Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

A variety of communication channels should be established to cater to different needs, such as instant messaging for quick queries, video conferencing for more personal interactions, and collaborative workspaces for shared projects. It is vital that teams are trained and comfortable with these tools to maximize productivity.

Underperforming Technical Team 113

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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.

Creative Thinking 61

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Innovation and Creativity : Virtual team building can stimulate creativity by encouraging members to think outside the box and bounce ideas off one another. To address these challenges, leaders should explore a variety of virtual team collaboration techniques and virtual team communication tools.

Team Building 100

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

A follow-up workshop moved four of the process improvement concepts into detailed project planning. 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.

Creative Thinking 69

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 19, 2015

What’s a “pizza meeting,” and what does it have to do with creative thinking? Back in the Fortune 500 days, we facilitated so many strategic planning workshop sessions we gave up renting creativity-oriented offsite locations. Yup, that’s a dirty little secret of creative thinking. What are my pizza meetings?

Creative Thinking 40

Creative Thinking Meeting Creativity Strategic Thinking 40

Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Further info/Source Exercise is based on creative thinking techniques described in book of Michael Michalko “Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques” The exercise was implemented in the Training Course CREATIVE LEADERSHIP that has been funded with support from the European Commission.

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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. They also see how simple it can be to get out the box with the right kind of nudge.

Engagement 49

Engagement Brainstorming Creative Thinking Culture of Innovation 49

Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 15, 2021

There's a famous saying, attributed to Marshall McLuhan, who is reported to have said - we shape our tools, and then our tools shape us. I think what was attributed to McLuhan is true - we shape our tools, and then they shape us. Supposedly Churchill said something similar, only about buildings.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

The Brainzooming blog wasn’t originally focused on project management techniques. Implementing innovation in organizations reluctant to embrace the changes needed to survive and grow requires what we’ve come to call “strategic project management.” Project Management Techniques for Starting Strongly.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Creative Thinking Can Be Trained. Train Creativity First, Innovation Next . I’m also a bit weary of chasing or developing the latest, greatest, and most sophisticated tool for ideation. With creativity activated, facilitators like me help others innovate, using advanced frameworks and tools.

Creativity 71

Creativity Training Creative Thinking Innovation 71

Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Innovation in executive teams is not just about developing new products or services; it’s about fostering a culture of continuous improvement, strategic thinking, and adaptability. The integration of XQ into executive functions is a potent tool for driving innovation.

Leadership 113

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 6, 2022

AI can be a powerful tool to use in your innovation, design thinking, or ideation projects. We demonstrate how to use popular tools like OpenAI playground and ChatGPT to generate and develop ideas for a number of questions and purpose. Creative Design Institute 7. Creative Design Training 8. Art of Design 5.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Improved Problem-Solving Facilitates creative thinking and collaborative solutions to challenges. Practical Tips and Tools for Team Building While inspiration is critical, it must be paired with practicality. Keynote speakers should provide actionable tips and tools that teams can implement in their daily interactions.

Team Building 100

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IdeaScale

MAY 28, 2019

An innovation engineer is trained in advanced methods and tools for creating innovative ideas, accelerating projects, and solving problems that inevitably arise during innovation adoption. Chief Innovation Officers can expect to earn around $180,000 annually in base salary. Innovation Engineer.

Leadership 164

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

To ensure these leaders are equipped to fulfill their role in shaping innovation, it’s essential to provide them with the right tools and training through leadership development programs and leadership development workshops. Promotes the use of creative thinking and experimentation to find novel solutions.

Culture of Innovation 113

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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. Utilize visualization tools, diagrams, or metaphors to simplify and clarify concepts for a wider audience.

Change 173

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InnovationTraining.org

JULY 13, 2020

The technique can be used in multiple projects or work cases, such as marketing, design, product/service development, and more. All you will need is a team of 5-6 people, a facilitator, and your chosen collaborative online tool (or pen and paper for all participants if completed in person).

Exercises 84

Exercises Brainstorming Ideation Software 84

Innovation Excellence

APRIL 14, 2020

These benefits are particularly important when it comes to ensuring success in creative thinking and innovation. Playing is a tool that lets you eliminate hierarchies and foster collaboration between very different profiles. To start an innovation project. To identify profiles for innovation projects.

Creative Thinking 53

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Having designed and facilitated more than 600 creative thinking sessions for 100+ organizations in 11 countries since 1989, I know what it takes to unlock and unleash collective brilliance. What makes Free the Genie unique is how quickly it opens the creative floodgates -- sparking insights, ahas, and breakthrough ideas.

Creative Thinking 26

Creative Thinking Exercises Brainstorming Creativity 26

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

They are the day-to-day manifestations of your company’s culture, seen in everything from how meetings are run to the way projects are managed. Culture and Innovation In an era where innovation is indispensable, the culture of your organization can either nurture creative thinking or stifle it.

Culture 100

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Agile Leadership 100

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 4, 2021

Creativity is a Choice and a Habit. Join the Creative Flow Challenge. 11th — 18 Days to Creative Power. Learn How to Apply Creativity to All Your Projects. Yes, you can improve your creativity. It doesn’t matter if you think you’re creative or not. Starts Jan.

Creativity 52

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

Workplace Diversity – The Why, Who, and How of Strategic Thinking. Strategic Thinking Success – 3 Critical Thinking Perspectives. Strategic Thinking Perspectives – Three Strategic Voices to Include on Your Team. Creative Thinking – The Math of Brainstorming and New Ideas. #3

Strategy 151

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Idea Champions

APRIL 29, 2021

Val Vadeboncoeur, Idea Champions' Director of Training, is a highly accomplished brainstorm facilitator, creative thinking catalyst, innovation workshop leader, and co-author of Conducting Genius. Click here to identify the project you'd like to brainstorm with Val. Response to this new service has been overwhelmingly positive.

Brainstorming 48

Brainstorming Creative Thinking Project Creativity 48

Idea Champions

MARCH 25, 2022

Free the Genie is a 60-90 minute online creative thinking session that sparks clarity, insights, new ideas, commitment, and the kind of positive mindset needed for aspiring innovators to make meaningful progress with a new venture, idea, or opportunity. So, the tool just sat there in cyberspace, its potential unrealized.

Creative Process 42

Creative Process Creative Thinking Creativity Tools 42

BrainZooming

MARCH 17, 2017

I’m a great client because of all the creative thinking background and experience communicating with creative people. I’m horrible because I have just enough creative chops to do many things myself, which I’m not reluctant to do if a project isn’t quite working. That’s my creative advice. Mike Brown.

Creativity 83

Creativity Creative Thinking Exercises eBook 83

Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Innovation has a lot of frameworks (and theories, methods, tools) that leaders can choose from, and you’ll want to choose. Seven Innovation Fundamentals: Applying creative thinking to problems. There is no innovation without creativity. Projects change culture. Projects are essential.

Innovation 70

Innovation Culture Creative Thinking Design Thinking 70

Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Constraints create the need for questions, creative thinking, and experiments. GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Innovation thrives within constraints. But as real as constraints are and as helpful as they can be, don’t simply accept them. Instead, question them, push on them, and explore around them.

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Idea Champions

MARCH 22, 2021

Val Vadeboncoeur, Idea Champions' Director of Training, is a highly accomplished brainstorm facilitator, creative thinking catalyst, innovation workshop leader, and co-author of Conducting Genius. Click here to identify the project you'd like to brainstorm with Val. Response to this new service has been overwhelmingly positive.

Brainstorming 37

Brainstorming Creative Thinking Project Creativity 37

Idea Champions

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Mitchell Ditkoff , Co-Founder and President of Idea Champions -- a thought leader in the field of creative thinking, innovation, and the creative process. Anyone committed to manifesting an inspired goal, idea, or venture -- especially people open to exploring new possibilities with a skilled facilitator of the creative process.

Creative Process 47

Creative Process Creative Thinking Creativity Training 47

InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 26, 2022

Agile” and “Waterfall” offer us very different approaches to project management. We might begin with a requirements gathering process in order to understand resources and parameters, and stay within the scope of the Project Charter that emerges from that process. Step 4 – System Testing : TEST!

Agile 74

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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. Yes, you can train people in creative thinking, Front-End-of-Innovation (FEI) frameworks, problem solving, and meeting facilitation.

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Training Idea Generation Innovation Creative Thinking 48

Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

Then, have a process for aligning strategy (which pulls you forward) with budgeting (which anchors you backward) with project governance (which is usually a total mess) with people’s incentives. I’ve been working on a tool to help with that, but it is really hard. Podcast Link: Rita on the Idea to Value Podcast.

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Innovation Technical Review Creativity Leadership 246

BrainZooming

MARCH 6, 2017

Her learned reluctance to push bold creative ideas now creeps into other situations where she does have tremendous latitude to introduce bold ideas. It takes the creative joy out of side projects she does. An Objective Creativity Metric. She said she didn’t think about developing creative ideas like this at all.

Creativity 75

Creativity Underperforming Technical Team Creative Thinking eBook 75

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Facilitate Brainstorming Sessions: Regularly scheduled brainstorming sessions can ignite creative thinking and encourage team members to bounce ideas off one another. Leverage Collaborative Tools: Utilize collaborative platforms that enable your team to work together seamlessly, regardless of physical location.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

Innovation 360 Group

MAY 21, 2020

Welcome to the Innovation 360 presentation of the world’s first collaborative, data-driven artificial intelligence-driven method and tool for collecting, analyzing, and nailing down what you need to know now and in the future. We can identify both context and drivers with a tool called the PESTLED Framework. The Framework.

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Radical Innovation Artificial Inteligence Data Industry 52

Innovation 360 Group

MAY 21, 2020

With all of this said, sometimes you can kick-start innovation and growth projects with the key drivers and other times you might start a renewal journey with just an ideation session. Identify necessary projects to be executed now. Train MBA students and executives in strategic and creative thinking.

Radical Innovation 69

Radical Innovation Artificial Inteligence Data Analysis 69

BrainZooming

JANUARY 17, 2018

Even with video conferencing, you lose many of the verbal and physical cues available when you are sitting across a table planning who is going to do what and when on a project. Team Collaboration – 14 Benefits from Pre-Meeting Outreach Creative Thinking – Who are the best collaborators?

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