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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.
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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.
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Bouncing back from job loss (part 2)
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 16/09/2020
» In my previous column on Tuesday, I shared with you the first six of 12 recommendations on how you can bounce back after losing your job in a pandemic-plagued, depressed economy. They were as follows:
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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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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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Picturing 'The Beginner's Guide to Innovation'
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 11/05/2017
» Happy anniversary, Creativity Un-Limited! It's been 10 years since this column first appeared in the Bangkok Post. Over the last decade, I've produced 257 articles on business creativity and innovation, totalling 240,000 words or enough for six books. So when my US business partner asked me if I could write an "airport" business book that provides an overview of core innovation concepts in an easy-to-read style, I thought: "That's easy. I already have all the content."
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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?
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How to put the right people into the right job
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 13/04/2017
» Wouldn't it be great if all your new recruits fit perfectly into the vacant positions you wanted them to fill? And if everyone on a team worked in a role that allowed them to let their talents shine and played on their strengths, while others compensated for any weaknesses?
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The Yin of creativity: for happy, hard-working staff
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 02/03/2017
» 'How can we make our organisation more creative? And please, keep it simple," a client interested in creativity training for some Asian senior executives asked me.
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Why so afraid? Human up! (Part 2)
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 16/02/2017
» Four weeks ago, in the first part of this article, I pointed out that we are all descendants of brave, action-oriented and creative primal humans who boldly acted, created and collaborated to rise to the pinnacle of the evolutionary pyramid.
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