Just saw another newsletter on brainstorming because of our friend Jonathan Lehrer’s assertion that it’s dead. Can we please move on beyond the hyperbole? Here’s the scoop. Brainstorming describes a process of people generating ideas using a few rules. Ad exec Alex Osborn coined the term in a number of books, Your Creative Power: How […]
Month: April 2012
Creativity – how valuable is it? Adobe releases Global Study of Creativity – from Venture Beat
Adobe study reveals massive creativity gaps, but not in gender or age April 23, 2012 11:07 AM Jolie O’Dell Whether you’re able to be creative or not has little to do with how old you are or whether you’re female or male, but it might depend heavily on where you live, how your boss […]
How to Use your Creativity to Spark Innovation – from Forbes, an interview with Tina Seelig
How to Use Your Creativity to Spark Innovation by Dan Schawbel, Contributor, Forbes Tina – Head Shot I recently spoke with Tina Seelig, the author of inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity. Seelig has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stanford University Medical School. She is the executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, the […]
Free your thinking – in six minutes
Feeling stuck? Here’s a six-minute clip guaranteed to shift your thinking. Maybe it’ll inspire your next creation. Nobel prize, anyone? From Wikipedia: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D. (born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. He is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and […]
Need a new idea? Try connecting with someone new.
Stephen Johnson’s 2010 book, Where great ideas come from, reminds us to connect with new people for new ideas. Like cross-border shopping, in a different sort of way… Related articles How to create breakthrough ideas – simple reminders for the front end of innovation(creativityland.ca) Ten Lessons for Idea Hunters(forbes.com) Eureka! #1: Sparks Fly With Collaboration(dtelepathy.com)
Looking to engage office creativity? Eliminate psychological harassment
Wonder why people aren’t engaged when asked for creative ideas ? Could be that there’s some psychological harassment going on. If people you work with behave as in the list below, you can bet that there are interpersonal factors that block to allow free thinking and new ideas. Make rude, degrading or offensive remarks Act […]
How to Win at Innovation’s Dragons’ Den (or Shark Tank)
Wonder how to select the best ideas for innovation and present them to Dragons/Sharks? Your responses to seven questions for prototyping (adapted from Otto Sharmer’s Presencing Institute) may just be thing you need to get a yes. How is it relevant? Why does it matter to all the key stakeholders involved at each level – […]
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How to create breakthrough ideas – simple reminders for the front end of innovation
How can you expect to give your best, most imaginative ideas when you feel like a deer caught in the headlights – eyes glossed over feeling anxious, fearful, panic, confused, or downright uncomfortable because on top of everything else, new ideas mean you’ll have more work. It may also mean that you’ll be committing something […]
