Michael Michalko

MAY 13, 2022

Michael Michalko is the highly-acclaimed author of Thinkertoys : A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques; Cracking Creativity : The Thinking Strategies of Creative Geniuses; Thinkpak : A Brainstorming Card Deck , and Creative Thinkering : Putting Your Imagination to Work. A good life is one where you savor the coffee, not the cup.

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Michael Michalko

MAY 14, 2022

Michael Michalko is one of the most highly-acclaimed creativity experts in the world and author of the best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity), ThinkPak (A Brainstorming Card Deck), Cracking Creativity (The Secrets of Creative Genius), and Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 4, 2022

His course draws from the book he co-authored, Creating Value with CO-STAR: An Innovation Tool for Perfecting and Pitching your Brilliant Idea, as well as the Global Innovation Science Handbook. CO-STAR is short for customer, opportunity, solution, team, advantages, and results.

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Michael Michalko

JULY 26, 2022

Read Michael’s book THINKERTOYS (A HANDBOOK OF CREATIVE THINKING TECHNIQUES). Creativity consists of seeing what no one else is seeing, to think what no one else is thinking, and doing what others had wish they had done. Become creative.

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InnovationManagement

MARCH 3, 2017

Whether you are a startup, researcher or consultant, at some point you may find yourself in a situation where you need to write a proposal for funding. Preparing proposals is a detailed process that takes lots of precious time and if you’re not familiar with the best practices for writing them, I dare say you may be wasting your time.

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Michael Michalko

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Michael Michalko is the author of the highly acclaimed Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques; Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius; ThinkPak: A Brainstorming Card Deck and Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Some of Michael’s creative-thinking techniques that were refined by his government and corporate practice were published in his best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) , which the Wall Street Journal reported “will change the way you think.” Michael has worked with clients in countries around the world.

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100%Open

JANUARY 2, 2018

You were expecting a different start to 2018 at The Employer Handbook? “‘Black-hearted’ mum gets Pizza Hut employee fired for saucy joke written in box.” ” I adore that subheader. But, I can’t take credit for it. It comes from a UK tabloid. (We

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

This comes with your own playbook called the Innov8rs Handbook 2018. I am wanting to tune in to many of their sessions to learn from their experiences and exchanges with the experts. This included: So come on, join me, it’s online and free. Hopefully, I’ll see you there. Here is my link . What does this upgrade offer?

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Michael Michalko

MAY 23, 2022

MICHAEL MICHALKO is the author of Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) , which the Wall Street Journal reported “will change the way you think.” Study it carefully and you will see the woman. Once you see her the bird will disappear. We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are. …………………………….

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Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Michael Michalko is a highly-acclaimed creativity expert and the author of Thinkertoys : A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques; Cracking Creativity : The Thinking Strategies of Creative Geniuses; Thinkpak : A Brainstorming Card Deck , and Creative Thinkering : Putting Your Imagination to Work.). Either way, it’s the same figure.

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The Human Factor

AUGUST 31, 2019

1 – Creating an employee handbook. Whether you have one employee or plan to have hundreds, you need to think about putting together an employee handbook. So today we’ll explore 4 things you’ll need to consider as you become an employer. It’s best to do this at the start of your business journey and grow it as you scale.

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The Human Factor

JUNE 5, 2019

An Outdated Employee Handbook . You need an employee handbook to outline all of your policies and give people guidance on how to conduct themselves in the workplace. However, this needs updating regularly as policies change and certain laws are altered, meaning that your current policies don’t really apply anymore.

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Jobs-to-be-Done Handbook: Practical Techniques for Improving Your Application of Jobs-to-be-Done. The book features examples of success and failure, so you can take lessons learned and apply it to your own project or organizational challenge. Get it here.

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

What are the biggest challenges heading into 2023? How to address innovation within the current market conditions? Where to start when it comes to leading organizations forward?

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Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Ted is also co-author of the sociocracy handbook Many Voices, One Song and Who decides who decides? In an interview with Ted Rau , we discussed his vision of 2045 and ways to make the world a better place by introducing self-governance through Sociocracy. Ted Rau is a sociocracy trainer, consultant, and coach. What Is Sociocracy?

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Michael Michalko

APRIL 3, 2022

Michael Michalko is the author of the highly acclaimed Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques; Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius; ThinkPak: A Brainstorming Card Deck and Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work.

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Michael Michalko

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Some of Michael’s creative-thinking techniques that were refined by his government and corporate practice were published in his best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) , which the Wall Street Journal reported “will change the way you think.” CEO-READ listed Thinkertoys as one of the 100 Best Business Books of all Time.

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Michael Michalko

AUGUST 25, 2022

Using a technique I described in my book Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques) on how to find and force connections between a challenge and random stimuli, they randomly picked a picture of “Beehives.” This connection will lead to the discovery of an original idea or thought. This is what the engineers did.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Some of Michael’s creative-thinking techniques that were refined by his government and corporate practice were published in his best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) , which the Wall Street Journal reported “will change the way you think.” CEO-READ listed Thinkertoys as one of the 100 Best Business Books of all Time.

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The Human Factor

JANUARY 15, 2021

Write A Detailed Employee Handbook . An employee handbook is an essential document that helps businesses define their company culture in clear terms and communicate it to new and existing employees. If you don’t already have one, you can use an employee handbook template to help you get started with yours.

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Planview

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Read Next: The Agile Manager’s Handbook. Identify the functional leaders who will be willing to lead the mindset change and focus on training them through coaching. Focus on selling Agile to executives by showing them how they can succeed with the approach. Form an Agile Leadership Team.

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

During The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event, we discussed these topics with Tom Waller (Senior Vice President of Innovation at adidas) and Tiffany Vasilchik (Chief Growth Officer at Board of Innovation). What needs to change (and what doesn’t) when it comes to bringing new products, services, and business models to market in 2023?

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 13, 2016

He also is an accomplished speaker, certified instructional designer and trainer, and co-author of Creating Value with CO-STAR: An Innovation Tool for Perfecting and Pitching your Brilliant Ideas and The Global Innovation Science Handbook. The post Are you a Direction Setter?

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

During our recent The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event, Apoorva Shah (Vice President of Innovation at Wiley) and Cassandra Galloway (Head of Strategic Workforce Transformation at Zurich Insurance) dove into the crucial topic of innovation culture, as summarized below. What's needed to build high-performing innovation teams?

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Michael Michalko

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Michael Michalko is the author of Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques; Cracking Creativity: The Thinking Strategies of Creative Geniuses; and Thinkpak: A Brainstorming Card Deck. Has the population reached the tipping point? ………………………………….

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

As part of our recent The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event, we discussed this (and more) with Frank Mattes (CEO at Lean Scaleup), Sean Sheppard (Managing Partner at U+), and Susana Jurado (Head of Wayra Builder at Telefónica). Beyond the hype, are we seeing investments in "business building" paying off?

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

During our recent The Innovator's Handbook 2023 launch event, we explored these topics with Tristan Kromer (Innovation Coach & Founder at Kromatic), Dan Toma (Co-Author of Innovation Accounting & The Corporate Startup, Partner at OUTCOME), and Noel Sobelman (Partner at Accel Management Group).

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IdeaScale

APRIL 4, 2017

He also is an accomplished speaker, certified instructional designer and trainer, and co-author of Creating Value with CO-STAR: An Innovation Tool for Perfecting and Pitching your Brilliant Ideas and The Global Innovation Science Handbook. The post Are you a Positive Role Model for Innovation?

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Michael Michalko

APRIL 13, 2022

Michael Michalko is the highly-acclaimed author of Thinkertoys : A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques; Cracking Creativity : The Thinking Strategies of Creative Geniuses; Thinkpak : A Brainstorming Card Deck , and Creative Thinkering : Putting Your Imagination to Work. Michael Michalko.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 14, 2017

He also is an accomplished speaker, certified instructional designer and trainer, and co-author of Creating Value with CO-STAR: An Innovation Tool for Perfecting and Pitching your Brilliant Ideas and The Global Innovation Science Handbook. The post The Connected Leader: Relationships that Produce to Results appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Michael Michalko

APRIL 13, 2022

Michael Michalko is the highly-acclaimed author of Thinkertoys : A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques; Cracking Creativity : The Thinking Strategies of Creative Geniuses; Thinkpak : A Brainstorming Card Deck , and Creative Thinkering : Putting Your Imagination to Work. Michael Michalko.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2016

He also is an accomplished speaker, certified instructional designer and trainer, and co-author of Creating Value with CO-STAR: An Innovation Tool for Perfecting and Pitching your Brilliant Ideas and The Global Innovation Science Handbook. The post Creating Innovation Connections as the Customer Advocate appeared first on IdeaScale.

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The Human Factor

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You can do this using an employee handbook. Outline employee policies and guidelines. To minimize the risk of a lawsuit coming from your employees you need to outline all policies and guidelines. This will help put your staff at ease and hopefully avoid litigation in the future.

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Michael Michalko

APRIL 16, 2022

Michael Michalko is the author of the highly acclaimed Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques; Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius; ThinkPak: A Brainstorming Card Deck and Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work.

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Michael Michalko

APRIL 3, 2022

Michael Michalko is the author of the highly acclaimed Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques; Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius; ThinkPak: A Brainstorming Card Deck and Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work.

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Ben Yoskowitz (Founding Partner at Highline Beta) and Helene Niklasson (VP Innovation Ecosystems and Partnerships and Head of CampX at Volvo Group) joined us for our recent The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event. Together we discussed what's next for open innovation and partnerships, as summarized below.

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