The BMI Lab Blog

MARCH 4, 2021

We will start with a quick brush-up: ideation is a creative process for generating and exchanging new ideas. These can be ideas on how to best resolve a customer problem, ideas on how to quickly seize an opportunity or even ideas on reinventing an organization’s business model. What is ideation?

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Strategos

MARCH 1, 2018

It seems an oxymoron to some that, a process as spontaneous and creative as innovation can and should be measured. Metrics help managers make informed decisions based on objective data, which is especially valuable given the long-term nature and risk associated with some innovation projects. Getting started with Innovation Metrics.

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Idea Champions

JULY 8, 2020

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. What follows is a brief summary of how we do this. In their place?

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 16, 2016

For results in idea generation you need a system, a framework, and a wide, deep chest of tools. How can you generate great ideas with a more systemic approach to “brainstorming”? But wow, this is just the tip of the iceberg with regard to effective idea generation. Synectics also builds on CPS.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Can guidelines for innovation be created? In his new book, The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations , Lerner says the key to success lies in adopting a hybrid model that combines aspects of both. Before changing existing funding processes, try creating a small “slush” fund for digital innovation projects.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Can guidelines for innovation be created? In his new book, The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations , Lerner says the key to success lies in adopting a hybrid model that combines aspects of both. Before changing existing funding processes, try creating a small “slush” fund for digital innovation projects.

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 13, 2015

The anti-brainstorming forces are also fond of asserting that creativity is stifled in a brainstorming session. To claim that creativity will invariably be stifled in a brainstorming session is like saying that creativity will invariably be stifled in a marriage. or in a school. or in an organization. But inevitable?

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 25, 2018

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. What follows is a brief summary of how we do this. In their place?

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Training Creativity Culture of Innovation Engagement 29

Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

Highly creative people have a tendency to avoid "process" like the plague, turning a blind eye to anything that requires them to pay attention to an "organized approach". Just like a gardener needs a hose without holes to water their plants, so do the creative people in your organization need a hole-free way to bring their ideas to fruition.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 23, 2017

Highly creative people have a tendency to avoid "process" like the plague, turning a blind eye to anything that requires them to pay attention to an "organized approach". Just like a gardener needs a hose without holes to water their plants, so do the creative people in your organization need a hole-free way to bring their ideas to fruition.

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Idea Champions

JULY 13, 2017

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. What follows is a brief summary of how we do this. In their place?

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Training Creativity Culture of Innovation Engagement 29

Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Highly creative people have a tendency to avoid "process" like the plague, turning a blind eye to anything that requires them to pay attention to an "organized approach". Just like a gardener needs a hose without holes to water their plants, so do the creative people in your organization need a hole-free way to bring their ideas to fruition.

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Ideation Brainstorming Underperforming Technical Team Creativity 20

Idea Champions

MAY 17, 2017

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. What follows is a brief summary of how we do this. In their place?

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Idea Champions

MARCH 23, 2018

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. What follows is a brief summary of how we do this. In their place?

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Idea Champions

JUNE 17, 2016

We help people make meaningful adjustments of vision, insight, and perception so they can acknowledge, embrace, and apply their innate ability to be more creative on the job -- and, for those clients who want to reinvent their "innovation process", we help them figure it out. What follows is a brief summary of how we do this. In their place?

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