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Take the brainstorming quiz

Do you know how to maximize the success of a group brainstorming session? Take Paul Sloane's quiz to test your knowledge and learn more about brainstorming best practices.Do you know how to maximize the success of a group brainstorming session? Take Paul Sloane's quiz to test your knowledge and learn more about brainstorming best practices.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T08:13:45-08:00February 17th, 2006|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: brainstorming|

Who is crushing creativity?

In many organizations, leaders complain that their employees aren't creative. But employees complain that they are micromanaged and not empowered to try out new ideas. Who's really at fault here?

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T08:09:54-08:00October 18th, 2005|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: empowerment, Failure, goal setting, innovation goals, listening, micromanagement, middle management, risk-taking|

Quality and Creativity: Enemies or Allies?

Can quality and creativity cohabit in the same house or are they natural enemies? Can a quality process be applied to innovation? Paul Sloane shares the answer in this insightful article.

Sarah Vandenberg2020-09-09T08:03:54-07:00August 29th, 2005|Categories: Idea Management, Life Cycle Processes, Strategies|Tags: Creativity, gating, goal setting, Ideation, innovation process, Innovation Strategy, quality, quality control, stage gate|

Putting the customer first in innovation

Asking customers for feedback is good, but observing them is often a much more productive source of breakthrough product ideas, according to Paul Sloane.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T08:05:11-08:00July 21st, 2005|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: customer engagement, customer needs, feedback, focus group, survey|

Empowering innovation

A great leader can turn your team into entrepreneurs who are hungrily looking for new opportunities. The key is empowerment. Learn how to empower your employees to innovate in this article by Paul Sloane.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T07:52:10-08:00January 5th, 2005|Categories: Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: employee management, empowerment, entrepreneur, intrapreneur, leadership, management, motivation, Teamwork|

Failure is the Mother of Innovation

The organization that implements lots of ideas will most likely have many failures but the chances are, it will reap some mighty successes too. By trying numerous initiatives we improve our chances that one of them will be a star, according to author Paul Sloane.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T07:48:47-08:00October 13th, 2004|Categories: Strategies|Tags: Failure, innovation, Innovation Strategy, inspiration, invention, lessons learned, persistence|

Six Great Ways to Ruin a Brainstorming Session

The brainstorming session is the most popular group creativity exercise in business. It is quick, easy and it works. But many organizations have become frustrated with them, because they say this form of ideation is old-fashioned and no longer effective. But the real reason for their frustration is that most brainstorming meetings are not facilitated properly. Read on for more details!

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T07:46:11-08:00August 23rd, 2004|Categories: Idea Management|Tags: brainstorm, brainstorming, challenge, creativity exercise, diversity, frustration, goal setting, Ideation, Teamwork|

How Unusual Combinations Lead to Breakthrough Ideas

A great way to generate original ideas for your business is to look for weird combinations. Most new ideas are really combinations of other ideas. Here are some well-known examples of this brainstorming strategy in action, and tips on how you can start using it today!

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T18:26:52-08:00September 26th, 2003|Categories: Idea Management|Tags: brainstorm, combining ideas, Creativity, fusion, idea generation, Ideation, inspiration|

Personal Innovation: Seize the initiative to profit from change, uncertainty

How can you ensure that in turbulent times you not only survive an organizational restructuring but actually benefit by it? How can you maximize your chances in the change maelstrom? One way is to take a positive approach to change and to be seen as an innovative go-getter who will help make the re-organization a success.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T07:25:08-08:00May 29th, 2003|Categories: Innovation Psychology|Tags: Competition, innovation champion, personal development, professional development, survival|

Innovation: Creating the best practices of tomorrow

The best way to create value is to innovate your way ahead of the competition. You need to create temporary monopolies where yours is the only show in town. You can do this by harnessing the creative power of your greatest asset, your people. The goal is to turn them into opportunistic entrepreneurs who are constantly looking for new ways of doing business.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T07:23:41-08:00March 11th, 2003|Categories: Idea Management, Strategies|Tags: Competition, empowerment, fear, Ideation, Innovation Strategy, risk, value, value creation, vision|