Jan 22, 2024 | AI, Better ideas and solutions, Brainstorming, co-create, Problem Solving
According to the Cambridge Dictionary to co-create is ‘to make or invent something new together with one or more other people’. It could be co-creating with other people in a team or with partners, suppliers or with customers or clients. The idea of...
Jan 13, 2024 | AI, Brainstorming, mode of thinking, Switch Thinking, think outside the box
You often hear the expression think outside the box. This is a useful metaphor but it does not suggest how to do think in a different, more creative way. It is for this reason that I have developed what I call ‘Box and Ball Mode Thinking’. The good news is...
Dec 19, 2023 | Better ideas and solutions, Brainstorming, Switch Thinking, think outside the box
Are we developing a new formula for innovation success? Will it also drive new personal and revenue growth? I suspect we are. And here it is: HCI X GAI = Innovation Success Where: HCI – Human Creative Intelligence GAI – Generative Artificial Intelligence...
Jun 15, 2023 | Brainstorming, Problem Solving, Team leaders
Brainstorming has been around for over 70 years. It can be a powerful tool for groups and teams to generate new ideas. But it does have some problems such as Group Think, the extroverts can dominate, social evaluation and people loafing. There are also practical...
Jan 31, 2023 | Better ideas and solutions, Brainstorming, Problem Solving, Switch Thinking, think outside the box
One of my favourite moments when I was working in a large organisation was when someone said, ‘What a great idea.’ It did not happen that often but when it did what a moment it was. ‘What a great idea’ is a wonderful emotional expression. It is...
Jan 23, 2023 | Brainstorming, Get Unstuck, Problem Solving, Switch Thinking, think outside the box
I read a post this morning that outlined a few ways that people working in the creative industries could generate some new ideas. This made me think. Is this framing too narrow? Rather than think about the creative industries (as though other industries are not...
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