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Tap into Your Think Tank: Twenty Ways to Generate Ideas That Will.

Strategy Driven

There are times when you are so close to a project that it creates a mental block for idea generation. It could be anything (such as wearing a silly hat) that signals to your brain that it is time to go into idea-generating mode. Get an outsider’s opinion. Bringing in a fresh perspective can make all the difference.

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Willy Wonka and the Leadership Idea Factory

Terry Starbucker

Fear is one of the biggest impediments to idea generation. If someone fears that their suggestions will be summarily shot down in nearly every instance, that person will simply stop trying. A leader must be trusted with the ideas and dreams of their teammates, no matter how “off the wall&# they may be.

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A Story from Google Shows You Don’t Need Power to Drive Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Their crowning achievement was a service launched in 2011 called Google Takeout, a unified site for exporting user data from multiple services like Gmail and Google Photos. Today, many companies are focusing on idea generating activities like innovation challenges.

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When I Get Blocked I Walk On Rocks

Mike Cardus

Design by 12GrainStudio When I Get Blocked I Walk On Rocks Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 Posted by: mike I am working on an e-book and facilitation manual for DiSC Team Building & Facilitation … and this post is not about that as much as it is about my procrastination and creative blockage. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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When Ideas Have Sex, What do the babies look like?

Mike Cardus

Design by 12GrainStudio When Ideas Have Sex, What do the babies look like? Below is the power point of my talk; When Ideas Have Sex, What Do The Babies Look Like? All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. View more presentations from michael cardus.

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Buffalo's Social Media Event of the Year!

Mike Cardus

All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress. Design by 12GrainStudio Buffalo’s Social Media Event of the Year!

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The Big Picture of Business – Planning and Budgeting in Downsized Times

Strategy Driven

Creative new ideas generated. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Values benefiting other aspects of the company operation: Quality improved on behalf of the overall organization. Empowerment of employees and colleagues to do better jobs. Information learned.