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10 Reasons Corporate Culture Should Value Introverts

The corporate industry is defined by its powerful, charismatic leaders who articulate their company's innovative measures through bold and confident public announcements. If corporate culture can be likened to the backbone of a business, then the leaders are like the vocal box. They take the reins during meetings, deliver presentations and speak at a variety of different conventions and gatherings. These individuals become the face of their industry, and would surely be described as extroverts by most.

Ideascale2020-09-14T08:53:09-07:00November 5th, 2015|Categories: Innovation Psychology, Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: Communication, company culture, Employee Engagement, HR, innovation psychology, introvert, motivation, observation, personality types, soft skills, stress, talent management|

The Dirty Maple Flooring Company Enters the Digital Age: Part 09

Part nine of the series finds our protagonist Charlie Bangbang’s collaborative innovation challenge reaching its intended audience. How might various people along the community’s value stream react? What ideas might they contribute?

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:16:21-07:00December 24th, 2013|Categories: Idea Management, Serialized Book, The Dirty Maple Flooring Company Enters the Digital Age|Tags: Collaboration, Dirty Maple Flooring Company, dirty maple flooring company enters the digital age book, ideas, innovation, observation, serialized book|

Revisiting the Idea of a Fully Formed Idea

What elements comprise a fully formed idea? How might originators capture the evolution in their thinking about their ideas over time? Innovation architect Doug Collins—older and, debatably, wiser—revisits his thinking on this subject.

Ideascale2021-12-05T09:29:52-08:00January 22nd, 2013|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Idea Management|Tags: Best Practices, collaborative innovation, Ideation, in-depth article, Innovation Management, observation, oia|

Role Modeling Creativity: “They don’t do what you say, they do what you do”

The maxim quoted in the title is famous for Swedish parents and essentially means that words can only take your teachings that far. But does this maxim extend to the work context? In this article, aimed at managers and leaders in organizations, we will examine the concept of creative role models and see how leaders can use themselves to leverage creativity in their teams.

Ideascale2021-12-05T09:09:11-08:00November 20th, 2012|Categories: Innovation Psychology, Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: creative people, Creativity, observation, role model|

The 66-Point Innovation Checklist

Gijs van Wulfen has developed a structured innovation approach connecting creativity and business reality in five steps: Full Steam Ahead, Observe and Learn, Raise Ideas, Test Ideas and Homecoming. Here he summarizes the benefits of his method in a 66-point innovation checklist.

Ideascale2021-12-03T11:20:51-08:00June 7th, 2012|Categories: Front End of Innovation|Tags: Creativity, front end of innovation, fuzzy front end of innovation, idea evaluation, ideaation, Innovation Management, Innovation Strategy, observation|

Observation Grounds Collaborative Innovation

The practice of collaborative innovation starts with observation: the discipline to see and grasp the nature of the work, the end user’s environment, or the world at large. In this article innovation architect Doug Collins explores how people who lead their organization’s collaborative innovation practice can reinforce community members’ observational skills.

Ideascale2021-12-03T07:01:04-08:00April 3rd, 2012|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Organization & Culture|Tags: Best Practices, co-creation, collaborative innovation, community, customer engagement, design thinking, incentive, lean innovation, observation, Open Innovation, reflection, social media, team management, virtual|

How Design Thinking Can Enrich Business and Marketing Innovation

Design empowered innovation combines the best of right and left brain thinking. It has the capacity to deliver better ideas, with more relevance, realized earlier. By focusing on individuals, moments and journeys in ethnography, insights become deeper. By embracing chaos and play in brainstorms, creative teams can explore further. By iterating and early prototyping, ideas become real and develop more rapidly.