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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.
Tracking the long-term impacts of innovation training
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 27/04/2017
» What are the long-term impacts on learners who have taken training in structured innovation? What do they recall? What is the long-term effectiveness of systematic creativity training with regard to building up creative confidence? Did the learning journey inspire some to pursue careers?
Harnessing the Yin-Yang flow of innovation
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 16/03/2017
» Two weeks ago, we discussed how to embrace the Yin-Yang concept of Chinese philosophy as a simple but effective way to talk about creativity and innovation, especially here in Asia where Thinkergy has its home base.
Uncovering the innovation learner's experience
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 27/10/2016
» What goes on in the minds of people who undergo training in business creativity? What is their creative learning experience like? How do learners feel as they get trained in innovation?
Managing people better by relating to their personal styles
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 07/07/2016
» Managing people in the modern globalised workplace is like herding cats. Managers need to effectively relate to people's unique personal styles and to different cultural, educational and generational backgrounds. That's easier said than done. But what if there were a tool to help managers better understand the individual styles of their team members?
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.
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.
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).
How do you prefer to think, Work, Interact and live? (Part 2)
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 26/12/2013
» This is the second of the two-part series. The first can be read online at http://bit.ly/1fGpmcJ