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"Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after." ~Mother Goose rhyme."Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown, but Jill kept on climbing." ~A modern parable.This is the story of two entrepreneurs we'll c
Each problem is the root of its own idea generating session. Again, tangibility is the key. Defining creativity as the number of ideas generated, the diversity a
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The most useful tool consultants can give clients is a structured and tangible approach to enhanced creativity. This involves understanding creativity and innovation and doing away with some of the misconceptions.
The first rule is to define creativity and innovation. One useful definition is that creativity is problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation is idea selection, development and commercialisation. This allows clients to first focus on identifying problems – ask five people what the problem is and you will hear six different answers. It is not unusual that problem identification sessions alone continue for a few hours.
Each problem is the root of its own idea generating session. Again, tangibility is the key. Defining creativity as the number of ideas generated, the diversity an
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The first rule is to define creativity and innovation. One useful definition is that creativity is problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation is idea selection, development and commercialisation. This allows clients to first focus on identifying problems – ask five people what the problem is and you will hear six different answers. It is not unusual that problem identification sessions alone continue for a few hours.
Each problem is the root of its own idea generating session. Again, tangibility is the key. Defining creativity as the number of ideas generated, the diversity a
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The first rule is to define creativity and innovation. One useful definition is that creativity is problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation is idea selection, development and commercialisation. This allows clients to first focus on identifying problems – ask five people what the problem is and you will hear six different answers. It is not unusual that problem identification sessions alone continue for a few hours.
Each problem is the root of its own idea generating session. Again, tangibility is the key. Defining creativity as the number of ideas generated, the diversity a
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Each problem is the root of its own idea generating session. Again, tangibility is the key. Defining creativity as the number of ideas generated, the diversity a
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Each problem is the root of its own idea generating session. Again, tangibility is the key. Defining creativity as the number of ideas generated, the diversity and novelty of ideas, allows us to benchmark and improve on performance. There are an infinite number of techniques for generating more ideas and more novel and diverse ideas.
The above is simply the tip of the pyramid. Structure is also applied on many more levels:
Creating an organisational structure that allows the rapid generation of ideas but also their movement to decision makers. Here, there is much in common with Knowledge Management – it has to be transferred to where it is most useful.
Creating an organisational culture that fosters idea generation.
Creating an organisation teamed with motivated people. Intrinsically motivated people are much more likely to engage with a problem and come up with richer results. There are multiple levels of motivation (task feasibility, d
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