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The ‘Best’ Ideas are Rarely the Most Creative

Frequently, brainstorms, idea campaigns and similar idea extravaganzas end with a vague notion of choosing the best idea. The problem here is that a truly creative idea, the kind of idea that has the potential to become a breakthrough innovation is seldom the best solution to the problem or the best path to achieving a goal - for the very simple reason that highly creative ideas are original. They cannot directly be compared to existing notions, warns Jeffrey Baumgartner.

Ideascale2021-12-05T08:41:29-08:00October 28th, 2012|Categories: Idea Management|Tags: brainstorm, brainstorming, breakthrough ideation, breakthrough innovation, creative ideas, Creativity, disruptive innovation, efficiency, Ideation, incremental innovation, invention, new technologies, original ideas|

How to Design a Provocative Creative Challenge

If you want creative ideas, you need to invest your creative energy not in ideas, but in understanding the problem and formulating provocative challenges, instructs Jeffrey Baumgartner.

Ideascale2021-12-02T18:11:43-08:00February 22nd, 2012|Categories: Idea Management, Life Cycle Processes|Tags: adjective, call to action, challenge driven innovation, change perspective, competitors, creative challenge, creative energy, creative ideas, creative thinking, Creativity, customer service, customers, deconstruct, emotions, evaluation phase, extreme, framing, goals, humor, idea generation group, Ideation, ideation contests, innovation process, manager, market share, metaphor, negative consequences, provocative challenge, risk adverse, root cause, solutions, superlatives, team, user interface|

Harnessing the Collective Mind of Social Media to Drive Innovation

Social media networks make it possible to harness the ideas, information, knowledge, collaborations and passion of workers around innovation as never before, explains Colin Crabtree.

Ideascale2020-07-14T10:48:27-07:00July 13th, 2011|Categories: Collaborative Innovation|Tags: Collaboration, collaborative innovation, collective, creative ideas, enterprise innovation, innovation, innovation frameworks, key social platforms, purpose, relationships, social media|

10 Steps for Boosting your Firm’s Innovation

Here are 10 steps you can take to turn your company into an innovation leader that races forwardswith new products, services and improved processes while your competitors remain far behind with outdated products, limited services and inefficient processes.

Sarah Vandenberg2020-08-04T15:41:56-07:00September 15th, 2010|Categories: Life Cycle Processes, Organization & Culture|Tags: breakthrough, collaborative tools, corporate, creative ideas, creative thinking, diversity, enterprise innovation, evaluate, Failure, feedback, functionality, goals, implement, improve, improved processes, increased income, Innovation Culture, innovation powerhouse, innovation process, inspiration, leader, mistakes, prototype, reduced operational costs, risk, team diversity|

The Power of Provocative Questions for Creative Problem Solving

Many of us don't give questions a second thought. They're a part of how we gather information from others on a daily basis. But did you realize that asking yourself provocative, thought-provoking questions can be a powerful catalyst for creative problem solving? Here's how.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-01T14:04:03-08:00August 4th, 2010|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: adventure, catalyst, creative, creative ideas, frame of reference, hook, innovative thinking, inspire, open ended, opening questions, perspective, Problem Solving, provocative question, quest, questions, refine ideas, stimulate curiosity, thought provoking, to seek, why|

Innovation Strategy: Hurdles are for Leaping Over

The biggest hurdle to innovation is probably allowing hurdles to become insurmountable. The thing to remember, however, is that hurdles are for jumping over. The best method of jumping over innovation hurdles is through creativity and innovation.

Sarah Vandenberg2020-08-04T16:12:28-07:00July 28th, 2010|Categories: Strategies|Tags: challenge, challenge driven innovation, creative ideas, Creativity, disruptive innovation, evaluate idea, fear, hurdle, idea generation, Innovation Strategy, middle managers, Problem Solving, reward|

Searching for Innovation Excellence

We all seem to want more innovation these days. But do we really know what we are searching for? Do we understand the true meaning of innovation? Or are we stuck in a paradigm that doesn’t fit the original meaning of the term? Find out more in this article by Per Frankelius, Ph.D., and Associate Professor at Örebro University.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:05:41-07:00January 29th, 2010|Categories: Life Cycle Processes|Tags: creative ideas, creative thinking, Ideation, innovation excellence, innovation life cycle processes, innovtaion definitions, knowledge management, knowledge production|

The Critical Role of Trust in the Innovation Process

The innovation process requires considerable amounts of trust. The innovation process involves risk both for the firm running the process and employees participating in the process. Jeffrey Baumgartner outlines some practical ways to increase the level of trust, and therefore the level of innovation, in your firm.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-01T09:15:47-08:00January 19th, 2010|Categories: Idea Management, Life Cycle Processes|Tags: champion, creative ideas, criticism, enterprise innovation, idea management, Ideation, innovation process, risk, risk management, trust|