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#1,818 – Podcast Alarm Clock

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

According to another article on Lifehacker that examined the best times of day for creative thinking: “Bouts of creative writing might be easier to come by just after waking as this is the time of day when the prefrontal cortex is most active.

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How Can You Use Gamification to Boost Innovation?

Innovation Excellence

These benefits are particularly important when it comes to ensuring success in creative thinking and innovation. Gartner studies highlight that 70% of companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list are currently using gamification techniques and that 50% of innovation processes will be gamified in the coming years.

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Life outside the box

IdeaSpies

This process of thinking that generates or recognises ideas and alternatives to problem solving that are workable or functional is called creativity. Man’s capacity to be creative and innovative has made major contributions to humanity through the fields of science and the arts. How does creativity and innovation arise?

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Inverse the Six Ws for Problem Discovery

Innovation Excellence

They study the issues until they know them like the back of their hand, and ultimately establish those six crucial Ws: who, what, where, when, why and how. Try this core creative process to generate prospective outcomes to explore in any aspect of your business. In other words, they look for more questions, not answers.

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In Defense of Brainstorming

Idea Champions

Brainstorming critics like to cite a 1958 study, at Yale, that showed that students thinking on their own came up with twice as many solutions as brainstorming groups -- and their solutions were deemed to be more effective and feasible. or poorly facilitated brainstorming sessions don't work. don't work.