Work done at the Industrial Research Institute around 2012 found that three roads to innovation are likely to continue to evolve. They are: A Community of Minds. Many organizations will choose to directly connect their brains together in a community in which the network runs project management.Innovation Tribes. Another path is to intentionally [...]
When designing creative environments it’s also important to think about the cross functionality of the individuals involved. Franz Johansson, in his book “The Medici Effect”, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2006, pointed out the degree to which interdisciplinary insight can create truly unique inventions and innovations. His premise on creativity was that in [...]
In conjunction with structured approaches of invention and innovation, the idea of providing individuals with environments that would allow them to dramatically increase their creative output was also undertaken by corporations such as Polaroid. The focus was on “learning to innovate” with respect to the innovation process, i.e. to learn how the elements [...]
Ideation Inc. published a framework that helps clarify the type of creative thinking you want to achieve. At a high level they ask you to think about the different processes you use when you're trying to be creative about products, processes, marketing or management. Second, is to think about is whether it is [...]
Over the years there has much debate on whether creativity related to innovation or invention can be structured, or whether it is one of happenstance. It's an important question for New Business Development and R&D leaders to answer as it affects the fundamental design of such organizations. If one looks at recent R&D [...]
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