Innovation is production or adoption, assimilation, and exploitation of a value-added novelty in economic and social spheres; renewal and enlargement of products, services, and markets; development of new methods of production; and the establishment of new management systems. It is both a process and an outcome.
In my innovation workshops, we believe in learning from playing with ordinary objects. I’ve written recently about improving creativity using LEGO pieces. But pipe cleaners can also be very useful for exploring creativity. What’s special about pipe cleaners? They are simply thin wires coated with some fuzzy plastic material. What Read more…
Introduction Does it ever make sense to abandon objectives in order to achieve those objectives? Perhaps counterintuitively, the answer is sometimes “yes!” It was early morning when I got a weekly blog from my business coach. As I was reading the first few lines, I could clearly hear my mind Read more…
Be creative. How often have we heard that phrase, “be creative”, typically from within our own brains? When confronted with an unfamiliar problem, and we can’t find a ready solution, what do we do? Today, most people start by doing a Google search. Indeed, search engines have proved to be Read more…
When mining for diamonds, what are you looking for? What are you seeing? How can you determine the potential value of a diamond in the rough? Isn’t every new business venture, from a raw startup to a re-start of a tired company, to a Fortune 500 corporation re-positioning itself, a Read more…