BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

As an example, I wrote some time back about the “Shrimp” creative thinking exercise we included during a creative thinking workshop for a regulated financial services company. Rethinking the “Shrimp” Creative Thinking Exercise.

Creative Thinking 40

Creative Thinking Exercises Creativity Strategic Thinking 40

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 8, 2017

But none of them, or all of them together, are enough to overcome untrained thinking, poor session facilitation, and an un-anchored or non-existent innovation approach. Your innovation efforts will fail without training. You need focused imaginative, divergent, visioning, strategic, and conceptual thinking.

Training 62

Training Creative Thinking Creativity Innovation 62

Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

However, frameworks have built-in assumptions, such as, there’s motivation to innovate, and that the culture is aligned with an innovation effort. Frameworks assume: engaged leadership, talent on the team, day to day creativity, curiosity, and domain knowledge. There is no innovation without creativity.

Innovation 70

Innovation Culture Creative Thinking Design Thinking 70

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

But none of those factors, or all of them together, are enough to overcome untrained thinking, poor session facilitation, and an un-anchored or non-existent innovation approach. What’s needed is energy AND knowledge about How To Do Innovation. Your innovation efforts will fail without training.

Training 48

Training Idea Generation Innovation Creative Thinking 48

KindlingApp

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

When an organization decides to invest resources, time, and energy in an innovation program, management is making a calculated bet about their teams' ability to identify and solve problems to grow the business—but there's not always a concrete purpose or hurdle against which the innovation program is supposed to act.

Innovation Programs 40

Innovation Programs Innovation Crowdsourcing Creativity 40

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 18, 2019

And Innovation Emergencies Happen. You’re caught off guard by a market shift, a new competitor, or a technical advancement. Unfortunately, many organizations don’t have a formal innovation program, and so, they wait until the proverbial poop hits the fan. Time is what you don’t have in an emergency.

Underperforming Technical Team 45

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Project Creativity 45

BrainZooming

MAY 30, 2017

It’s time to launch an innovation strategy for your organization. So, it’s time to announce an innovation program, because that will undoubtedly fill the growth gap facing your brand. How will the innovation strategy eliminate your revenue shortfalls? What expectations or limits are in place on an innovation strategy?

Strategy 87

Strategy Strategy Exercises Disruption 87