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Three Reasons People Reject Creative Ideas… and Three Things You Can Do About It

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Steve

We have all experienced it. You have a great idea but it’s rejected by your colleagues, your boss or your CEO. Rejection is common. While most people admire creative individuals, entrepreneurs or writers they can find it difficult to back … Continue reading →

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Your Adjacent Possible – It’s Bigger Than You Think

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Steve

Why didn’t  Leonardo da Vinci invent the helicopter? In the 1480’s he drew a vertical flight machine. His notebooks reveal that he built small models of it. So why wasn’t he the first person to make a helicopter?

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Tablecloths for Idea Generation

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Steve

I recently organised a workshop with Sara Jones of City University, London. Sara wanted to use the Digital Shoreditch Festival as an opportunity to generate new and useful ideas on ‘How to foster a culture of collaboration between universities and … Continue reading →

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Twitter: The Amplifier and the Fishing Rod

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Steve

I was speaking with the social media director of a large company recently and he described Twitter as the amplifier in the social media system. His company posts interesting content into different platforms (Facebook, Pinterest, blogs etc.) They know it will … Continue reading →

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Enterprise Social Networks: Build It and They Will Come (Maybe)

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Steve

Enterprise social networks (like Yammer or Jive) are great for sharing information, having conversations and developing ideas. I seen a number of businesses implement enterprise social networks. I know that some of them have been disappointed with the outcomes. They’ve … Continue reading →

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Social Creativity = People + Appropriate Technology

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Steve

Crowdsourcing, collaboration, co-creation – there’s a lot of interest in how to involve more people in creative processes. It is often referred to as ‘social creativity’. But do we really understand how to combine people, technology and creativity to generate new solutions? … Continue reading →

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