Bob Eckert of New and Improved passed along a survey his company prepared to help people think about innovation from a strategic point of view. I’m passing it along because it may help you with your clients and/or within your organization in anticipation of WCIW 2015. https://apps.facebook.com/my-polls/innovativebrains
Innovation is critical to both the success and the survival of organizations, and imagination is the spark that fuels it, Sir Ken argues. Source: www.marketingprofs.com A good list of reasons to engage in World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 – 21 this year. Thank you Sir Ken. The link leads to his 90-minute presentation …
The main purpose of the 50 Breakthroughs study is to identify where game-changing technologies are most required. The study’s main objectives are to: Foster a thought-provoking conversation about the role of technology in solving the world’s most pressing problems, and focus effort on the breakthroughs that really matter. Provide contextual background for technologists, so that …
The sound of laughter and cheerful conversation flowed from the garage of U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo resident, Bob Schaffeld. It appears like any garage until the door swings open, and the smell of barley and hops wafts through the air; instantly your sense of smell comes to one conclusion — beer. This isn’t an ordinary …
Providing a curriculum that is both theoretically sound and pragmatic, a minor in Creativity and Innovation will help you discover your vital role as a creative cultivator and serve as an ideal complement to enhance your life, talents, and career. Courses will place emphasis on cultivating creative habits, developing talents, practicing innovative processes, and studying …
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A company with no revenue that is building a state-of-the-art facility needs to be creative in what it offers the market. Investors have to buy into the concept and the belief that management has the has the wherewithal to implement the plan.” Source: business.financialpost.com Another discipline seeking creativity: finance.
Now that the ANC has made it clear that it won’t support a bill that would have resulted in the wholesale restructuring of the energy sector, including a far greater role in the provision of power for the private sector and a lesser role for Eskom, creative new ways have to be found to fill …
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To improve the country’s prospects for innovation, the Ministry of Education will roll out a new screening process for university students so top schools can accept more enterprising people. The new system, effective from 2018, will include personal interviews and let high school graduates show they excelled outside class, not just memorized material as taught. …
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Imagine if you were allowed to use a whole workday every week to explore any project you wanted. With no restrictions on your time or what you could do, think of the ideas you could come up with and the things you could learn about! Source: www.edutopia.org Genius hour. Brilliant! What a great practice to …
Today’s technoculture of entrepreneurship and creative problem solving owes much to this 1960s magazine Source: spectrum.ieee.org This article gives an historic overview. Possible other sources also contributed to the growth of innovation today…
