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Charting The Flow Of Knowledge Between Regions

The Horizons Tracker

This notion of knowledge and innovation being a fluid process whereby ideas are combined and built upon is now widely understood. These clusters help to facilitate the kind of informal network and face-to-face interactions that have long been viewed as vital to effective innovation. Fueling innovation.

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Why Group Brainstorming Is a Waste of Time

Harvard Business Review

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.