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Keeping an effective notebook
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 06/01/2023
» In part 1 of this two-article series on Jan 5, you learned some benefits of getting into the routine of actively keeping a notebook as a creative leader. But how can we do this effectively and creatively? Let me share nine suggestions for keeping an effective notebook.
Article 365 vis-à-vis unlimited creativity
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 23/09/2021
» Hooray! This is the 365th article on business creativity and innovation that I have written over the past 14 years. It all started in April 2007 with the first piece featured in a new, biweekly Bangkok Post column titled "Creativity Un-Ltd" (and co-published in the Thinkergy Blog).
How people management evolved
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 17/02/2021
» After starting as hunters and gatherers, humanity has evolved from the agricultural age (starting around 10,000 BC) and the industrial age (250 years ago) to the knowledge age (50 years ago). During the past decade, we have jumped up a further level into the innovation age.
Advanced states of human creativity (Part 2)
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 06/11/2020
» 'The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water," said the Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. In the first part of this two-article series on Wednesday, I shared with you how the three parts of the human mind -- the conscious, unconscious and collective unconscious -- relate to the three states of creativity: conscious, subconscious and superconscious.
Should you innovate with your customers? (part 1)
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 19/09/2020
» To what extent should innovators listen to customers' ideas and suggestions? There are proponents and opponents of involving customers in innovation endeavours. In the first of this two-part series, we'll hear from each camp and explore different situations that may influence their arguments. The second part will propose some possible solutions to reconcile the different views.
How to avoid the fake news trap
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 03/06/2020
» 'Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it," said the French mathematician and inventor Blaise Pascal.
Strategy exploration in action
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 28/02/2020
» 'When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills," goes a Chinese proverb. The winds of disruptive change are certainly blowing hard as we embark on a new decade.
Creativity in the Year of the Pig
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 01/02/2019
» Chinese New Year on Feb 5 marks the beginning of the Year of the Pig, or to be more precise: the Brown Earth Pig -- sounds like a perfect fit, doesn't it? The pig is the 12th and last animal of the Chinese Zodiac because, according to legend, it finished last in a race of all animals to the Jade Emperor's palace.