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Three Reasons People Reject Creative Ideas… and Three Things You Can Do About It
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
Posted in Creativity, Innovation
Tagged creativity, execution, feasibility, idea, innovation, Investment, people, resistance
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Your Adjacent Possible – It’s Bigger Than You Think
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?
Posted in Innovation, Open Innovation, Uncategorized
Tagged adjacent possible, business, collaboration, communicate, innovation, network, open innovation, people, social, technology
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Tablecloths for Idea Generation
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
Posted in Collaboration, Creativity, Innovation
Tagged business, communicate, creativity, dialogue sheet, idea, participation, people, tablecloth, university, workshop
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Twitter: The Amplifier and the Fishing Rod
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
Enterprise Social Networks: Build It and They Will Come (Maybe)
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
Posted in Innovation, Open Innovation
Tagged collaboration, communicate, enterprise, ESN, Jive, network, people, social, Yammer
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Social Creativity = People + Appropriate Technology
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
Posted in Collaboration, Creativity
Tagged collect, communicate, creativity, explore, innovation, people, relate, social, technology
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