Idea Champions

AUGUST 11, 2021

If you are a reader of this blog, you most definitely are committed to becoming more innovative and creative. And so I created The Year of Living Creatively -- a two-month online course -- a kind of greenhouse for grand possibilities. a GPS for the creative process. a chiropractic adjustment for creative mojo.

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 18, 2021

Here they are: 1) Time; 2) Money; 3) Identifying a specific project. Those are the three most common reasons why people hesitate to enroll in The Year of Living Creatively , even if they understand the value of the course and have been referred by a trusted friend. Of course it will. That's it, folks. A total of 5.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

"Mitch Ditkoff, the Founder of The Year of Living Creatively , has the ability to awaken the creative spark in others -- an ability he has honed and refined to a fine elixir over decades of teaching and writing. Mitch is part creativity shaman, Muse whisperer, writing coach, and mad poet.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 18, 2021

Maybe you thought it would be indulgent of you to take on this project or had other responsibilities you needed to attend to. Simply put, The Year of Living Creatively is for anyone with a big idea, dream, vision, wish, aspiration, project, goal, or desire who wants to enter into a conscious process of transforming that "thing" into reality.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

As a methodology, it is open to adopting new tools and technologies that enhance the process, including the integration of artificial intelligence in design thinking. The Evolution of Design Thinking in Business Design thinking has evolved from being a creative process into a robust strategic tool.

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you want to come up with the next big thing (of course you do), you need to know how to run a proper ideation session. Every great product or service in the market today started out as an idea in someone’s head, and it was brought to life by a group of creative, motivated, and inspired people. But it’s easier said than done.

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you want to come up with the next big thing (of course you do), you need to know how to run a proper ideation session. Every great product or service in the market today started out as an idea in someone’s head, and it was brought to life by a group of creative, motivated, and inspired people. But it’s easier said than done.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

"You can do anything, but not everything." -- David Allen Last year, I facilitate an online course whose purpose it was to help people transform their inspired ideas, dreams, and ventures into reality. Make a list of everything you don't know about your project. For starters, consider some of the following options. Be very specific!

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Idea Champions

MAY 6, 2021

For the past two months, I've been facilitating an online course whose purpose it is to help people transform their inspired ideas, dreams, and ventures into reality. Baked into the learning process are some simple ways to help participants become aware of the places inside themselves where they may be tangled or challenged in their approach.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 4, 2017

Often it became the promise of having creative ways to solve solutions and work in harmony with all the rational thinking that dominates much of business thinking today, DT sounded so appealing, it quickly became “oh, we need some of that.”. Yet it feels useful and needs to be more embraced for its creative value.

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 21, 2020

Since 1987, Idea Champions has been helping a wide variety of forward thinking organizations tap into their innate creativity and originate breakthrough ideas. As a result of Idea Champions'efforts we have implemented more than 250 value-added Big Idea projects." - Joe Belinsky, Professional Development Manager, Goodyear. ZoomStorming.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast , we speak again with author Todd Henry about his new book Daily Creative. Today we talk about what it takes to make creativity a daily exercise and how to make it more actionable and productive. Topics covered in the episode: 00:01:30 – What the Daily Creative is about.

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Planview

MAY 31, 2023

I started as a trainer and then was promoted to manage the Global Enablement Team, designing the training courses, coordinating and identifying training needs. I’m also creative. I enjoy spinning fiber into yarn and use it in knitting and crocheting projects. The next role was in Enablement (training) Services.

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Mills-Scofield

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Often, the most difficult part of any creative process is just getting started; preparing for the tasks at hand by putting the necessary structures in place that will bring the project to fruition. Neologisms and provisional project titles, for example, create space where new ideas can emerge.

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 5, 2017

How would you frame the question you want your creative team noodling on this week? Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process. 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.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

How would you frame the question you want your creative team noodling on this week? Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process. 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.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 10, 2019

Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process. If your project briefs are vague, incomplete, or non-existent, you have just complicated the situation. For the most compelling project now on the table, what are five criteria you will use to assess the viability of ideas presented to you? The reasons?

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Idea to Value

JULY 14, 2016

He answered questions on a whole slew of subjects, especially the thoughts behind people’s favorite films, and his creative process. Here I have collected some of his answers which I believe can teach everyone about what goes on inside the mind of a true creative genius. Of course I grew up with my own films.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. Highly creative people have a tendency to avoid "process" like the plague, turning a blind eye to anything that requires them to pay attention to an "organized approach". This, of course, is perfectly understandable. What ARE the holes?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 27, 2015

. —– In a recent workshop with a large company focused on the Innovation@50x process, I mentioned that founders and intraprenuers operate more like artists than accountants – on day one they see something no one else does. I should have realized there was a ton I could learn about corporate creativity by looking at Pixar.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 23, 2017

The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. Highly creative people have a tendency to avoid "process" like the plague, turning a blind eye to anything that requires them to pay attention to an "organized approach". This, of course, is perfectly understandable. What ARE the holes?

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. Highly creative people have a tendency to avoid "process" like the plague, turning a blind eye to anything that requires them to pay attention to an "organized approach". This, of course, is perfectly understandable. What ARE the holes?

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

How would you frame the question you want your creative team noodling on this week? Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process. 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.

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Boxes and Arrows

OCTOBER 6, 2009

You know the story: User experience brings the structural framework and behaviors of the interface; creative brings the visual design; client marketing brings the copy; business brings content; our engineering folks were sometimes bringing error messages. With a theme, of course. What will it do for the customer? Go team, go!

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Idea Champions

MAY 1, 2021

You have a big, beautiful idea that you want to manifest -- a cool project, venture, or aspiration you want to get out of your head and into the world. Which is precisely what The Year of Living Creatively is all about -- a two-month online course for anyone committed to transforming their creative aspirations into reality.

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

IDEA Conference theme music generously provided by Bumper Tunes Day 1 @idea09 | Day 2 @idea09 Innovation Parkour – Matthew Milan Insight is one of the most widely used and poorly understood concepts in the creative process. Of course, there’s no one “right way&# to do things in this dynamic environment.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 3, 2021

You have a big, beautiful idea that you want to manifest -- a cool project, venture, or aspiration that you want to get out of your head and into the world. Which is what The Year of Living Creatively is all about. Follow Your Calling: "Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Encouraging creativity and experimentation among your team members can lead to breakthroughs that keep your company on the cutting edge. Establish ‘innovation labs’ or ‘hackathons’ to tackle challenges creatively. To foster innovation: Implement systems for employees to submit and develop new ideas.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 9, 2024

And of course, our much-loved full campaign creation wizard isn’t going anywhere. That’s why facilitating a free-flowing creative process is at the core of the Qmarkets platform. Monthly Update Tracking Innovation management is a dynamic process where things are constantly changing and evolving.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 30, 2024

And of course, our much-loved full campaign creation wizard isn’t going anywhere. That’s why facilitating a free-flowing creative process is at the core of the Qmarkets platform. Monthly Update Tracking Innovation management is a dynamic process where things are constantly changing and evolving.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 30, 2024

And of course, our much-loved full campaign creation wizard isn’t going anywhere. That’s why facilitating a free-flowing creative process is at the core of the Qmarkets platform. Monthly Update Tracking Innovation management is a dynamic process where things are constantly changing and evolving.

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Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

One reason projects are poorly scoped is our clients’ discomfort with ambiguity. In this article, I’ll discuss three methods we use to reassure our clients when trust the process isn’t enough. Involve clients throughout the project. To bring these points to life, I’ll share an example from a 10 week project we completed in June.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 15, 2016

REFRAME THE CHALLENGE: As an innovation catalyst, one of the biggest contributions you can make is to ensure that the innovators in your life have clearly defined their projects. Immersed in their own creative process, they lose perspective, with only the sound of their thoughts for company. or "How can we?".

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 27, 2021

Does one need to take a Stanford course or read 35 books about innovation to get started? That provides context for the 35 books or course in advanced practice you’ll do later. For more detail on the course content, review the Eventbrite page and Register! No, but, you do need good training in the fundamentals.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 4, 2021

Innovation is, of course, difficult, and it usually feels a bit overwhelming when you’re first getting started with it, or even just starting to work on a new innovation project. This combination of logical thinking, problem solving, creativity, empathy, and practical skills is difficult for most people.

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