Innovation in Practice

JUNE 19, 2022

Imagine taking an exam that tests your creative skills. I teach a course called “Innovation Tools” and teach my students a variety of methods for becoming more creative thinkers. A challenge for you to practice your creative skills this week. I also teach them the same SIT method that I teach here on the podcast.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Creativity is the great untapped resource on any team. How do you bring out the creativity of your team? It’s one of the harder questions to answer in innovation management, but it doesn’t have to be. With some smart thinking and careful decisions, you can bring out the best in your team.

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Innovation in Practice

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

How do you develop your creativity? As much as you want to or need to be creative, sometimes, there’s something that seems to block it. And one common barrier to creativity is this condition called fixedness. But when you want to be creative, you have to find a way to break it. . Fixedness is something we all have.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 25, 2017

Creative wave makers display both the creative thinking skills and the boldness to improve ideas and situations in dramatic, unexpected ways. Some people are born as creative wave makers. Being More of a Creative Wave Maker Yourself. Creativity and Idea Magnets – 11 Vital Creative Characteristics.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 19, 2017

3 Conditions for Explosive Creative Thinking Skills. Reflecting on grain elevators led me to consider explosive creative thinking skills , and the parallels between the two. Achieve intensity by constraining time and creating high expectations for the number of ideas a creative group should imagine. We Can Help!

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

As the tidal wave of Artificial Intelligence continues to disrupt many aspects of our lives, there is one skill it has yet to emulate, according to a recent article by the Singularity Hub “OpenAI’s GPT-4 Scores in the Top 1% of Creative Thinking”: “Of all the forms of human intellect that one might expect artificial [.]

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BrainZooming

JUNE 6, 2017

We turn to extreme creativity questions to help clients imagine big ideas. It is all part of not ASKING for big ideas ; we use big questions that enhance peoples’ natural creative thinking skills. Based on our experience using extreme creativity questions, they DO tend to yield bigger ideas. Here are five of them: 1.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 3, 2019

How about Creative Thinking Questions? To prepare for the in-person planning, Tara forwarded creative thinking questions that looked out from today to more than a decade into the future. While the document was daunting, working with a fresh set of questions forced me to think about completely new opportunities and issues.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 23, 2021

We know that our surroundings can impact our creative performance and ability to innovate. Well, several pieces of research have looked at how colour around you affects your creative performance. The best colours for more creative thinking: Blue and Green (and especially green plants ). And what are those colours?

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Innovation in Practice

AUGUST 10, 2020

Innovation is a skill. But you can actually learn to be creative like you could learn any other skill – whether it be in business or in your personal life or some other skill that you want to learn like a new sport. What is Creativity? But your brain produces lots of thoughts that aren’t creative. It’s useful.

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Innovation in Practice

AUGUST 10, 2020

Innovation is a skill. But you can actually learn to be creative like you could learn any other skill – whether it be in business or in your personal life or some other skill that you want to learn like a new sport. What is Creativity? But your brain produces lots of thoughts that aren’t creative. It’s useful.

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Innovation in Practice

JANUARY 9, 2022

The next time you’re facing a contradiction, you’ll be equipped to handle it with confidence and even a boost in creativity. I’m going to help you navigate this very common situation. In this episode you’ll hear: Some examples of contradictions we face every day. Two schools of thought on contradictions. The weak link in contradictions.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Struggling to be creative? Think about reigniting your creativity as a day at an amusement park. All the ways you have been creative up until now are the amusement park rides. All the ways you have been creative up until now are the amusement park rides. You’ll have your creativity back! Make a list of them.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

I was talking with someone who was wondering aloud about how to boost the creative thinking skills of a group made up primarily of fact- and logic-driven individuals. Think accountants, engineers, compliance officers, and others in right-wrong answer professions. What a great (and challenging) question. via Shutterstock.

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Innovation in Practice

MARCH 27, 2022

However, most creative ideas come from following the path of most resistance, not the least resistance. The best innovators are those comfortable with recognizing and looking for the more difficult, tortuous path. This is why we need to push our brains a little bit further if we want to boost our creativity.

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Innovation in Practice

APRIL 6, 2021

Guess who’s more creative – men or women? . Well, neither is more creative than the other because both are equally creative. They just have different roles in terms of their creative output. At the end of the day, men and women can both knock it out of the park when it comes to creative ideas. .

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Innovation in Practice

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Can you really learn to be more creative? Imagine if you went to a meeting with your colleagues and you all got ready to just pop a pill in your mouth, a magic creativity, pill, and voila! . In this episode, you’ll learn how different drugs can help (or impair) your creativity. . What, instead, if you could just take a pill?

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Innovation in Practice

MAY 15, 2022

What I do hate is how they are used as an example of innovation and creativity. To me, they set a terrible example of creative thinking. Tune in to learn some of the history of Post-it notes and why I don’t think they teach us any good lessons about creativity. . When the product started to take off.

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Destination Innovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Let’s focus now on imagination and lateral thinking. Here are my favourite games for developing creativity: Charades. It requires no equpiment but plenty of imagination, improvisation and lateral thinking. Which are your favourite creative thinking games? And it is often hilarious fun.

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Innovation in Practice

JUNE 14, 2020

Innovation is a skill – it’s not a gift. You can actually learn to be creative like you could learn any other skill whether it be in business or in your personal life or some other skill that you want to learn like a new sport. Innovation Inside the Box is a podcast dedicated to creating a culture of innovation and a flowing pipeline.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Table of Contents What is Supply Chain Innovation? Supply chain innovation is defined as the implementation of new and improved strategies, technologies, processes, and practices within the supply chain to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, mitigate risks, and improve overall performance.

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Destination Innovation

MARCH 18, 2024

It will lead you to creative ideas. Set Aside Time for Creativity: Our brains are cluttered with pressing tasks. Dedicate specific time in your schedule for day dreaming, creative thinking and imagination. Harness the Random: Deliberately introduce random ideas into your thinking. Play Games: Be playful.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 17, 2023

In today's fast-paced business world, foster a culture of innovation is crucial for staying ahead of the competition. By encouraging new ideas, creative thinking, and experimentation, companies can continuously improve their products and services, streamline processes, and stay relevant in an ever-changing market.

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 7, 2023

This shift was powered by the defining trait of our species, our human creativity, which is at the heart of all creative problem-solving endeavors, where innovation is the engine of growth, no matter, what the context.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 1, 2018

Sometimes, we get to design a creative thinking exercise that seems like so much fun during its development that it causes me to continually smile and giggle. Do you like the idea of working with a partner that designs what it does all around what makes sense for your brand and the innovators you have on your team?

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Carla Johnson

MAY 17, 2022

Divergent thinking, on the other hand, is. The post The 4-Minute Creative Thinking Test appeared first on Carla Johnson. This is great when you’re working on logical projects where there is one best answer.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 22, 2017

Short story: If you want big ideas, ask the big questions, which is what extreme creativity is all about ! Keeping with the eight theme, here are eight new questions from the Brainzooming R&D Lab to boost your creative thinking skills. How can we double our innovation by end of day tomorrow? Aspirations. Disruption.

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Exago

AUGUST 10, 2017

From janitor to CEO, everyone should be involved in daily in your innovation process. The tool to deliver this change is creative thinking, in the hands of a leadership that believes in and embodies its principles. The post Creativity, creative leadership and the value of innovation management appeared first on Exago.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 25, 2022

Unlocking Innovation with Data, Creativity, and Automation. For some, it may be through hard work and determination, while others may find success through innovation with creativity, data, and automation. Alex was astonished to find that only a few industries offered innovation compared to the pet markets in the U.S.

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Innovation in Practice

APRIL 11, 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.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, the ability to build a strong case, stay informed, and think critically is the key to unlocking success and driving innovation. But how can you empower those responsible for innovation to not only navigate this terrain but thrive within it? My 2nd offer point.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2017

Short Story: Look for specifics and things that people can actually do or perform to move creative thinking into action. How do you move from creative thinking into action? Two of the client’s senior staff members said this was a question they expected us to answer during the strategic thinking workshop.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Understanding the sensory and cognitive abilities of innovators Following on from my first post on building an Innovator’s Sensory profile, the combination of various cognitive, emotional and environmental factors heightens our awareness, so I needed to explore this further in this post. Nothing is set in stone.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Sometimes creative thinking challenges come from inside your own head. In many organizations, however, substantial creative thinking challenges come from leaders and cultures that may say they want new thinking, but seem to do everything they can to scuttle creativity. Mike Brown.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 1, 2024

I've been reading and thinking a lot lately about what is described as a "culture of innovation". While I would like to think that such an animal exists, the more skeptical side of me doubts it. To do all of this work effectively, innovation needs to be fully embedded in the regular, day to day operations.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 9, 2023

I’m not sure when I first realized that one of my life’s passions was collecting questions. I guess it probably had to be early in my corporate career when market research became a greater focus in my job. If you have questions that work in one situation, you definitely want to make sure you use them again.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

We facilitated a follow-up innovation workshop for an industrial client. They requested a follow-up innovation workshop to inspire bigger, further out thinking. We brought two specific inspirations to the innovation workshop: extreme and analogy-based creative thinking exercises.

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