Customer Case: Engaging large groups for idea generation
Svava
JANUARY 13, 2020
Customer Case: Engaging large groups for idea generation.
Where can you get Fresh Ideas?
Destination Innovation
SEPTEMBER 2, 2023
Networking : Engage with a diverse group of people in your industry or interests. Talking to people from different backgrounds can spark fresh ideas. Historical Research : Studying history and the evolution of ideas can provide insights for new innovations or solutions to current problems.
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Innovate2Grow Experts
MARCH 8, 2019
Here is a brief review of quantum idea generation. Quantum idea generation produces at least 12 times more ideas than brainstorming. To generate these powerful results you need to use four elements – diversity, stimulus, brain type, and eliminate fear and have fun. Let’s start with a big picture view.
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Authority Bias: Why we submit to the ideas and orders of others
Idea to Value
MAY 14, 2023
This confirms the other research around gender bias which shows how women have more challenges in influencing groups to respect their creative ideas. There is an evolutionary pressure within us to do what the group tells us to.
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Measuring Innovation Performance
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Crafting the Path to Success: Designing Leadership Team Offsites for Strategic Planning Triumph
Leapfrogging
APRIL 4, 2024
Start with a clear opening session that sets expectations and objectives, followed by a mix of breakout groups, workshops, and plenary sessions. Icebreakers and Team Building Activities Kickstarting your offsite with icebreakers and team-building exercises is a strategic move to warm up the group.
Collaborating over videoconference makes you both less creative
Idea to Value
APRIL 29, 2022
And of the engineers, who were given an hour to brainstorm, those working face to face generated more ideas, and more creative ideas, than those using videoconferencing. This indicates that when it comes to divergent generation of ideas, there are benefits to being in the same room.
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Can creativity training really improve your creativity?
Idea to Value
JUNE 28, 2023
Applying the neuroscience of creativity to creativity training In his TEDx talk, Dr Friis-Olvarius also noted that when they tried this training with a small group of 25 experts, the improvement was over 71%. We therefore never attempted to publish it.
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The 10 Commandments of Effective Brainstorming
Gregg Fraley
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
The Sins That Ruin Idea Generation. ” Well, you bother because you need ideas. Remember, half of any group is likely to be somewhat introverted. Rarely does a casual brainstorm generate a breakthrough idea. Stretch the idea generation work out over a week or more.
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Does Remote Work Harm Creativity & Innovation?
Michael Roberto
MAY 2, 2022
Brucks & Jonathan Levav have published a new paper in Nature titled, "Virtual communication curbs creative idea generation." The researchers found that remote collaboration hampers idea generation. Naturally, more research will be need to be conducted to see if others can replicate these findings in other contexts.
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Idea Generation in Business: Eight Techniques to Supercharge Creativity
Qmarkets
AUGUST 12, 2022
When it comes to overseeing an idea management program involving thousands of employees or customers, it is crucial that the process is structured in a way that helps participants to generate the best ideas. Ideation is a creative process so it can be challenging to come up with great ideas on demand.
10 Ways to Maximize Your Innovation Potential with ChatGPT
PlanBox Innovation
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Idea Generation ChatGPT can help you generate new and innovative ideas by using its advanced natural language processing capabilities to analyze large amounts of data and information.
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Banking Insights and Identifying Post-Recession Opportunities
Innovation Leader
JANUARY 16, 2020
“Being seen as a group that is purely visionary and focused on idea generation can make your group vulnerable to cuts,” writes Michael Perman, a former innovation and marketing leader at Gap Inc. and Levi Strauss. Perman explains how to avoid that fate when recessions, or other organizational stressors, are.
ChatGPT Workshop Course
InnovationTraining.org
MARCH 29, 2023
Truth be told, we like our custom designs for a workshop a little better than what ChatGPT is suggesting because it builds towards connecting and developing the group of learners while creating a more significant project. We can deliver something like this or a different design once we learn about your goals and learners.
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Creating Innovation Connections as the Customer Advocate
IdeaScale
DECEMBER 27, 2016
Bring the “voice of the customer” into the decision making and idea generation. On-site gatherings: Invite customers and prospects to your site to test new products, provide feedback on existing products, and for idea generation. User groups : Hold user group meetings where ideas are shared and feedback is welcomed.
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Ideation Activities, Exercises and Templates (from Miro)
InnovationTraining.org
APRIL 25, 2022
Miro is a fantastic resource for finding idea generation activity templates for everything from empathy mapping and design sprints to brainstorming. This ideation activities template is a fun way to generate many ideas with a group. The template will walk you through four simple exercises to get ideas flowing.
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80% Of Brainstorming Sessions Don’t Work
Gregg Fraley
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Seven Idea Generation Fails. I might be getting to old to hold back on saying this about ideation, aka idea generation, aka brainstorming. Based on my experience, about 80% of idea generation doesn’t work. Brainstorming is all group work. 80% Of Brainstorming Sessions Don’t Work.
Tune-In To Taster Tools On Thursday
Gregg Fraley
MARCH 17, 2021
The 30 minute weekly webinar features demonstrations of various facilitation tools for: strategy, challenge clarification, idea generation (aka brainstorming), problem framing, idea selection, innovation projects, and idea development, etc. The weekly sessions are FREE. Sessions begin on Thursday March 18th.
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Book Review - Built to Innovate by Ben Bensaou
Jeffrey Phillips
OCTOBER 25, 2021
I do like the fact that Bensaou creates a new framework that he calls the BTI Framework, which shows what and how three different groups within a company participate in innovation - Frontline innovators, Mid level coaches and Senior leaders. What is interesting in his process is that there is no specific idea generation "step".
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Get Better Ideas with this Starter Exercise
Destination Innovation
MAY 8, 2017
The people in the first group with the fluid movements scored 24% higher in their creativity scores. So before your next idea generation session try this exercise. They then make gestures following your instructions as follows: “We will be open to ideas.” “We want big ideas.”
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Idea Generation in Business: Eight Techniques to Supercharge Creativity
Qmarkets
AUGUST 11, 2022
When it comes to overseeing an idea management program involving thousands of employees or customers, it is crucial that the process is structured in a way that helps participants to generate the best ideas. Ideation is a creative process so it can be challenging to come up with great ideas on demand.
Brainwriting Template
InnovationTraining.org
JULY 13, 2020
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 brainwriting exercise template can help your virtual or in person innovation teams succeed. Conclusion.
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How Creative Improv Can Improve a Brainstorm Session
Idea Champions
MARCH 7, 2024
When it comes to idea generation , experimenting with Improv Groundrule #1 can produce excellent results. For example, a good brainstorming technique that generates a lot of good ideas quickly is a technique called "Yes, and." is fun, simple, and can quickly spark a lot of intriguing, new ideas. Yes, and. "
Three principles to help you generate better ideas
Jeffrey Phillips
JULY 24, 2015
Recently I've stumbled upon another historical artifact that illuminates idea generation. The booklet is entitled A Technique for Producing Ideas , and it offers great philosophical insight into how to improve your skill at generating ideas. "In Many originate in the work Osborn, Parnes and others did in the past.
Is Your Innovation Problem Really a Strategy Problem?
Tim Kastelle
APRIL 12, 2018
I’ve been teaching innovation courses to groups of their both their senior and future leaders for a couple of years now to try to help them build this innovation capability. When one group creates the strategy and expect another bunch to implement it, the result will be an air sandwich.
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249 SIMPLE WAYS TO INCREASE CREATIVITY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
Michael Michalko
APRIL 13, 2022
Invite creative business people from the community to speak to the group. You could ask them for ideas on how to become more creative in your business. Bright Ideas Notebook Present each person with a notebook. At the end of the month, collect all the notebooks and categorize the ideas for further discussion.
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SIMPLE WAYS TO INCREASE CREATIVITY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
Michael Michalko
APRIL 13, 2022
Invite creative business people from the community to speak to the group. You could ask them for ideas on how to become more creative in your business. Bright Ideas Notebook Present each person with a notebook. At the end of the month, collect all the notebooks and categorize the ideas for further discussion.
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Unleashing Wild and Wacky Ideas To Get Big Breakthrough Innovations.
Innovate2Grow Experts
MARCH 8, 2019
While wild and wacky ideas might not be the winning ideas coming out of a Quantum Idea Generation 2.0 Creative Session you may not get those winning ideas unless they start as wild and wacky ideas. Here is a brief review of Quantum Idea Generation 2.0 I ask them how they created the idea.
Cultivating Excellence: Leveraging Change Management for Organizational Culture Transformation
Leapfrogging
APRIL 3, 2024
This assessment can be achieved through employee surveys, focus groups, and observation. When crafting this vision, involve a diverse group of stakeholders to ensure that it reflects the collective aspirations of the organization. Identify and empower a diverse group of change agents who embody the desired culture.
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Cultivating Success: Exploring the Link Between Organizational Culture and Business Performance
Leapfrogging
APRIL 3, 2024
To assess the alignment of your company’s values with its daily operations, consider conducting regular surveys or focus groups. An innovative culture encourages risk-taking, values fresh ideas, and supports collaboration across the board.
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100 Innovation Training Under Utilized
Gregg Fraley
AUGUST 22, 2018
When I step into a room to facilitate a strategy, innovation, or idea generation session I usually find a great deal of energy. Teams and work groups don’t know how to be collaborative. The research that says brainstorming doesn’t work studied groups with no training and no facilitator. Almost always.
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Open Strategy: Mastering Disruption From Outside The C-Suite
Innov8rs
MARCH 26, 2023
Unfortunately, in many organizations, important decisions are made by a small group of executives at the top. This approach to strategy-making can lead to two major problems: Firstly, the ideas generated this way may not be innovative or inspiring. By doing so, diverse perspectives and fresh ideas can be explored.
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The Innovation Hotline: How Colruyt Group is Championing Intrapraneurship with Collaborative Idea Generation
Qmarkets
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Colruyt Group is a great case in point. Its rapid expansion from a small, family-run wholesale goods business in 1928 into a multinational conglomerate with 30,000 employees, can be attributed in part to the creative – and ingenious – ways it has crowdsourced ideas from employees.
Try Nook and Cranny Strategic Thinking Exercises for a Huge Impact!
BrainZooming
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
They help groups (or an individual) efficiently explore many more opportunities and ideas than they otherwise might. Three groups rotated through posters focused on their shared services organization’s internal branding. That meant more than forty perspectives from which to generate ideas for potential behaviors.
How Can You Use Gamification to Boost Innovation?
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 14, 2020
It promotes disinhibition, reduces prejudice, encourages cross-disciplinary teamwork and co-creation, helps groups with very different profiles to speak the same language and achieves a level of engagement that drives participants to go one step further. Companies are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of gamification.
Strategies for Maximizing Government Employees for City Crowdsourcing
IdeaScale
JUNE 2, 2015
Identifying those who are involved and participate in generating and contributing ideas is crucial. The platform for idea generation and discussion must foster open communication among all groups. Employees across departments and levels should be encouraged to communicate their ideas with one another.
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Qmarkets
OCTOBER 14, 2018
Leading automotive manufacturer Hyundai Motor America launched its BIG (Better Idea Generator) campaign – driven by Qmarkets innovation management software. This 12-month campaign incentivizes participants to contribute innovative ideas that have potential to impact the company’s key strategic priorities in positive ways.
Creating a Culture of Innovation
Innovation in Practice
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Innovative companies use innovation to differentiate themselves by: Conducting regular idea generation workshops within business units. It’s the perception from these two groups that drive an innovative culture. Rewarding employees for innovation, both the results of as well as efforts to become more innovative.
Rule Breaking Series #3: Pilot Test Your Innovations
Flying Fish Lab
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Get feedback from the market Launching focus groups is a traditional way to get feedback from users. Crowdsourcing is a way for businesses to gather a lot of ideas generated, not only by their employees, but also by their customers and suppliers. When testing online programs, this is replaced with a beta launch.
Four things you can do to make innovation happen
Strategos
APRIL 27, 2017
If you are just starting your innovation journey it requires a core group of dedicated people to make innovation happen. Isn’t putting some dedicated resources on developing ideas for the company’s future at least as important as battling the urgent issues of the present? Recruit a team with passion and drive.
Rule Breaking Series #3: Pilot Test Your Innovations
Flying Fish Lab
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Get feedback from the market Launching focus groups is a traditional way to get feedback from users. Crowdsourcing is a way for businesses to gather a lot of ideas generated, not only by their employees, but also by their customers and suppliers. When testing online programs, this is replaced with a beta launch.
Using AI to learn what is important to learn about Design Thinking (ChatGPT Open AI)
InnovationTraining.org
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Affinity diagrams: Affinity diagrams are a tool used to organize and analyze data by grouping similar ideas together. They can help designers to identify patterns and trends in user research data, and to generate insights that can inform the design process.
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Turn Ideas Into Outcomes: A Framework for Maturing Your Innovation Portfolio
Innov8rs
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
How do you move from idea generation to rigorous idea development the right way? A portfolio maturation framework can make it easier to reorient from ideas to outcomes. Next, establish operational groups and roles. But adopting a portfolio-based model is easier said than done. First, align on your team’s mission.
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Digital Technology MoshPit
Gregg Fraley
AUGUST 1, 2018
The secret sauce in the design of a MoshPit session is how fresh thinking is scaffolded through the discovery and idea generation process. Participants in MoshPit sessions do extensive preparation, including research and ideation, alone, before the group event. This is not your Dad’s brainstorming.
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