Coaching Tip

JULY 3, 2013

• How do these different modes of thinking affect team dynamics, process flows, idea generation and problem-solving approaches? • How can we use diverse thinking to move from conflict to creative contention? Books Leadership Memes Skills Success Work life' Related articles. People Reading. Team Leadership.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

You may have some employees who communicate differently than others, conflicts to overcome within your team and roadblocks that can stunt creativity. When you can do this, you also allow your team to feel as if it is acceptable when they are wrong on an idea making them feel more comfortable with their creativity and idea generation.

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LDRLB

JULY 17, 2012

Christensen calls these attributes “discovery skills” which are all focused on the front-end of the innovation process related to identifying new opportunities. Leaders who want to make a significant difference for themselves and their organizations need to embrace new skills in today’s increasingly disruptive competitive environment.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2017

Setting aside social, political, and moral reasons for encouraging a more diverse workplace, there is arguably no better incentive for promoting diversity than the premise that diverse teams and organizations are more creative. But is there actually any evidence in support of this idea? Thinking Creatively. Emma Seppala.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2017

In more and more occupations, creativity is part of the job description. But it’s hard to keep having great ideas day after day. Executives at these and other companies say meditation is not only useful as a stress-reduction tool but can also enhance creativity, opening doors where once there seemed to be only a wall.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Sandy Greene, Principal of Creative at Intuitive Company (IC), believes that integrating high level leaders and entry level employees will lead to increased productivity, idea generation and the formation of working relationships. Cubicles and closed door offices do little to help foster teamwork and creativity. .

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Creativity and innovation are not among them. We know how some factors affect creativity and innovation, but we’re only just beginning to understand some of the more complex relationships. Thinking Creatively. How to build this critical skill. Creativity is considered to be the first stage of innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Though our inspiration levels fluctuate from time to time, we all differ in our baseline levels of creativity. For instance, it is safe to assume that John Coltrane was more creative than Justin Bieber, and that the creative talent of Leonardo Da Vinci exceeded that of George W. But can you coach someone to be more creative?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Organizations need to have dozens, maybe hundreds, of individual experts, fully capable of idea generation and innovative thought. Beta leaders then need to sort through the ideas, figure out how they fit together, and then recombine them so the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. ed performance.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

They create multiple ideas through divergent thinking and then cognitively connect the dots (convergent thinking), often uncovering new solutions otherwise not thought possible. In the latter, the vast majority of teams were more creative and more efficient in coming to a solution.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Here’s how to get your creative juices flowing so that you can out-think and out-earn your competition. These inventions, products, and businesses all started with an idea. The problem for most people is realizing that even the most silly or outrageous idea they come up with could in fact work. The lightbulb. Bubble wrap.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

His original business, GetAGreatBoss.com , lets great managers showcase their skills to attract talent and boost their own careers by conducting a 360 review of the manager by his or her staff, and if the results are favorable, he links the results to job ads that the boss is trying to fill, making these job ads far more appealing.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Some of the most successful companies in business today are known for tackling difficult creative challenges by first asking, How might we improve X. Brown observes that within the phrase, each of those three words plays a role in spurring creative problem solving. Often by using the same three words: How Might We.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you’ve noticed workers at your organization make unanimous decisions every single time regardless of the issue, then there are signs of groupthink at your workplace and it’s likely stifling innovation and creativity. But what is groupthink?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2010

These days, you're as likely to see "innovative" on any given job description as you are to see "strong communication skills" or "team player." His creativity raised the bar (pun intended) on our hiring process. Having ideas is only part of what makes an effective innovator. But how do you hire innovators ?

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Joseph Lalonde

JULY 11, 2015

I t doesn’t matter what your expertise is; writing skills are necessary for all professionals who aim towards more productive careers. Image via Creative Commons. Portent’s Content Idea Generator. This is another tool that can generate cool titles for you. Research Trends. Google Trends.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

R&D investments have been made, stage/gate processes have been built, creativity training courses have been run, and yet the outputs — exciting new products and services — don't seem to be falling into place. None of them involve idea-generation schemes. Rather, they are all about translating ideas into action.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

A great amount of money had been spent on consultants and on training a workforce that had no clearer idea at the end of 12 months what they were doing or why. What had dazzled the people at head office had been Kate’s coaching and communication skills. Skilled at identifying and tackling new opportunities, they thrive on negotiations.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2015

To grow and innovate, organizations have to come up with creative ideas. At the employee level, creativity results from a combination of expertise, motivation, and thinking skills. Osborn famously claimed that brainstorming should enhance creative performance by almost 50% versus individuals working on their own.

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