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- the generation of new ideas by approaching problems or existing practices in innovative or imaginative ways. Psychologists have disagreed on the nature of creativity. Until about 1980, research concentrated on...
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- New book on Edison coming soon
- The blog 800CEOread gives a thumbs up to a new biography of Thomas Edison, "Edison on Innovation: 102 Lessons in Creativity." It says that the book humanizes Edison in a way previous biographies have not, and calls it "a refreshing way to go about invoking creativity." by Michael Fitzgerald
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- Breakthrough Thinking from Inside the Box
- The Idea in Brief Imagine attending a meeting at which you and your colleagues have to invent an idea for a new business. The only instruction you're given is to "think outside the box." The task is...
- Articles 2007-12-13
- Leading Clever People
- The Idea in Brief ...
- Articles 2007-11-07
- Leading Clever People
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- Articles 2007-10-12
- Harnessing Your Team's Creativity
- Everyone has a creative spark, but many factors can inhibit its ignition. Part of a manager's role is to see the spark in his/her people, encourage its ignition, and then champion its success.
- Articles 2007-02-01
- Innovation Or Efficiency: How To Balance Creativity And Execution
- All organizations have two objectives: to be profitable and to create the future. The challenge is to be both innovative and efficient. In a complex world, excellence in management is hard enough without managers being pulled in opposing directions. But they are faced with two organizational objectives that are not...
- White papers 2007-11-21
- Creativity As A Business Tool
- Why does a business need creativity? Before answering this question, there is one point that should be made. Creativity, like Innovation is not absolute. Creativity in a business context is relative to the current and previous states of the business and its associated organisational culture. Most people who are in...
- Tools & templates 2006-01-30
- Boost Your Creativity And Put It To Work For You
- There are times when it can feel like you have simply run out of good ideas. This is the classical "Writer's block," and you don't have to be a writer to experience this phenomenon. No matter what you do for a living, your creativity can be one of your best...
- White papers 2007-11-29
- Slow Down To Be More Productive-The True Value Of Free Time
- Setting aside "Free" time is another key to increasing productivity. Free time is time for which you have no agenda. Free time is time during which you set your To Do list aside and just see what you feel compelled to do during that time. Free time promotes creativity. Free...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Managing Creativity and Innovation, Part 1 of 2
- Leaders, consultants and managers must be competent in at least thirteen domains to even begin effectively managing creativity and innovation. This paper covers the first seven of these domains. The difference between creativity and innovation, creative types, learning versus talent, motivation, organisational culture, organisational structure, the size and richness of...
- White papers 2005-03-11
- Don't Confuse Creativity With Innovation
- There's widespread confusion between creativity the ability to see things differently and have original ideas and innovation the ability to make new ideas actually happen. Creativity is thinking of new and appropriate ideas whereas innovation is the successful implementation of those ideas within an organization. In other words creativity is...
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- Business Intelligence For A Synchronized Business Management
- Contrary to common perception, creativity can be made tangible, measurable and useable. In terms of measurement, benchmarking and improvement, the first step is to decide on definitions, the second is to decide on methods of measurement and finally, to monitor each measurement for improvement. Definitions of creativity are not elusive....
- White papers 2007-10-17
- Ten Roadblocks To Creative Success
- To stay competitive in the world of work today, you must use your imagination and creativity. These innate gifts have the potential to give us an edge in business and in life, yet we are often blocked and fail to accomplish the projects we intend to. Creativity is one of...
- White papers 2006-02-03
- Want to Boost Creativity? Move to Another Country
- Did you take advantage of a study abroad program while you were in college? If so, you may be more creative than those who didn't. According to research appearing in the May issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, people who have lived in foreign...
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Thinking Creatively
- BNET Australia blogger Robert Gerrish discusses straightforward steps to develop and nurture creativity with Deborah Kneeshaw, adjunct faculty member of the Australian Graduate School of Management.
- Videos 2008-08-21
- Creativity and the Role of the Leader
- In today's innovation-driven economy, understanding how to generate great ideas is an urgent managerial priority. And that calls for major doses of creativity. But many leaders assume creativity is too elusive and intangible to be managed....
- Articles 2009-01-06
- Intro To Creativity / Creative Leadership
- Creativity is the trait that evolves new and unique ideas. It requires seeing and conceptualizing things from newer, unexplored perspectives. Creativity facilitates change management. Creative leadership provides motivation and inspiration to do something new. The paper examines different aspects of creativity. Creative leadership is also discussed.
- Presentations 2003-10-26
- 6 Steps to Cre8ive Problem Solving
- Creativity really is simple as 1, 2, 3 (and 4, 5, 6). It is a common misperception that you have to be born creative or a real maverick in order to think creatively. Creativity is a process and rule followers are generally more successful in creativity sessions. ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- When Does Creativity Become Innovation?
- This question, posed at the recent 14th Annual International Creativity Conference in Africa, seems simple to answer at first. Creativity is generally defined as coming up with new and useful ideas and innovation is implementing those ideas. However, we all know it is not that simple. Kobus...
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- BlackBerry the Death of Creativity
- In groundbreaking research over this decade, Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile and colleagues identified workplace conditions that both foster and kill creativity. Too much time pressure is a bad thing, but just enough pressure brings out the best in people. Another creativity killer: interruption. After being...
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
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