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Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 26/11/2015
» 'There are two types of creativity: the creativity of making zero to one, and the creativity of making one to 1,000," wrote Kazuhiko Nishi, a pioneering software entrepreneur who joined Microsoft in its early days and later became a leader of Ascii Corporation.
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 12/11/2015
» What is the smallest common denominator that you, I and all other readers of this article have in common? We're human. Being human means we all share a set of human wants and needs, values and emotions that represent the essence of humanness. Let's discuss how we may create more meaningful innovations by playing on the human factor.
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 29/10/2015
» Here you go again: You face a creative challenge and you desperately need ideas on how to resolve it. You think hard, but the harder you think, the more blocked you become. But have you ever realised that your everyday life is overflowing with creative inspirations? You can easily turn these cues into ideas for your challenge, provided you're open and receptive to all those creative stimuli that await at every corner. Today, let me share with you 10 everyday moments to inspire ideas for a creative challenge you need to resolve.
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 15/10/2015
» Two weeks ago, we started exploring why Asia is likely to see a shift from a managerial to an entrepreneurial society in the next 20 years. We arrived at this insight using a futures forecasting technique named causal layered analysis (CLA) that was created by the futurist Sohail Inayatullah.
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 01/10/2015
» Two weeks ago, I shared with you a series of forecasting questions I gained at the Futures Foresight workshop run by Prof Sohail Inayatullah. I introduced to you a series of forecast scenarios on the future of innovation in Asia, one of which is called Entrepreneurial Asian Innovation 2035.
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 03/09/2015
» Creativity and innovation is not only my profession but also my passion. But my quest to create more effective innovation methods has made me realise a related dilemma: What if someone used my expertise to work for "the dark side" of innovation?
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 20/08/2015
» At the ISPIM Innovation Conference in Budapest two months ago, I participated in an interesting workshop entitled "Constructing the Open Innovation Manager: Renaissance 2.0". In an earlier article four weeks ago, I described the wide-ranging knowledge and skills that an open innovation manager needed to meet the challenging demands of this important position.
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 06/08/2015
» Hooray! This week, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Thinkergy Ltd. Most start-ups never make it through the roughs and troughs of their first decade, and we feel very grateful to have survived!
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 25/06/2015
» My last column compared an organisation that wants to become innovative with a couch potato who wants to run a marathon. Both need something that makes them want to change. Both need to check their fitness and readiness for change. Both must resolve to change and then prove their willingness by committing resources (time and money) to it.
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 28/05/2015
» It was 8.27am last Sunday when my phone rang. I was reviewing my presentation for a keynote talk that I was supposed to deliver two-and-a-half hours later at an international conference. "Where are you?" the caller asked. "The conference organisers are looking for you. You're supposed to start delivering your keynote in a few minutes."