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The 4 Weapons Of Exceptional Creative Leaders

The 4 Weapons Of Exceptional Creative Leaders | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
For the leader of a company powered by creativity, the difficulties of navigating today’s complex marketplace are compounded by the fact that, in every decision, two forces are loudly asserting their dominance: creativity and profitability.
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June 16, 2013 4:10 PM
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Innovation Excellence | A Brilliantly Simple Way to Boost our Creativity

Innovation Excellence | A Brilliantly Simple Way to Boost our Creativity | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
In this fascinating Scientific American article, the authors (Oren Shapira and Nira Liberman) tell us that creativity is not bound by the sole innate characteristics of an individual and can in fact be changed based on situation and context.
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I like the fact that traveling increases creativity... :-)

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June 15, 2013 10:41 AM
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Tips on Innovation Learned from Creative Geniuses - Huffington Post

Tips on Innovation Learned from Creative Geniuses
Huffington Post
How would you like to have Albert Einstein rise from the dead and spend an afternoon telling you how he thinks? How about getting a few tips for your creative muse from Edison?
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Reframing as basis of innovative thinking

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June 15, 2013 7:25 AM
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How To Build Teams That Innovate - Forbes

How To Build Teams That Innovate Forbes Putting together a group of people to maximise the generation of new ideas is the most challenging job an innovation manager can have, but one that's often conducted in an ad hoc manner rather than taking...
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June 14, 2013 4:44 PM
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Creative Thinking: The Blue Ocean Strategy I The Great Courses

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/brainboost Learn all about how your brain functions with these short video excerpts! These 12 clips have been specially select...
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Blue Ocean Strategy lecture by Great Courses.

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June 14, 2013 3:54 PM
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Nine Rules for Stifling Innovation

Nine Rules for Stifling Innovation | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
How many have you unwittingly followed?
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June 9, 2013 2:53 PM
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The Real Reason Cities Are Centers of Innovation - The Atlantic Cities

The Atlantic Cities The Real Reason Cities Are Centers of Innovation The Atlantic Cities Previous work by researchers at the Santa Fe Institute has proven the math behind the power of cities: As they grow in population, all kinds of positive...
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Connections between people increase innovation?

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June 9, 2013 1:28 PM
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Blue Ocean Strategy Visualizer App - SLINGSHOT: Re-Imagine Your Business, Re-Imagine Your Life

Blue Ocean Strategy Visualizer App - SLINGSHOT: Re-Imagine Your Business, Re-Imagine Your Life | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
Blue Ocean Strategy just became even more visual. Now you can create your Blue Ocean Strategy on your iPad with the launch of the Blue Ocean Strategy Visualizer App for iOS.

More details available via the Blue Ocean Strategy website.
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Blue Ocean Strategy iPad application now available from iTunes.

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June 7, 2013 10:16 AM
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Don't Just Create Value; Capture It

Don't Just Create Value; Capture It | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
In my recent HBR article, The New Dynamics of Competition, I present a new analytical tool called Value Network Maps, which I explain below.
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June 7, 2013 8:58 AM
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Risky Innovation: Will Starbucks's Leap Of Faith Pay Off?

Risky Innovation: Will Starbucks's Leap Of Faith Pay Off? | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
The worlds largest coffeehouse chain regularly launches products before theyre perfect. Why does such a risky approach to innovation work so well
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Would you rather be first or be perfect?

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June 5, 2013 10:25 AM
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Blue Ocean Strategy

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This is the official website of the Blue Ocean Strategy community.

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June 4, 2013 6:26 AM
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It's Official! The End Of Competitive Advantage

It's Official! The End Of Competitive Advantage | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
It’s Official!The End of Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Review of Professor Rita McGrath's landmark new book: The End of Competitive Advantage : How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast as Your Business...
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There is no end of competitive advantage - but the end of sustained competitive advantage. The world is changing quickly and so does winning business models. Hence, competitive advantage is always temporary...

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June 3, 2013 7:48 AM
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In Big Companies, Lean Is Only One Piece of the Puzzle

In Big Companies, Lean Is Only One Piece of the Puzzle | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
At mature companies, it's tougher to turn on a dime.
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June 16, 2013 4:17 PM
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Thinking Inside the Box

Thinking Inside the Box | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
Forget brainstorming: People are at their most innovative when they work within the constraints of what they know.
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I still think that it is thinking outside the box...

Thomas2c's comment, June 17, 2013 5:30 AM
Someone said "science doesn't think" to say as soon as you are asked to think about your practice (current or potential) you are in the world of inspiration. When pure science is look at what you do, be there with things. Ontology is really practical.
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June 16, 2013 4:08 PM
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Innovation Excellence | Innovators Challenge Orthodoxies: Elon Musk

Innovation Excellence | Innovators Challenge Orthodoxies: Elon Musk | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
Great innovators have an almost innate tendency to challenge industry orthodoxies. One of the best modern examples is Elon Musk of Paypal, SpaceX, and Tesla fame - a serial industry disruptor. This article is part one of a four-part series.
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Challenge dogmas of your industry

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June 15, 2013 10:17 AM
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What is the most productive innovation methodology?

What is the most productive innovation methodology? | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
Before jumping into any specific innovation methodology, I advise you to understand the various reasons why innovation is inhibited in the first place.
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Innovation methodology by Intuit

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June 15, 2013 7:20 AM
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A New Framework for Customer Segmentation

A New Framework for Customer Segmentation | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
Her confession was blurted out in the midst of our first conversation about the new digital marketing strategy which we would eventually advise them on: "You know, I don't think I believe in segmentation anymore." She said it fast and softly,...
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Segmentation based on customer's behaviors.

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June 14, 2013 4:00 PM
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The Cognitive Bias Keeping Us from Innovating

The Cognitive Bias Keeping Us from Innovating | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
Business bloggers at Harvard Business Review discuss a variety of business topics including managing people, innovation, leadership, and more.
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Functional fixedness or thinking in the box.

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June 12, 2013 4:27 PM
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20 Ways to Spark Innovation in Others

20 Ways to Spark Innovation in Others | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
Many forward-thinking organizations, these days, are launching all kinds of initiatives to crank up innovation. Their intention is a good one, but their execution is often not.
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I was trained by this Mitch once and it was a lot of fun and creativity.

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June 9, 2013 2:40 PM
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Apple's innovation conundrum - CNNMoney

Apple's innovation conundrum - CNNMoney | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
Apple's innovation conundrum
CNNMoney
Apple will hold its first major product event in nine months on Monday, a stunning gap for a company that relies on regularly impressing customers with new innovations.
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June 7, 2013 10:24 AM
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Thinking of Running an Open Innovation Contest? Think Again. - MIT Technology Review

Thinking of Running an Open Innovation Contest? Think Again. - MIT Technology Review | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
Thinking of Running an Open Innovation Contest? Think Again.
MIT Technology Review
Open innovation contests are gaining popularity with companies.
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June 7, 2013 9:03 AM
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The Innovative Employee: Traits, Knowledge and Company Culture | Innovation Management

The Innovative Employee: Traits, Knowledge and Company Culture | Innovation Management | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
How can a companies’ ability to innovate be improved?All innovation activity can be traced back to the behavior of employees. That makes the employee the center point of attention, if you want to improve your innovation ability.
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June 7, 2013 8:44 AM
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Innovation: Who Else Is Doing It?

Innovation: Who Else Is Doing It? | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
Everyone applauds innovation. At least, they love it in retrospect, after it has worked. Before that, it's just somebody's wild idea that competes with every other wild idea for resources and support.
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June 4, 2013 6:47 AM
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The Corporation is at Odds with the Future

The Corporation is at Odds with the Future | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
The firm as we know it is just too rigid.
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How to look into the future?

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June 4, 2013 6:20 AM
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How To Improve Any Service By Simplifying It

How To Improve Any Service By Simplifying It | Business Innovation | Scoop.it
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Simple: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity by Alan Siegel and Irene Etzkorn.“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple… that’s creativity.”--Charles MingusIt may...
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There is a lot of potential in simplifying.

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