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How ideas flow and grow
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 28/04/2023
» 'I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else," the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso once said. He is right. As you go through an effective creative process method stage by stage, the nature of an idea changes and evolves.
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).
Riding the Sixth Wave
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 27/01/2021
» The first year of the 2020s just ended. 2020 was a turning point for all of us in more than one way. Sure, what first comes to mind is the Covid pandemic that is still ongoing. But 2020 was also a turning point in a positive, opportunity-generating way.
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.
Building teams that thrive in crisis
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 08/05/2020
» The global Covid-19 pandemic has changed work as we know it. The virus has split up work teams whose members now need to work remotely. Team leaders need to motivate, emotionally support, and effectively manage a physically dislocated team of remote workers.
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.
Explore first, then innovate
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 27/11/2019
» Are you a chief innovation officer planning projects for your company for the year ahead? Or are you a manager assigned to spearhead an innovation project in 2020? Or are you likely to be invited to take part in such a project as a team member? Whatever the case, make sure that you commit enough time to be able to produce meaningful results.
Building a well-balanced innovation team
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 06/11/2019
» Have you ever been part of an innovation project team? How effectively did you and your colleagues resolve your innovation challenge? And how enjoyable was your creative teamwork?
How cyclicality drives business and innovation
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 25/07/2017
» What do the state of the economy, a product, a corporate venture, a leading technology, the four seasons, and living things such as human beings have in common? All evolve and revolve in cycles, in "waves of change". And as innovation means meaningful change, it often kick-starts a new cycle. Today, let's understand how cyclicality influences the flow of business and innovation.