Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

In articles in both the New York Times and The New Yorker earlier this year, the concept of brainstorming as introduced in the 1940's by Alex Osborn has been attacked as ineffective and linked to the concept of " Groupthink.". Collaborative innovation involves the genius of the "and" versus the tyranny of the "or."

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Groupthink Brainstorming Osborne Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

But digitization is more than just a change of tools. It means embracing a new culture and mindset, where hierarchy fades and innovation happens through networks. Osborne from Oxford University calculated that about 47% of American jobs could disappear by 2020 due to digitization. In 2013 Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A.

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Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

arguably one of the most individualist countries in the world , is also the most creative in terms of patents generated, innovation, and scientific research publications. The result of individualists working within an individualist culture, then, is likely to be a high level of innovation. It’s no coincidence that the U.S.,

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Creativity Brainstorming Osborne Maslow 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

Amidst the acrimony, it seems hard to imagine that public leaders could envision and operate such a platform, or that private innovators could work with them more collaboratively on it — but it’s not impossible. Without more public entrepreneurship, it’s hard to imagine meeting our public challenges or making the most of private innovation.

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Entrepreneur Osgood Storytelling Osborne 9