Innovation, Research

Why do we reject the creative ideas we need most?

No Comments 16 September 2011

A lot of times when people claim they’re not creative, what they’re really suggesting is that they lack an innate ability to generate creative ideas. While it is true that this skill can be taught, a new study (PDF) from Cornell University suggests that coming up with ideas may not be where we actually face the most [...]

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IBM Creative Leadership Study Online

Business, Innovation, Leadership, Research

IBM Creative Leadership Study Online

No Comments 02 September 2011

Why are some organizations consistently good at innovating and/or adapting while others seem to be blindsided by change? Is it because of their disciplined innovation process or the knowledge and skills of their people? Or is it their determination to build a culture where challenging assumptions is not only encouraged, but expected? Our IBM Creative [...]

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Leadership Across Boundaries: Transforming Differences to Inspire Innovation

Business, Innovation, Leadership, Research

Leadership Across Boundaries: Transforming Differences to Inspire Innovation

No Comments 27 July 2011

Arthur Koestler, the author of The Act of Creation, concluded that creativity happens at boundaries.  These boundaries come in all shapes and sizes.  In my case, it was the boundaries between disciplines that led me into a new field of creative leadership inquiry. My journey started many years ago working in the IT industry when [...]

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Cultivating Creative Leaders – The Double Stuf Oreo Way

Innovation, Research, Strategy

Cultivating Creative Leaders – The Double Stuf Oreo Way

No Comments 27 June 2011

Imagine a group of executives huddled around a board room table. They are staring so intensely at their annual sales figures that they could burn a hole through the chart. Their flagship product – one that had carried the company for over 50 years – was tanking! What happened next transformed the company into a [...]

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Participate in a Harvard Study on the Foundations of Creativity

Research

Participate in a Harvard Study on the Foundations of Creativity

No Comments 12 June 2011

As humans, we may represent “a new beginning, the first creatures in the history of life on earth to participate consciously in the ongoing creative process” (Templeton, 2000, p. 41). We seek to address the question of how we may foster such creativity which distinctively nurtures our collective potential. We approach this through an international [...]

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Twitter: Information Overload or Creative Hub?

Innovation, Research, Social Media

Twitter: Information Overload or Creative Hub?

No Comments 26 May 2011

In a recent Newsweek article, ”The Science of Making Decisions,” Sharon Begley argues that an excess of information, like the volume of information we are flooded with by social media sites, for example, may actually do us more harm than good. She says it eventually causes our brains to freeze and shut down, a phenomenon called “information [...]

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Research

Superhuman – The Incredible Savant Brain

1 Comment 23 May 2011

Take a look at this info graphic about the human brain, it’s incredible to see what it’s capable of:

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