Director with Volvo for 8 years. No one stops the line to blue sky concepts and brainstorm alternative methods of delivery. He has been named one of the “Top 10 Creative Canadians” by Marketing Magazine, and speaks to leading organizations about leadership, disruption, branding, and creativity.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 19, 2015

It certainly doesn’t happen in most brainstorming sessions. Mash-Ups, in its various permutations, is a power tool and a fast path for combining disparate elements to creatively problem solve. It’s that new pattern thinking, that new concept creation, that holds a lot of creative power. It’s a gorgeous new musical creation.

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Michael Michalko

AUGUST 12, 2018

Ask the most creative person you know. • Learn and use the creative thinking techniques creative geniuses have used throughout history. Give yourself an idea quota of 40 ideas when brainstorming. • Open a magazine and free associate off the photos. Force yourself to constantly smile when you are brainstorming.

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