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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

In school, we learn about geniuses and their ideas, but how did they get those ideas? The following are seven principles that I’ve learned during my lifetime of work in the field of creative thinking — things that I wish I’d been taught as a student. 2 Creative Thinking Is Work. It’s producing a result.

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Top Jobs to be Done Books (JTBD)

InnovationTraining.org

Check out our lists of innovation books and design thinking books to read. The Jobs to be Done Playbook: Align Your Markets, Organizations, and Strategy Around Customer Needs. The book features examples of success and failure, so you can take lessons learned and apply it to your own project or organizational challenge.

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Selling Agile to Executives: 8 Ways to Get Buy-in

Planview

Read Next: Agile Transformation: 10 Lessons Learned (so far) on our Agile Journey. Read Next: The Agile Manager’s Handbook. Or identify a specific, critical initiative that is a pain point for the business – such as the misalignment of product teams or sales and marketing teams — and can be undertaken quickly.

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The Innovative Mentor

IdeaScale

A mentor enables innovators to focus on their project results while also learning about themselves along the way. Leaders can mentor innovators through any of the practical business steps in the value creation process itself: Connecting to emerging market trends and identifying the most significant opportunities.

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Barrier Buster: Clearing the Way for Breakthrough Ideas

IdeaScale

Barrier busters know the difference between the market saying “no,” and an organizational obstacle saying, “no.”. A leader might have learned from the VC role to let go of struggling projects, where customers don’t respond as expected or where the market does not respond positively, in order to move the resources to fund innovation winners.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Learnings from sports competitions Competition in business is similar to sports competitions – there are winners and losers. They have lost their capabilities of marketing their former innovative strengths and have failed to adapt their business models to the changing environment. “

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SIMPLE WAYS TO INCREASE CREATIVITY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION

Michael Michalko

Stock the area with books, videos on creativity, as well as learning games and such toys as beanbags and modeling clay. Design your own “Thank You For Your Great Idea” cards and distribute them freely to contributors. If no one wins, double the prize for the next month. Lastly, don’t forget to thank people for their ideas.