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INNOVATION LEADERSHIP IS PARADOXICAL

ImagineNation

Requiring us to make sense of and navigate the paradoxical nature of innovation leadership, by developing multiple perspectives to re-think how to respond positively and creatively to the high levels of tension and range of massive disruptions we collectively face in our current high-speed, constantly changing, global operating environments.

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TOP TEN TIPS FOR CREATIVITY

Michael Michalko

You might learn more than people, or the objects you’re studying, superficially reveal.” Dean Simonton professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis “Know your stuff: creativity requires expertise; but don’t know it too well: overspecialisation puts blinders on. Listen carefully and pay close attention.

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WHY ARE SUCCESSFUL INNOVATORS CURIOUS LIKE CATS?

ImagineNation

Where consciousness encapsulates our states and qualities of mind, our capacity for imagination and curiosity are the necessary states of mind that stimulate creativity , all of which propel successful innovators to bring the new to the world differently. Creativity is wonderfully mysterious—and frustratingly fleeting.

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11 female innovation leaders share their definition of innovation

Idea to Value

They mistakenly think the term innovation refers to only big, multi-year, heavy investment, ‘revolutionary’ changes. Which means they do not believe small changes over time, failing, learning and adjusting can or will have a meaningful impact. If we don’t have clarity on our present state (i.e., What do we mean by innovation?”,

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAY THE AVERAGE PERSON THINKS AND A CREATIVE GENIUS THINKS

Michael Michalko

The nine-dot puzzle was popularized by William North Jayme, a direct-mail copywriter who was hired by Esquire magazine in 1958 because they wanted to abandon their unwholesome image for a more sophisticated one. Or, in other words, you had to break normal thinking patterns, something that the new Esquire said it could help modern men do.

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WAKE UP YOUR IMAGINATION

Michael Michalko

Think about what it is you still don’t understand about the problem. Learn and use the creative thinking techniques creative geniuses have used throughout history. Learn how to tolerate ambiguity and dwell in the grey zone. Open a magazine and free associate off the photos. Combine your ideas?