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Collaborating over videoconference makes you both less creative

Idea to Value

Researchers have found that Zoom, Teams and other videoconference tools can stifle creativity. According to a new research study just published in Nature , collaborating with someone using screens instead of sitting face to face resulted in both participants being less creative.

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Where can you get Fresh Ideas?

Destination Innovation

Collaboration often leads to the generation of novel ideas. Keep a Journal : Write down your thoughts, observations, and ideas regularly. Nature and Outdoor Activities : Spending time in nature can stimulate creativity. Observing the natural world and its patterns can inspire new ideas.

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Episode 096: Is Virtual Idea Generation Less Effective Than In-Person? It Depends on the Technique!

Innovation in Practice

Are you as creative in the virtual world as you are in person? We need to know if our creative output can remain the same online. It asserts that your innovation abilities and creative skills decrease when you’re virtual. It asserts that your innovation abilities and creative skills decrease when you’re virtual.

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Achieving an Ecosystem AI-driven innovation engagement process

Paul Hobcraft

This includes understanding the capabilities and limitations of AI models, data preprocessing, and initial model training relating to potentials and constraints and evaluating differences between “go it alone” or in collaborations and then in what form and means. Encourage collaboration between AI and human experts.

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.

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Design Thinking Requires the Human Touch in a World of Technology and GenAI.

Paul Hobcraft

As we form more around ecosystem thinking and design, design thinking will be essential as the significant enabler to creative input. This can lead to a radically different approach to developing innovative solutions, ones that need to consider the interplay between humans, technology, and generative AI.

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Does Remote Work Harm Creativity & Innovation?

Michael Roberto

Brucks & Jonathan Levav have published a new paper in Nature titled, "Virtual communication curbs creative idea generation." The researchers found that remote collaboration hampers idea generation. However, this study highlights a very important phenomenon: the narrowing of cognitive focus.