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Why campfires are the perfect analogy for innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

Some more intrepid scouts had learned to create sparks by striking flints. When you are generating ideas, through individual work, or brainstorming, or some other means, you are sparking ideas. And, often, that's what's wrong with idea generation - it can be too easy to do - just like striking a match.

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Accelerate Innovation — With Experiential Learning

Gregg Fraley

Experiential Learning Accelerates Innovation. New Study: Drawing is the Fastest, Most Effective Way to Learn. I read with interest an article stating that drawing accelerates learning. Using experiential learning tools like drawing isn’t really new in innovation process. Magazine by Jessica Stillman.

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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 is gray.

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The Power of Stimulus To Inspire Breakthrough Innovation Solutions.

Innovate2Grow Experts

Stimulus is the second of the four Quantum Idea Generation 2.0 elements we utilize in a creative session to generate at least 12 X more ideas than brainstorming – and a quality of ideas you will never get from brainstorming. Here is a brief recap of Quantum Idea Generation 2.0

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Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector

Qmarkets

Read on to learn more about this fascinating initiative and understand how you might be able to utilize an idea management platform to deliver similar results for your company. Regardless, the original idea submitter is always involved throughout the whole process.

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Design Thinking Tools: how to use them to solve complex problems

mjvinnovation

Desk Search: search for information on the project’s theme from different sources: websites, books, magazines, blogs, articles, etc. Ideas Menu: catalog that summarizes and makes tangible all the ideas generated in the project. This way, the most strategic ideas are prioritized for prototyping.

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Enexis Interview: Navigating Operational Innovation in an Environment Ripe for Innovation Stagnation

Qmarkets

Regardless, the original idea submitter is always involved throughout the whole process. If we ever reject an idea, it’s important for us to make sure the submitter can see the exact reason why and learn from it. Recently we’ve also started launching individual idea challenges focusing on specific strategic topics. “In