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Does your talent fit your work environment?
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 25/05/2017
» Albert Einstein once said: "If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." Sadly, many business people are on career tracks where they feel like a fish being asked to climb a tree.
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The 10 rules of the innovation types game (Part 2)
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 22/06/2017
» Two weeks ago, I introduced a systematic scheme to organise modern innovation types on three levels: operational, value and leverage innovations. We discussed some of the main innovation types and their position in those three hierarchical levels.
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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 typology of ideas, or how ideas are made
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 05/03/2015
» An idea is an idea, isn't it? Well, ideas have more nuances than meet the eye at first glance. When business people aim at producing new ideas for a challenge they face in their business, say developing a new product, they often talk about ideas in an undifferentiated fashion. In reality, ideas come in many different facades and vary in their degree of maturity and elaboration, meaning and feasibility among other factors.
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The world hates innovation; this is why
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 28/09/2017
» The prolific American innovator Charles Kettering once said: "The world hates change. Yet it is the only thing that has brought progress." Innovation means change. Ergo, the world hates innovation, one might conclude. Let's investigate Kettering's statement to understand why, and what it means for us as innovators.
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Are we seeing the rise of entrepreneurial Asia? (Part 1)
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.
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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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How to become a more fluent creative thinker (Part 1)
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 18/08/2016
» How much of a fluent creative thinker are you? What is standing in your way to becoming a more fluent creative thinker? How can you enhance your creative fluency? Let's seek answers to these questions in today's column as well as the next.
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Understanding the cycles of change using 'TIPS' (Part 1)
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 29/09/2016
» Imagine that a time machine took you back a few hundred years to a feudal principality. Upon your arrival, you're randomly assigned to join one of three traditional social groups: farmers, clerics or warriors. If you're lucky, you feel a natural connection with your class and perform well in your new role.
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Keywords that reveal people's personalities and help with recruitment decisions
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 03/08/2017
» Mahatma Gandhi once said: "Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny." If you want to find out more about people's core beliefs and thoughts, pay close attention to the words they use regularly.
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