- Using Creativity To Generate New Product Or Service Ideas
Creativity is often overlooked in favour of giving the job of new product development to the Marketing department. In fact anyone can have a go, just get hold of a few good techniques and see what happens. - So You Think You're Not Creative?
There is creative potential in all of us, and trying to create room for it to flourish can be a challenge. A reasonable degree of creativity is a natural output of mentally and socially healthy people. As in any other human activity, practice and training can develop it. - Creative Ways To Work With Other People
There are many ways to work with other people and gain inspiration without having to resort to hypnosis CDs or tired books on brainstorming. Here we look at possible ways of working with other people. - Creativity And Humour
Consider the following (depending on which country you are from you may miss the point in one or two):
"If you see someone doing the impossible, don't interrupt them"
Amar Bose (Bose Corporation) - Build Up, Don't Knock Down
This is sometimes described as learning to say 'Yes, and .. .' rather than 'Yes, but ... '. Any new idea may include lots of problematic elements, and the newer the idea, the more problematic it is likely to be. - Playing in Business - lets do more
Does this mean that we can all regress into childhood and that making mistakes or behaving foolishly does not matter? Of course not. - Innovation And The Challenge Of Growth
Constant innovation is a characteristic of most successful growing companies. Competitive advantage requires inventiveness at individual, group, and company levels. - Innovation - How To Spot The Ideal Environment
Some of the conditions for innovation may seem 'idealistic' and it is extremely unlikely that the perfect organisation exists. - The Littlest God
Here is one of my favourite inspirational tales. Read on ... - Working With Aliens
This is not an episode of Star Trek but one of my favourite techniques for a) generating results b) getting a reaction from colleagues. It is is one of a series in which random stimuli are used and alternative viewpoints are adopted . - Who is Having All of the Ideas?
This is a summary of the statistics produced as a result of a survey conducted by Vodafone UK.
Did you know that: - Two Loos, No Time
Just think for a moment about your current lifestyle, well everyone’s really. We seem to have no time to wash the car, pick up the kids.... - How to Make Use of Oddballs
Many organisations have an oddball character who sits in the corner of the office and does things in their own unique way - How to Make Use of Oddballs
Many organisations have an oddball character who sits in the corner of the office and does things in their own unique way - Busting The Myths Surrounding Business Creativity
'Creativity comes from creative types' is a phrase often heard in businesses. This and a further five myths surrounding creativity in a business context are aired and squashed. - Innovation - How Long Is A Piece Of String
This is a question that children and parents often ask each other when playing and is of course a trick question. Why then do people ask the question 'how long will my innovation project take' when it too is a trick question? The reason it is a trick question is that rather like the piece of string we tend not to know where one (or both) ends are. Still, this is a question that I would like to answer, so that many of the SME owners can at least have an attempt at creating a budget for next year. - The Innovator's Toolkit
The purpose of this article is to assist business people and entrepreneurs by telling them what will happen when they are innovating, what it will feel like, what the cost will be and what impact there will be on staff, family and friends. This is information not readily given out by consultants and business support organisations. - Business Burping
What on earth are ‘Business Burps’ you may be asking? It was a phrase I thought of whilst burping. Can you remember as a child when you first let out a burp after gulping a fizzy drink? Wasn’t it a bit exciting (as well as a little bit rude)? Weren’t your parents just a tiny bit embarrassed? These are some of the qualities needed for you to take the business world by storm. - Should Christmas Be Cancelled
No this is not a statement from a fringe group who are avoiding the frayed nerves and expense associated with Christmas Shopping, cooking, boisterous children and upset tummies. Christmas is a time where a million and one things must happen and be in place (more or less) by the time presents are unwrapped on Christmas day. What would happen if we applied working practices to Christmas or vice versa? - Solving Those Difficult Business Problems
Often it is our perception of problem boundaries that actually stop us making progress so why not temporarily remove them, move or bend them a little and see what happens? This is a brief introduction to a problem solving technique known as Boundary Relaxation. - How To Generate 20 New Business Ideas Over Coffee
Reverse (or negative) brainstorming is an ideal technique for people in businesses of all sizes, either on their own or with colleagues. It can also be slotted into short periods of time such as coffee breaks, bus or train journeys or whilst waiting for someone. And if your board meeting drags on you can always let your mind wander a little! - Innovation – Why Best Practice Could be Bad for You
Even though Quality is no longer the buzzword that it was in the 1980s, its offshoot, "Best Practice" unfortunately lives on. In the private sector this does not have a huge impact because many organisations try and keep their cards close to their chests and often "reinvent the wheel". In academia or public sector organisations, the sharing of Best Practice is widespread. In some cases, the accompanying knowledge is also transferred, but the dangers of doing this are great. - Innovation - Who Needs People?
Innovation - who needs people? The chances are that you do. Much of the work of innovation is at the "fuzzy front end" where there may not be as many clear cut milestones or metrics, and traditional transactional systems can’t provide much value. It is this ambiguity that is handled so well by people. In business as in life, the important things boil down to people. - 50 Ways To A Bright Idea
When you have a bright idea there is always someone who takes the wind out of your sails by asking "what about?" Why not preempt them by doing a little homework first? Here are 50 questions, variations on the usual who, what, why, when, where. Think your idea through using these as prompts and see if you can improve your idea. - Innovation - The People You Need
How do you choose the right people who will support and nourish an innovation initiative? This article will attempt to provide you with a set of important roles together with some attributes of the people who should fill those roles. Here we are less concerned with titles or hierarchies and more concerned with getting the people who can help drive each critical role or task. - Creativity - What Can I Do On Monday?
You've heard the talk, read the book, bought the T-shirt but what practical steps can you take on Monday morning to help creativity to flourish?
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