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Leaders will invest less in transformational innovation due to fears over the economy

Idea to Value

” (available for download from Tuesday 7 Feb 2023), the outlook shows that there are potentially major problems ahead for innovation teams. This may upset a lot of startups or innovation teams who feel like it is their duty to look to the future and pull their company into new disruptive technologies.

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5 Ideas When an Uber-Positive Boss Crushes Creative Thinking

BrainZooming

We’ve certainly covered the heck out of how bad bosses , toxic cultures , and negative comments can crush creative thinking and creativity. What you might not consider, however, is how an uber-positive boss that is TOO OVER THE TOP when communicating how great early stage ideas are ALSO CRUSHES creative thinking.

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The Innovative Mentor

IdeaScale

Mentors see themselves as people developers. A manager would work with them to develop the business case. When is it time for individual vision and when is it essential to collaborate and build a strong team with a shared vision? Coach an innovation champion and team through the entire innovation process.

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Creative Thinking Activities – 3 Questions to Stop Squandering Diversity

BrainZooming

Based on all The Brainzooming Group experience in helping clients generate new ideas and innovative strategies, diversity is vital to successful creative thinking activities. For example, at one of our client creative thinking workshops there wasn’t any of diversity to spare. When Very Few Things Are Not Like the Other.

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Rethinking Meetings and Conference: Don’t Automate, Innovate

Stephen Shapiro

Back then, companies would use software to automate bad processes, speeding up bad results. This is the modern-day version of automating bad processes. So now is the time to rethink the way we collaborate. The creative ones will add some interactivity, such as polls, to make sure people haven’t fallen asleep.

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Culture Creator = Sustainable Innovation

IdeaScale

The importance of fostering beliefs and behaviors that encourage innovation within your team and organization cannot be overstated. Getting to a place where courage, creativity, and collaboration is the norm for addressing problems or pursuing opportunities can be difficult. Work with the team to develop an improvement plan.

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Barrier Buster: Clearing the Way for Breakthrough Ideas

IdeaScale

Innovation leaders must master a wide range of skills in order to enhance the innovation potential of their teams. Often, managers are required to play the role of a barrier buster to ensure the team’s creativity delivers bottom line results for the business. This is a classic example of a strength becoming a weakness.