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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

What are the mental processes, attitudes, work habits, behaviors, and beliefs that enable creative geniuses to view the same things as the rest of us, yet see something different? You Are Creative. Artists are not special, but each of us is a special kind of artist who enters the world as a creative and spontaneous thinker.

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The Rise in Data Privacy and Its Impact on Your Brand

Brunner

With creative thinking and new strategies being implemented, Brunner is partnering with clients to find ethical ways to store and gather data. The regulation strictly governs how companies and organizations can use, process, and store PII. However, there are no U.S.

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Believing Our Own Lies

Michael Michalko

” People who cheat on their tax returns will believe that “The government expects you to cheat” and that people will think you are stupid if you don’t. Historically, many government leaders end up believing their own lies. Or, alternatively, “I’m underpaid so I deserve a little something extra on the side.”

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About Michael Michalko

Michael Michalko

After leaving the military, Michael facilitated CIA think tanks using his creative thinking techniques. Michael later applied these creative-thinking techniques to problems in the corporate world with outstanding successes. As I skimmed the amazing ideation techniques, I found myself exclaiming, “Woah!!”

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Working together to shape innovation for meaningful change

Paul Hobcraft

For this ability to tap into the “dynamics of innovation,” most of any future success in the modern world demands a proactive approach through constant skill development and creative thinking.

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From Strategy to Success: Harnessing Corporate Venture Capital for Growth

Leapfrogging

Governance Structure : Establishing clear governance to guide the CVC’s activities, ensuring they are in line with corporate objectives. Companies need to encourage risk-taking and give space for creative thinking, which can be achieved by: Empowering teams to experiment and learn from both successes and failures.

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WHAT CAN YOU INVENT USING THIS EXERCISE

Michael Michalko

Creative thinking requires the generation of associations and connection between two or more dissimilar and unrelated subjects. 1) Now consider how things “open” in other worlds such as nature, business, sports, government, personal relationships and so on. (2) For example, the essence of “How to improve the can opener?”