by New & Improved | Jan 9, 2018 | Leadership Values, Top 20 blog posts
The Last Supper, the Vitruvian Man, the Mona Lisa, flying machines, ideal cities, and a triple-barreled cannon. These are just some of the known works of esteemed artist, mathematician, and engineer, Leonardo da Vinci. Celebrated as an “innovator,” this article...
by New & Improved | Dec 1, 2017 | Innovative Teams, Leadership Values, Top 20 blog posts
Managing emotions to foster innovation Feelings are wonderful things. We’re glad we have them — can you imagine a world where feelings didn’t exist? It would be pretty bland. There are, however, feelings that we enjoy more, feelings that we enjoy less, and feelings...
by New & Improved | Oct 2, 2017 | Tools & Techniques, Top 20 blog posts
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, there was a department at an internationally known resource for creative problem solving. They offered training, conferences, and publications designed to help people focus on solving problems more effectively....
by New & Improved | Feb 17, 2016 | Innovation Culture, Tools & Techniques, Top 20 blog posts
If you had only five minutes to teach someone how to be more creative, what would you teach? For trainers, the question translates to: What’s most likely to stick? What do people remember and implement? What training really makes people more creative? These are...
by New & Improved | Jan 22, 2016 | Tools & Techniques, Top 20 blog posts
Get the POINt? What’s the point of innovative thinking if our egos get so wrapped up in the “newness” we’ve created that we can’t handle some constructive criticism? What’s the point in creating the basics of an idea if it dies on the vine because we don’t have a good...
by New & Improved | Oct 20, 2015 | Innovative Teams, Top 20 blog posts
“If you kNOw there’s NO curiosity, there’s NO learning, there’s NO listening, there’s NO innovation!” In a previous post, we laid out a set of required values for leaders of sustained innovation. These are the key values necessary for being a leader — no matter where...
