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How much structure is enough?

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Some structure is useful, too much structure can be debilitating.

Did NASA spur Innovation?

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Did the space race spur innovation? What do you think? We would love to hear your thoughts.

Life and Creativity

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Your brain is a pattern recognition and construction machine. One thing your brain still does better than anything else, including its nemesis, the computer, is recognize visual patterns. Your brain can connect objects and concepts that are unrelated. It will create a connection, and if that connection is useful it will add to it and [...]

Raise your IQ with Praise First

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Sarah Thurber on the power of praise

New and Improved Innovation Blog Site 2012-04-01 12:33:42

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A nice reminder to use “Praise First” POINt by our friends at FourSight! http://youtu.be/ZJggBYxdw1Q

With chocolate to Harvard – creativity takes courage

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In our trainings we talk about the values of innovative thinkers. Meet Josef Zotter the founder of Zotter Schokoladen Manufaktur the maker of chocolate with a little bit different philosophy on how to manufacture and market his product.

FREE WEBINAR

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Benchmarking Organizational Innovation – The Management Innovation Index Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:00 EST, 3:00 CST, 2:00 MST, 1:00 PST Is it possible to benchmark and measure organizational innovation to drive value and growth? Absolutely. Not only possible, but wise. Unfocused efforts to build innovation create inefficiencies, waste, and loss of share momentum. The Management [...]

Idea Theft, Language and the Future of Cooperation

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Idea theft is what helped our species thrive, and perhaps why we had so many separate languages. Think of language as a primitive patent system. But now, we need to move beyond it.

Brain is more important than capital

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“You are a fool, until your idea becomes a success” When he first came up with his concept of the tea campaign everybody declared him insane. Not only the people around him, but also the students in his lectures as well as the tea producers in India. Then the fool became a business partner.

The Impotency of Organizational Innovation

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Dig into the rigorous thinking via Google Scholar on innovation and you will find there are 2,300,000 articles and books of an academic nature that have verified and validated every different type of known innovation process – disruptive, open source, front end, back end, induced, user, IT, supply chain, management, R&D and even innovative innovation! [...]

Would you deform your newborn’s skull to make them more creative?

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If you saw these skulls would you think they belonged to extraterrestrials?

Being Resolute with Your Resolutions

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It is the time of passage to a new year. The calendar has moved to January, named for Janus, the Roman god of passage, time and prophecy.

Position Available: Business Development

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New & Improved, LLC, is seeking a full time Business Development professional. Responsibilities focus on outside sales, including lead-finding, qualifying buyers, assessing potential client needs, creating proposals, pitching solutions and closing to contract. The ideal candidate has a strong network and history of sales in the training, facilitation, speaking, and organizational development consulting areas. We [...]

This is Your Mind on Questions

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One of the greatest features of your human brain is, if you ask it a question it will answer it.

What’s the #1 thing you can do to help your employees to be more motivated and engaged? (Hint: It’s not what you think it is!)

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What’s the number one factor to help motivate and keep employees engaged in their work?

Pushing the Limits of Our Willpower

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How is your willpower and what do you do to maintain it?

What Really Happens to Our Time?

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How many hours do you have today? Do you need all 24? Can I borrow some of your time? I can return the favor later in the week.

Questionable Selling

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A short story on CPS and selling.

Story of a 50 year old boy

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Have you ever wondered if you are hindering your children’s creativity when all you intended to do was just the opposite?

What kills creative ideas?

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An alligator’s reaction to newness in its environment is to eat it, attack it, or run from it.