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    Why using one creative process stage leads to dull ideas

    Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 26/05/2016

    » When you "brainstorm" for ideas with a team, do you typically deliver conventional ideas that -- if you're honest -- you could have obtained without dedicating so much extra time? Well, the reason you ended up with these ordinary low-hanging fruits doesn't mean that you and your teammates are not creative. Rather, it means that you used an ineffective process -- if you used a process at all.

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    The creative laws that govern innovation

    Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 28/04/2016

    » Have you ever thought about the creative laws that govern an innovation process? In the context of a particular domain, a law is a statement of fact, based on observation, that a particular natural or scientific phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions are present. It may also be a generalisation based on a fact or event perceived to be recurrent. Today, let me share with you a series of creative laws that other innovation experts and I have noticed during our years of work in the innovation domain.

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    From a vision statement to vision scenarios

    Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 12/05/2016

    » What's the corporate vision of your organisation? At Thinkergy, we've always had a clear picture of a compelling future for our innovation company. But due to changes in the wider business environment, our crystal-clear and motivating vision had somehow become hazy, lukewarm and doubtful. So what can we do to retain or regain vision clarity in uncertain times?

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    Success ingredients of top achievers

    Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 17/03/2016

    » 'Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play," the German philosopher Immanuel Kant once said. Do you have both theoretical knowledge and practical experience in what you do? And can these two ingredients alone lead you to professional success?

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    Emerging innovation trends from the US

    Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 31/03/2016

    » I have just returned from a two-week business trip to the United States, where I attended an innovation conference in Boston and met with innovation practitioners in the Minneapolis area. I greatly enjoy such trips as they allow me to notice emerging market trends. What three new developments did I notice?

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    Stripping innovation down to its essential core

    Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 14/04/2016

    » Confucius said: "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." Have you ever realised that succeeding in business in general and innovation in particular is just about three things? Today, let's take a few steps back and look at business and innovation in the most simple, essential way.

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    A look at creativity in the Year of the Monkey

    Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 04/02/2016

    » In a few days, it will be time to say Gong Xi Fa Cai and welcome the Year of the Monkey (or the Red Fire Monkey to be precise). Of all the animals of the Chinese zodiac, the monkey is the one most closely related to us humans. What creative inspirations can we get from the monkey to help us thrive in the coming 12 months?

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    Resolving the real-life challenges of innovators

    Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 18/02/2016

    » At last November's Kuala Lumpur Innovation Forum, the organisers asked me to start a panel discussion with a short presentation on two interesting questions: "What are the challenges that innovators face in the real world?" and "What are the fundamentals of overcoming these challenges?"

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    Life is a journey, not a destination

    Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 03/03/2016

    » 'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less travelled, And that has made all the difference", are the key lines in Robert Frost's famous poem "The Road Not Taken". Thirteen years ago, I experienced a magical Eureka moment that made me leave the well-trodden path and continue my journey through life and my professional career along the path less travelled -- and that has made all the difference.

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    Dos and don'ts for a successful innovation project

    Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 21/01/2016

    » At the beginning of a new year, many businesses consider doing something innovative to refresh their products and services or the ways they promote and deliver them. Planning and successfully running an innovation project is both a science and an art. Today, I will share with you eight dos and don'ts. Beware of the don'ts to avoid project failure (mediocre, ordinary ideas and outputs) and heed as many of the dos as possible to enjoy project success (extraordinary ideas and innovative results).

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