Idea Champions

APRIL 9, 2024

The service we provide is the distillation of what we've learned, since 1987, designing and facilitating more 1,500 creative thinking sessions for 130 organizations in 11 countries. Bottom line, we know how to open the floodgates of creativity. How to address these issues is often a challenge for teams.

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Innovation in Practice

APRIL 26, 2021

Whether you are working amidst noisy kids or blaring email notifications, here are some ideas for how to use those resources and be creative despite all of your distractions: Utilize the Principle of Constraint. You need constraints of time, money, or scope to be creative. However, I could also use that time to be creative.

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Innovation in Practice

AUGUST 24, 2020

Creative thinking can be systematic and routine. All you have to do is learn how to use your brain and learn a new way to generate high-quality ideas on demand. . One method of creative thinking is the Systematic Inventive Thinking or SIT method. How It Boosts Creativity.

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Innovation in Practice

JANUARY 11, 2021

As leaders, we need to be more aggressive, take more risks, and challenge ourselves to think bigger. But does this apply to creative thinking as well? . Can you really improve your creative thinking by just thinking big? . Like any other skill, creativity is a skill that can be learned.

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Innovation in Practice

JANUARY 11, 2021

As leaders, we need to be more aggressive, take more risks, and challenge ourselves to think bigger. But does this apply to creative thinking as well? . Can you really improve your creative thinking by just thinking big? . Like any other skill, creativity is a skill that can be learned.

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Innovation in Practice

APRIL 19, 2021

Creativity is nothing more than combining two things in an unexpected way. For example, if you mash peanut butter and jelly together, it may taste great, but it’s not very creative. You must take two things that have never been put together and combine them to produce something truly innovative. However, that’s not enough.

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Innovation in Practice

MAY 3, 2021

Creativity is a team sport. When you try to generate creative ideas all by yourself, you’re sitting in a vacuum. However, if you leverage the brainpower of other people, you can boost your creative output in amazing ways. . So, how do you start using teamwork to become more innovative? It is not a solo event. .

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 17, 2023

If an organization values tradition over innovation, or if it encourages conformity and discourages taking risks, it's likely that innovation blind spots will develop. A culture that doesn't reward or recognize creative thinking can stifle innovation and make it difficult to see outside the established norms.

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Innovation in Practice

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Sarcasm can lead to higher levels of creativity. . Pandit Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, and Li Huang of INSEAD, the European business school, found that sarcasm is a process that activates the mind and it’s facilitated by abstraction that promotes creative thinking. . It increases creativity.

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Innovation in Practice

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Sarcasm can lead to higher levels of creativity. . Pandit Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, and Li Huang of INSEAD, the European business school, found that sarcasm is a process that activates the mind and it’s facilitated by abstraction that promotes creative thinking. . It increases creativity.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

A high XQ in executive teams equates to an in-depth understanding of how to apply knowledge in a variety of contexts, particularly in unpredictable environments. XQ is not merely about what we know, but how we apply that knowledge effectively.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

One of the most important decisions people in organizations make on a daily basis at all levels is choosing how to spend resources. Channel : This is the creative thinking part. Many improvements that get actioned come from the fringes, the people who have their hands on the work and are not wedded to a set way of thinking.

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Idea Champions

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

If you are looking for a dynamic keynote speaker who knows how to jump start conferences with style, wisdom, and positive energy, Mitch Ditkoff is your man. Easy to work with, customer-focused, and highly experienced, he knows how to engage even the most curmudgeonly of audiences. out of 5.0. Mitch Ditkoff was outstanding in every way.He

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Daniel Burrus

DECEMBER 30, 2015

In fact, if you go way back in history, many cultures believed that the most brilliant and creative minds were the result of a unique relation with a mythical being such as a muse or even a daemon. Innovative thinking doesn’t seem that accessible to everyone when we hold such a belief…. Culture of Innovation.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Innovation is one of the most popular terms used in the corporate world. It is generally viewed as a process of creative ideation, which is a combination of creative ideas and sustainably profitable business models. As described by Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, “Innovation is more of an idea than location.”.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Innovation is one of the most popular terms used in the corporate world. It is generally viewed as a process of creative ideation, which is a combination of creative ideas and sustainably profitable business models. As described by Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, “Innovation is more of an idea than location.”.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 7, 2017

A well-crafted conference design that ensures maximum engagement, teamwork, creativity, networking, commitment, fun, and follow-up. Hint: We know how to do this. Months before your event, we'll identify a mix of in-house successes and coach selected attendees how to present these successes, in story form, from the main stage.

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Idea Champions

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Think of it as a customized, just-in time curriculum that will help each and every person in your organization become proactive innovators on the job -- five minutes (or less) at a time. You tell me which of these topics are most relevant to your organization and I will deliver your custom content within 24 hours.

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Wazoku

DECEMBER 20, 2018

A culture of innovation is more than a buzzword. Many organisations struggle to first define what makes a culture innovative, let alone build an innovative culture. WHAT DEFINES THE CULTURE OF AN INNOVATIVE ORGANISATION? They’re often called Innovation Labs.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 12, 2018

You can't think of a way to monetize the experience. You don't know how to read. You're trying to find out how you can get a free 15-day trial to my new, online creative thinking tool. You're feeling a compelling need to find someone who can teach you how to run kick-ass brainstorming sessions.

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Being innovative or creative looks like an inherent trait to most of us, doesn’t it? However, if you’ve been one of those lucky ones who had “creativity” as an academic discipline at school, you’d know that it can at least be nurtured. And now, we are back to finding ways to use our creative energies to build something of value.

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Idea Champions

MAY 16, 2017

You can't think of a way to monetize the experience. You don't know how to read. You're trying to find out how you can get a free 15-day trial to my new, online creative thinking tool. You're feeling a compelling need to find someone who can teach you how to run kick-ass brainstorming sessions.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 11, 2024

Since 1987, Idea Champions has been designing and facilitating a wide range of brainstorming sessions, creative thinking trainings, and innovation workshops for more than 130 organizations in 11 different countries. During that time, we have worked with just about every industry on planet earth and every kind of mindset.

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Idea Champions

MAY 11, 2021

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 16, 2020

You can't think of a way to monetize the experience. You don't know how to read. You think you'll catch Covid-19 by reading it. You're trying to figure out how to start a home business. My free, online creative thinking tool. You're late for a very important date. You've got to walk the dog. TimelessToday

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