Idea Champions

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. The following ten "ideation process best practices" are clues for you. Exercising. You're busy.

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InnovationTraining.org

JULY 13, 2020

This brainwriting exercise template can help your virtual or in person innovation teams succeed. 6-3-5 Brainwriting is a group-structured brainstorming technique that is a highly collaborative way to generate as many ideas as possible in groups within a short period of time. This exercise can either be done in person or online.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 28, 2023

A 2015 study of 180 participants over 9 weeks showed that creativity training not only significantly improved the participant’s view of their own creativity, it resulted in those participants producing more creative output A 2016 study showed one 1.5

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Practical Exercises to Encourage Innovative Thinking To cultivate an innovative mindset, leadership development programs should incorporate practical exercises that challenge leaders to think outside the box.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. The following ten "ideation process best practices" are clues for you. Exercising. You're busy.

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Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 12, 2017

There is not enough mental preparation done with participants before brainstorming/idea generation sessions. Nor is there enough attention paid to planning and facilitating the exercises and stimulus in the session itself. Start thinking of idea generation as a project that takes a few weeks, not a one day session.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 10, 2019

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs of this blog post and will now cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or not understood by the members of your team. Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process. Exercising.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Ideate : Generating a range of possible solutions. Generate a vast array of ideas and conceptual designs quickly. For a deeper understanding of how AI can enhance the ideation phase, explore our article on ai-driven design thinking strategies. Ideate AI models suggest a diverse set of potential solutions.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 12, 2022

In this blog, we highlight eight techniques for idea generation in business that will help your idea management participants to reach their creative potential. Ideation is a creative process so it can be challenging to come up with great ideas on demand. We’ve all been there.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

I can almost guarantee you’ll have ideas. Local economic development leaders could do this same exercise, listing local assets on one side, and new technology (or trends) on the other. Why are idea generation tools for deliberate combinations needed? Every innovation process has an ideation step.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Lastly, this exercise can serve as a teambuilding activity itself. This serves to bring team members together in the process and structure the ideation itself. We can even invent new words related to your business, product, or stakeholders. Design Thinking for Naming.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

Bottom line, if you want to increase the odds of developing BIG IDEAS that will turn into new products, new services, and better ways of doing business, you will need to plug the holes or, better yet, invest in a new hose. The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. What ARE the holes?

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 11, 2022

In this blog, we highlight eight techniques for idea generation in business that will help your idea management participants to reach their creative potential. Ideation is a creative process so it can be challenging to come up with great ideas on demand. We’ve all been there.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 23, 2017

Bottom line, if you want to increase the odds of developing BIG IDEAS that will turn into new products, new services, and better ways of doing business, you will need to plug the holes or, better yet, invest in a new hose. The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. What ARE the holes?

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process. Exercising. You're busy.

Ideation 20

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Bottom line, if you want to increase the odds of developing BIG IDEAS that will turn into new products, new services, and better ways of doing business, you will need to plug the holes or, better yet, invest in a new hose. The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. What ARE the holes?

Ideation 20

Ideation Brainstorming Underperforming Technical Team Creativity 20

Gregg Fraley

JUNE 27, 2017

Learn the hands-on tools for conducting strategy, ideation, idea development, and implementation workshops. Tools ​and ​techniques ​for ​visioning, ​strategy, ​ideation, ​and ​concept ​refinement. How to plan and execute training, ideation, strategy, and brainstorming sessions. This is hands-on facilitation instruction.

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Planview

AUGUST 6, 2015

For organizations that are already getting tons of ideas from the people in their extended networks, continuing to push for suggestions might start to seem less important. But according to Gardner, you should be wary of staunching the flow too soon — especially if backing off on ideation is a result of feeling overwhelmed.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

In addition, it covers management mandates, project cycles, resourcing, idea management systems, idea generation, concept development, prototyping, and pitch presentations. How to plan and execute training, ideation, strategy, and brainstorming sessions. Hands-on practice of advanced innovation tools and techniques.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 4, 2019

Do the ideas generated all-too-often underwhelm? If so, Idea Champions can help. Co-Facilitation: It's not uncommon for graduates of a Conducting Genius training to find themselves being asked by management to facilitate high profile client ideation sessions.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 19, 2016

This is another article about Quantum Idea Generation a process proven to generate at least 12 X more ideas than brainstorming. In previous articles, I've addressed the first two of four Quantum Idea Generation elements – diversity and stimulus. Continue reading →

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Idea to Value

JUNE 16, 2017

In practice, extroverts are likely to use idea-generation sessions like brainstorming as a sort of “thinking out loud exercise”, saying whatever idea comes into their minds. It also allows the more introverted people to contribute just as many ideas as those people who would usually just shout them out.

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Rmukesh Gupta

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Get them to exercise (mild) – it could even be just laughter therapy. Idea Coach. Ideation and brainstorming is very serious business. Have a process or a framework that you will use to select the ideas that will move to the next stage ahead of time. Get people to draw something. Method to the Madness.

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Leanstack

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We, for instance, know certain activities are good for us like eating healthy, exercising regularly, and saving money. We spend too much time building barriers during ideation with heavyweight processes like business planning, for instance. This is the #2 killer of ideas. We encounter behavior change challenges all the time.

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Leanstack

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We, for instance, know certain activities are good for us like eating healthy, exercising regularly, and saving money. We spend too much time building barriers during ideation with heavyweight processes like business planning, for instance. This is the #2 killer of ideas. We encounter behavior change challenges all the time.

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Underperforming Technical Team LEAN Tools Product Development 45

Qmarkets

JANUARY 7, 2020

To maximize the ROI of your innovation initiatives, it’s vital to gain input from as many sources as possible and ensure all departments take part in a culture of ideation. This, in turn, made the prospect of total innovation management a practical exercise for companies in all industries.

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Values Centered Innovation

MAY 6, 2017

Making Talent Development an essential component of innovation campaigns generates broader levels of engagement along with higher quality of ideas and participation in the campaigns… while actively building the intellectual capital assets of the company. This turns the raw material into innovative solutions and benefits.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Companies are realizing that all their personnel can help contribute to the ideation process – not just a designated few. Other companies are going even further afield and turning to their customers or the general public to help them solve problems and create new products. . Today innovation talent pools are growing even larger.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Companies are realizing that all their personnel can help contribute to the ideation process – not just a designated few. Other companies are going even further afield and turning to their customers or the general public to help them solve problems and create new products. . Today innovation talent pools are growing even larger.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

These are the activities and skills which are required for a team to ideate, design, test, iterate and pilot a new innovation. Idea Generation: Generate creative new ideas that address the identified challenges, beyond basic brainstorming exercises. These 23 capabilities are as follows: 1.

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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. That’s the good news.

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