At some point in your journey to drive innovation, you’ll want to take a deep breath and ask – what happened here? What have we achieved? And, what do we need to do now to keep the momentum? Momentum is critical. I’ve seen too many innovation programs get off to...
By Orly Seagull When thinking about creativity in teams, we often imagine a bunch of people in front of a flipchart throwing on the paper whatever comes to their mind – brainstorming. But, what actually is brainstorming? And what is it actually useful for? This is how...
Innovation is the process of taking an idea and putting it into practice. Creativity, on the other hand, is what you do in your head to generate the idea, an idea that meets three criteria. An innovative idea must be new, useful, and surprising. New means that no one...
A new national study by Pollfish [www.pollfish.com], reveals this year’s most coveted brands, products, and restaurants for Valentine’s Day 2017. According to the Pollfish Valentine’s Day National Survey, the world’s leading self-service mobile...
A fast way to boost your creativity is to harness the brainpower of others. Creativity is a team sport, and you’ll generate better ideas if you surround yourself with people to help you. When you invite colleagues to be part of a creativity session, be sure to create...
What holds people back from being creative? Is it a lack of time? Do you not have a budget for doing creative work? Perhaps you work in an industry where there are lots of regulatory or legal barriers that seem to make it hard to generate novel ideas. For many people,...