Making Group Brainstorming More Effective And Innovative
Posted on21 Jun 2012
TagsAlex Osborn, brainstorming, Creative Innovation Series, creativity, group, innovation, Jonah Lehrer, Keith Sawyer, problem solving, The New Yorker, Washington University
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When leaders try to drive creativity and innovation in their organizations, they frequently jump into holding group brainstorming sessions. This not only... Read More
Reinvent the Wheel & Prosper!
How many times have you heard, “Don’t reinvent the wheel”? Why is it then that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)... Read More
Best Practices = Inside the Box Thinking
One of the paradoxes of best practices is that they promote unimaginativeness because if everyone followed best practices the differentiation among competing... Read More
Diverse Workforce Means Rethinking Talent to Manage It
Posted on27 Oct 2011
Tagsnetworking, homophily, The Atlantic, Talent, social skills, Richard Florida, Personality, market, management, innovation, diversity, creativity, change management, adaptability
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In the October 2011 issue of The Atlantic, I ran across Richard Florida’s article, “Where the Skills Are” and found myself rethinking... Read More
Innovation: Challenges from a Relationship Perspective
Posted on09 Jun 2011
Tagsdiversity, creativity acorns analogy, Xerox, The New Yorker, Steve Jobs, relationships, Picasso, Personality, oak tree, Malcolm Gladwell, innovation, failure, Challenge, art
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Malcolm Gladwell’s article “Creation Myth” in the May 16, 2011 edition of The New Yorker was the best article I’ve read about... Read More
Passion For The Job And Creativity – 2 Case Studies
Posted on16 Aug 2010
Tagsaptitude, creativity, education, employees, experience, innovation, intelligence, International Center for Studies in Creativity, J. Michael Fox, motivation, passion, skills, Talent
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I had two opportunities to get feedback on the link between passion for the job and creativity. The director of a very... Read More
An Intuitive Understanding Of Weaknesses in the Scientific Method
Posted on07 Jun 2010
Tagsbelief, business, emotions, experiment, guarantees, innovation, laboratory, leadership, morale, problem solving, process, product, prove, reality, relationships, scientific
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Weaknesses in the scientific method cause its usefulness to fall far short of people’s belief in it. In other words, hype exceeds... Read More
