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Wood Splitting Teaches Us About Knotty People

Posted on19 Mar 2015

Tagsadaptability, analogy, creativity, diversity, innovation, management, Personality, The Medici Effect, associative thinking, Frans Johansson, Intersectional Thinking, analogy collection, wood splitting, Wood Splitting People Analogy

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Thinking at the intersection of ideas is very helpful in solving problems. The book, The Medici Effect by Frans Johansson, says this...

Creative Innovation (Pt 13): Overcoming Biases

Posted on31 Dec 2012

Tagschange, decision-making process, Harvard Business Review, leadership, leadership vs management, management, process, quantify, Scientific Method, statistics, associative thinking, Giovanni Gavetti, empirical evidence, institutional biases

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One of the points Giovanni Gavetti makes in “The New Psychology of Strategic Leadership” (Harvard Business Review, July-August 2011 edition) about associative...

Creative Innovation (Pt 12): Associative Thinking

Posted on13 Dec 2012

Tagsanalogy, Creative Innovation Series, creativity, organizational culture, diversity, Harvard Business Review, Heidi Gardner, innovation, The Medici Effect, associative thinking, Frans Johansson, Giovanni Gavetti, Intersectional Thinking

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It’s difficult to discuss creative innovation without addressing associative thinking (aka Intersectional ThinkingTM). It’s the act of comparing something to another to...

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Wood Splitting Teaches Us About Knotty People

Creative Innovation (Pt 13): Overcoming Biases

Creative Innovation (Pt 12): Associative Thinking

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