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Is Your Training On the Trivial?
"What makes your MVP special is the ability to solve ill-structured problems. These are the problems which have something unique about them, whether it’s designing a new solution strategy, or...
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Overthinking and loss of creativity, the solution - JulienRio.com
As a child, you were gifted with imagination and creativity. Now grown up, you base your judgment on your knowledge and experience. How to think like a child?See it on Scoop.it, via Creativity &...
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Six Ways to Think out of the Box: A guide to engineering award-winning ideas...
Does following established patterns increase or decrease creativity? From the article "Ask any creative director of any advertising agency and he will tell you that creative ideation is a highly...
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Creativity: Why You Should Seek Out Unusual or Downright Weird Experiences —...
“Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience.”... Advice from this Psyblog article: "So go out this weekend and do something weird: it'll make you a more...
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A Different Kind of Energy Innovation
New business models may not be as sexy as new energy technology. But their impact could be just as great, helping more homeowners adopt solar power, for instance.See it on Scoop.it, via Creativity...
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It's Time To Break Up With Break-Out Groups
Does anyone actually enjoy break-out groups? It's a serious question. From the article: "Break-out groups are intended to break up the monotony of a long meeting and get people talking to each other...
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The Seven Imperatives for Highly Successful Business Revolutionaries
Here are 3 of the "imperatives" from the article: "1. Don't aspire to be a good manager. As Peter Drucker said years ago, stable times require excellence and good management. As we transition to a new...
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10 Creative Block Breakers That Actually Work
You CAN overcome the frustration of feeling blocked. Of the 10 tips, I like these two. #1 "Redefine the problem to find it more compelling. Ask yourself something like "What if Winston Churchill was...
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In Praise of the Copycats
Far from killing creativity, imitation spurs innovation in industries like fashion, finance and football, write Kal Raustiala and Chris Sprigman. An essay adapted from The Knockoff Economy: How...
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Launch Your Next Idea Before It's Ready
Tom Hulme, design director at IDEO, offers three inexpensive yet effective ways to test your next great product.... See it on Scoop.it, via Creativity & Decision-Making
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Stop Trying to Solve Problems
"Hack the brain to increase complex problem solving." "New research by Neuroscientist David Creswell from Carnegie Mellon ... explore[s] what happens in the brain when people tackle problems that are...
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Why conviction drives innovation more than creativity
In business circles, “creativity” has become a buzzword to describe a desired trait among employees. But to innovate, conviction is more important.See it on Scoop.it, via Creativity & Decision-Making
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Time to redefine "innovation"
"...perhaps the biggest dilemma that businesses face when it comes to innovation is that the concept of 'innovation' itself must be constantly re-thought to remain relevant." One of the most...
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The 25 Best Business Articles I've Ever Read
Marc Binkley's list of top 25 favorite business articles, which inclues articles on "innovation, leadership, marketing, sales, branding, culture." You may recognize some classics, including "1,000...
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The No. 1 Enemy of Creativity: Fear of Failure
"... entrepreneurs and designers think of failure the way most people think of learning."See it on Scoop.it, via Creativity & Decision-Making
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Innovate on Purpose: Innovation "killers" never play by the leader's rules
What will it take for a tablet to "unseat the ipad from its position as the leader of the tablet pack"? Clayton Christensen in the "Innovator's Deilemma" argued "that most disruption happens from...
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Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Reinvent The Guitar Pick
Stephen Key--inventor of HotPicks (think skull-shaped guitar picks)--riffs on how the best business ideas come from existing products.See it on Scoop.it, via Creativity & Decision-Making
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Can Catering for Creativity Make Innovation Happen? | Innovation Management
Many firms tend to mix the terms and concepts of creativity and innovation. There is a view that catering for creativity automatically makes innovation happen. The articles summarizes the 3...
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The No. 1 Enemy of Creativity: Fear of Failure
To innovate, stop worrying aboutKatherine Stevens's insight:My favorite quotes from the article:"anyone who has a sense of humor is creative""you have to make sure you've defined the right problem...
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Why Groups Fail to Share Information Effectively
When asked to make a group decision, instead of sharing vital information known only to themselves, people tend to repeat information that everyone already knows.Katherine Stevens's insight:Good...
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Tidy or Messy Desk: Which is Best For The Mind?
"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?" —Albert EinsteinKatherine Stevens's insight:"Being in a clean room seemed to encourage people to do what...
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25 Fascinating Charts Of Negotiation Styles Around The World | Business Insider
Language is only the most obvious part of the global communication gap. Different cultures also have distinct approaches to communication during meetings aKatherine Stevens's insight:Brief summary of...
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Design Charrettes: Half Inspiration, Half Buy-In
Design charrettes inspire design sketches and ideas, include more people in the design process, explore and expose goals and objectives of colleagues in multiple functional roles, and drive off...
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In Innovation Today, The Smartest Companies Collaborate With Enemies
In the collaborative marketplace, companies will have to join forces with other businesses.See it on Scoop.it, via Creativity & Decision-Making
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What To Do When You Don't Know What To Do
Are you frustrated? We know we are. Most of us prepared hard for the future we expected, and yet things aren't working out as we had planned." "Here's the central point of our new book, Just Start...
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How Great Companies Think Differently
"Traditionally, economists and financiers have argued that the sole purpose of business is to make money—the more the better. ... this lopsided logic forces companies to blank out the fact that they...
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The Next Big Thing in Managing Innovation
What was the management innovation in the first decade of 2000? "one plausible suggestion is that this past decade has been the decade of open innovation. In this decade, companies started to open up...
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Pixar Cofounder Ed Catmull on Failure and Why Fostering a Fearless Culture Is...
Why the greatest enemy of creative success is the attempt to fortify against failure. "Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakesKatherine Stevens's insight:I like the following three quotes...
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Why Brainstorming Works Better Online
We’re less creative in person.See it on Scoop.it, via Creativity & Decision-Making
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Don't Speculate When You Can Innovate
I have found that many in leadership at fast growing entrepreneurial firms don't feel personally responsible for innovation.Katherine Stevens's insight:What I found interesting was the idea that...
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