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If you want innovation then think about these two words – pain and slack. They can lead you to innovation success. Wherever there is a pain there is a need for innovation. So if you are looking to create new products or services look for the pain points. Study your customers and their everyday activities. [...]  Jurgen Wolff I heard this story from creative thinking expert Jurgen Wolff. Steve Loranger, CEO of ITT Industries, shared this technique with Business 2.0: ”If you’re working on an important contract, a ‘must-win’ program, give your team a much shorter deadline than actually exists. Afterward you tell your team, ‘I just got a phone [...] The next meeting of the BQF Innovation Unit will be an Ideas Jam on the morning of July 13th in central London. It will be fun, challenging, interactive, intensive and creative. You will learn new ideation methods, meet interesting people and work with them to develop radical ideas. It is open to members and non-members. [...] I was recently asked in an interview what advice I would give to an incoming government on how to increase innovation in our economy. Here is what I would recommend: 1. Make it as easy as possible to start a new business. Most radical innovations come from start-ups and we need a lot more of [...] There is an interesting blog on Zenhabits which looks at the habits of highly creative people. It finds that most of them rate solitude as the best way to find creative ideas. However others prefer the stimuation of participation in a group. When do you get your best ideas – when on your own or [...] |
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