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Thinking Differently. Enabling Innovation

Mike Cardus

Competitive demands require quicker, more effective and innovative problem solving. Problem solvers are required to quickly provide solutions to increasingly complex problems, develop and design new and innovative products and processes – all while reducing research and development time and costs. 1.716.629.3678. 1.716.629.3678.

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Five Steps to Adopting a Beginner’s Mindset for Your Business

Strategy Driven

Instead of brainstorming about promotions or marketing, you could ask your team: why do we sell compact cars? Janet has been recognized as a Woman to Watch by Business Insurance magazine and has received several awards for product technology innovation. Focus on the Why. To learn more visit, www.freeman.com.

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4 Ways COVID-19 Will Continue to Impact Businesses in 2021 and Beyond

Strategy Driven

Gayhardt states that Hong Kong is already increasing its use of advanced fraud detection, biometric facial recognition, and other innovative AI technologies due to the pandemic. Financial technology won’t just take hold in banks and credit unions, either.

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Is Innovation More About People or Process?

Harvard Business Review

What’s more critical to producing a breakthrough innovation – finding creative people or finding creative ideas? It is the intensity of its people’s passion for innovation that animates IDEOs processes, he contends, forming a culture that’s “not typical, and not easy to emulate.”

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The Ultimate Corporate Retreat Guide: 24 Destination Ideas and Tips

HR Digest

These retreats provide an opportunity for your team to step away from the daily grind and come together in a new environment to bond, brainstorm, and recharge. It can be a chance for employees to step outside of their usual routines and think creatively, which can lead to new innovations and opportunities for the company.

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0510 |Les McKeown: Full Transcript

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They are very good at coming up with innovative solutions to problems. I like the idea of coming up with innovative solutions, but I also like putting the systems and processes in place for others to be able to sustain and instill that. You’ve got to focus during the brainstorming session. They are great starters.

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People Offer Better Ideas When They Can’t See What Others Suggest

Harvard Business Review

That’s because of the perverse dynamics of brainstorming. Fortunately for open innovation, the online environment makes it easy to overcome this problem. We applied it to an idea forum for a fictional company trying to develop a better mobile-banking application. In other words, less interaction meant more innovation. (We