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The well-kept secrets of Idea Development
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 24/04/2014
» In the last column, we discussed the five levels of creativity necessary to produce outstanding innovation. One of those is idea development. Unfortunately, few people know that this level even exists, and even fewer know how to master it. Why?
Building a functional bridge over the efficiency-creativity divide
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 22/05/2014
» In my last column, I showed that humanity has entered a new era, the age of creation intensification. Thriving in this new innovation economy requires that organisations become more innovative. Unfortunately, many companies find it difficult to support innovation.
Playing on all five levels of creativity
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 10/04/2014
» How do you produce ideas when you need them? How many different levels of creativity do you use when doing this? There are five levels of creativity that you should pass through when working on a project: idea preparation, idea generation, idea development, idea enhancement and idea activation.
Creativity in the Year of the Horse
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 30/01/2014
» Kung Hei Fat Choy, Happy Chinese New Year! Tomorrow is the start of the Year of the Horse, specifically the Wood Horse. What inspiration can we draw from the horse to help us flourish and succeed in the coming 12 months and beyond?
Creative Leadership: Are you hot or not?
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 16/01/2014
» Creative leadership is a new emerging mega-trend in business. In a recent global business study of IBM, 60% of the interviewed chief executives of the world's leading corporations named creativity as the most important leadership quality to capitalise flexibly on the increasingly complex business environment of the early 21st century.
Creativity is ... (Part 2)
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 04/07/2013
» Two weeks ago, I shared with you some fundamental aspects related to the concept of creativity. Inspired by the popular 1970s cartoon series "Love is", we discussed eight essential features of creativity or what it means to be creative or to create. Today, let me share with you another eight features of what "Creativity is":
Understanding the inner workings of your mind
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 28/02/2013
» The word "innovation" starts with an "I". So do many related words for processes and concepts in our creative minds that are necessary before an innovation can be created and released into the market. Let's look at the interplay of these cognitive concepts related to the inner workings of the creative mind.
Avoiding innovation traps (Part 2)
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 28/03/2013
» Two weeks ago, this column discussed five of the 10 most common thinking traps that people encounter while innovating. These traps include common cognitive biases (making systematic errors in judgement, knowledge, and reasoning), information-processing shortcuts, and non-compliance with best practices in systematic thinking. For good results, you must avoid these traps while working on an innovation project. Here are five more traps that await you when developing and evaluating ideas, and when acting on those ideas.
Some timely reflections on time itself
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 22/11/2012
» Time is your most valuable asset. As Thomas Edison said, "Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose."
The rise of creative leadership
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 11/10/2012
» In the last few years, I've noticed an emerging and accelerating trend, a call for creative leadership of organisations. As part of this movement, not only does my company offer a creative leadership development method, I also teach a Creative Leadership course to my graduate students in management. What is creative leadership, and why does it matter?