Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In businesses built on new ideas, generating and evaluating ideas is everybody’s business. Bill Taylor on humility and ambition: “Exceptional performance begins with extraordinary insights. But that doesn’t mean it’s your job to come up with those insights. That’s why humility and ambition need not be at odds.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 14, 2023

You want everyone to have an equal opportunity to share their ideas so you can unlock the full potential of your team. Invite everyone to come prepared with one idea on how to make your meetings more inclusive. You might go a step further and dedicate an entire session to idea generation to get the wheels spinning.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 11, 2013

Such organizational structure, and such architectural structure, are detrimental to idea creation. Ideas are created by lots of cross-interest interaction. Isolated silos, where people only interact with folks within their silos, are so yesterday. And you can’t quite always “schedule” or “mandate” such interactions.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Oliver Wendell Holmes, a 19th-century American poet, made a great point when he said, “ The human mind once stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimension.” . Some ideas are game-changers—creating a whole industry, product line, or new production methods. But all change, whether big or small, starts with an idea. .

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 23, 2023

Scenario: Idea generation During traditional brainstorming exercises, it is common for those with the most positional authority or passion for the topic to dominate the conversation. To get everyone’s voice into the mix, you can use a two-step process of silent writing first, then randomize the ideas, and the group shares them.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JUNE 10, 2012

Sort of – there are 365 short snippets of encouragement, admonishment, support and idea generation. This is a book that defies categorization. Is it a book of tweets? Is it a devotional? Kinda – you could read one snippet each day as a part of your reflection and learning. It is a picture book? Yes [.].

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Idea Generation Tool – Create a way for employees to have the ability to submit ideas. Allow Them to Be Part Of Innovation – Give them the time to discover out-of-the-box solutions and allow it to be a part of the business process.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Years ago, I read that an idea is two or more known pieces of information assembled in a new way. The more information I absorb, the more contexts I explore, the more fodder I have for idea generation. If my eyes are glued to a phone, I’m missing out.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

Key Takeaway: To leverage the Creator style effectively, organizations should: Encourage Innovation: Provide a platform for brainstorming and idea generation. His relentless pursuit of innovation and ability to foresee technological advancements redefined the tech industry and set new standards for product design and functionality.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

. “But… ” “We’ll need to defer any talk about it until our next meeting, since we have too many other things to cover today” “OK then, next topic, controlling costs in the janitorial department…… ” Ah yes, another idea goes to what I call “ idea limbo “ A place where ideas typically (..)

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 17, 2016

Fear is one of the biggest impediments to idea generation. A leader must be trusted with the ideas and dreams of their teammates, no matter how “off the wall” they may be. Get EVERYBODY involved in idea generation. Dream by example”. Never lose the wonder and whimsy.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 5, 2013

Bottom line; the more an organization incorporates both types of innovators - idea generation and idea implementation - the better the solutions. Your strengths: Keeping the need to innovate uppermost in people''s minds and dealing the needed midcourse corrections.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

People who prefer to use the information to come up with ideas (generators and conceptualizers) are on the right side of the vertical axis. These individuals are comfortable with ideas, ambiguity, and keeping their options open. This instrument measures one’s preferences for engaging the innovation process.

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Management Excellence

MARCH 27, 2022

There's little doubt creativity is vital in the workplace, and that idea generation is the enabler of creative problem solving and innovation. The better our teams and colleagues are at generating ideas, the better the odds of surviving and thriving in our topsy-turvy world.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 2, 2016

This month is filled with a wide variety of leadership topics including idea generation , power , delegation , compassion and more. The Lead Change Group is grateful to The Thought Board for hosting the August 2016 Leadership Development Carnival. Please visit the full carnival post here to peruse all of this month’s posts.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 28, 2021

The study found that ideas from people working in groups were overvalued by 37%, versus just 4% for employees working on their own. This sees ideas generated by managers overvalued by 42%, whereas those by frontline workers being undervalued by 11%. Similar overconfidence was visible the higher up the hierarchy one climbed.

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Joseph Lalonde

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Devoted to making powerful ideas accessible and sparking conversation, innovation, and change, their global community welcomes some of the world’s most inspired thinkers to share their wealth of knowledge and motivate you to spread your greatest ideas. Their lecturers are thinkers, doers, and idea-generators!

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Mike Cardus

JULY 2, 2013

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 8, 2021

“What this study reveals is that innovation is found not just by using technology specifically created to support idea-generation,” the researchers say. What’s more, if these employees are recognized for their efforts and encouraged to develop their skills then their innovative output rises yet further.

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Lead from Within

JULY 4, 2023

Poor listening skills are one of the main causes of poor communication in leadership, and it can have negative impacts on teamwork, idea generation and trust. Most people believe they are good listeners, but the reality is that many of us struggle with effective listening.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 19, 2016

This is another article about Quantum Idea Generation a process proven to generate at least 12 X more ideas than brainstorming. In previous articles, I've addressed the first two of four Quantum Idea Generation elements – diversity and stimulus. Continue reading →

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

His process has three stages: fact-finding, idea generating, and solution evaluating. He recommended four “rules”: o Generate […].

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LDRLB

JULY 31, 2013

Lisa Bodell, the CEO of the global consulting firm future think , runs an idea generation exercise that leverages the efficacy of this other-directed creativity called “ Kill the Company.”

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CO2

APRIL 8, 2013

The goal here is to slow down the implementation process, so that new ideas don’t undermine current, effective practices. If annual meetings slow the Idea Machine too much, consider having quarterly retreats. Hire someone you respect to push back against your ideas before you share those ideas with anyone internally.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 5, 2020

As you check-in with your team(s), you are reflecting the priorities back to them in a way that highlights the great work they are doing; recognizing who is excelling and falling behind as the expectations shift; seeing new skills and performance opportunities to develop; you are making needed changes to how the work gets done that support innovation (..)

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

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. Set Goals.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The supervisors from each team were asked to evaluate the usefulness and novelty of ideas generated by their teams, while the team members were also asked how ethical their leaders were. The researchers quizzed 327 employees from across 55 different teams in South Korea. The organization regards creativity as crucial to its success.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The choices appeared to have a significant impact on the number of creative ideas generated by the group and indeed the creativity level of each idea.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 17, 2013

Circulate the ideas generated and discuss the impact of trends on your products, services, technologies, and constituents. A smaller team can then pull the abstracts into reports for use in planning and decision-making. Or simply have all the people in your organization regularly clip articles from newspapers, magazines, and Web sites.

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Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Brainstorming sessions can be used for more than just generating ideas. BOTTOMLINE: Brainstorming is just one of many idea-generating techniques that make a company creative. Follow the rules, or don't call it brainstorming.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 21, 2024

But as the idea progresses, its popularity and how fast it’s gaining popularity become more important. The study aimed to understand how open innovation platforms affect idea generation and whether the factors people consider for success change as ideas evolve.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It’s typically a mix of large group conversations, small group work and report outs, individual idea generation shared and captured on post-it notes, and one on one peer coaching followed by group debriefs.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Research from Bocconi University suggests that the best approach might be to create ideas in the company of strangers and then develop those ideas with people you know well. When it comes to expanding and executing the idea, however, the study found that it’s best to work with people with whom you have strong ties.

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 12, 2017

At my inventing company, we always use Quantum Idea Generation to generate the ideas that help companies double their innovation success rate.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

There are people who are idea generators. A good worker gets things done. A good leader gets things done through others. And that kind of leadership requires some pretty good managerial skills. There are people who are almost natural [.].

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For creative idea generation, narrowed focus is a problem.”. The researchers believe that the nature of the screen contributes to this, as it presents us with a narrow field of vision, which results in our thinking becoming narrower as well. “If If your visual field is narrow, then your cognition is likely to be as well,” they explain.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 30, 2016

Drew Boyd shares examples and strategies for boosting creative output and idea generation in the workplace. Continue reading →

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