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)
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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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Facilitator or catalyst? Is there a difference when it comes to creativity and innovation?
I learned a facilitator is a ‘guide by the side, not a sage on the stage’ from my college professor and mentor the late Dr. Ruth B. Noller. We didn’t use the word catalyst to describe what we did at the International Center for Studies in Creativity in the 1970′s and ’80′s – no. Facilitator [...]
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Creative thinking techniques: New link, nice collection.
Want to update your reference links for creativity tools, methods and techniques? Here’s a nice collection. http://www.squidoo.com/creative-techniques#module48231882 Related articles The No. 1 Reason We Don’t Think Creatively (businessinsider.com) Does Education Stifle Creativity? (psychologytoday.com)
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