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Want to Harness the Power of “We”? Innovation Starts with “I”
Before innovation can become a communal effort it needs to be an individual dream.
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Fostering Organically Grown Innovation – Insights From the Art of Bonsai
Want to foster organically grown innovation efforts in your organization? Take this tip from the world of Bonsai.
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Acclaimed Author and Home Chef, Anupy Singla, on Innovation
Great insight into innovation from 'journalist turned foodie turned author', Home Chef, Anupy Singla.
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EPA (and all of us) Need to Walk the Talk on Earth Day, with an Emphasis on...
How would you suggest the EPA, and all of us, walk the talk for Earth Day?
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Three Guidelines For Enabling Innovation (Via a 7 Year Old Crossing the Street)
If you want to enable creative design and innovation be sure to follow these three guidelines. Courtesy of a seven year old girl crossing the street.
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Thinking of the Ideal will Design the Beautiful (Happy Birthday, “Bucky”!)
The anniversary of Buckminster Fuller's birthday is a fitting time to look at how his thinking may be more apropos now than ever.
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Maker Faire Coming to Milwaukee, Wisconsin!
Be sure to check out the Maker Faire in Milwaukee!
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Brainstorming Using Google Docs
Google Docs is much more than cloud based document generation and storage. Read more to learn how it can be used for brainstorming.
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Swimming in Wonderful Robin Williams Streams of Consciousness
Robin Williams' stream of consciousness style of comedy can teach us much about creative thought.,
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Dear RadioShack, It didn’t have to end this way…
It’s official. RadioShack has filed for bankruptcy. Call me naïve, but I really don’t think this had to happen. I realize I’m ‘Monday Morning quarterbacking’ (Why DID Seattle throw that pass on the...
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Making Lightning – The Creative Spark in All of Us
The sky went from sunset blue to thick blackness that the windshield wipers swiped at with futility. The rain pounded the the car and an uneasy, queasy feeling filled the air as a tornado warning was...
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Want a Productive Brainstorm? Here Are Some Do’s and Don’ts
Came across a post at USA Today College: “5 tips for a Productive Brainstorming Session.” I enjoy reading different people’s approaches to brainstorming. However, this one had me screaming at the...
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Ramifications in Innovation (Lessons from Bonsai)
When people say, “There will be ramifications if you do that,” most people interpret that to mean that there will secondary, negative consequences to an action. In the world of Bonsai, ramification...
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Six Essential Guidelines to Failing Forward — Relishing Failure (Even When it...
In the span of a couple seconds a wonderful orange, blackberry fragrance turned caramely, then malty, then char… I quickly turned around and saw that my blackberry sauce had become a gooey burning...
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Are you doing this simple thing to help think “Big Picture”?
We’ve all done it. We forward reams of information to people in preparation for a meeting. It’s convenient and it saves trees. But there’s a problem. We may be unwittingly influencing how the reader...
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Don’t Worry About the Elephant in the Room, Look for the Chameleons
You’ve got multiple experts in a room. They’re all giving their opinions on the state of a market, or a new product. Very often this leads to the manifestation of proverbial Elephant in the Room...
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Innovation and Independence Both Start with”I” (Happy 4th!)
Innovation and Independence both start with “I”. It’s not a coincidence! This country was founded by people who said, “I am going to make a difference!” Those are the same words spoken by entrepreneurs...
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Six Rules to Keeping Your Innovation Spaces Innovative
An engineer on an interview walked into a pristine R&D lab and quipped, “Does anyone do any work in here?” Turns out, that when creating environments conducive to creative thinking and problem...
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Are you Using This Simple 3 Step Process to Create Products that Leverage...
There’s no question that we are living in exciting times. There are multiple trends, technological and otherwise, that are blossoming and can be leveraged if you take the time to put in some work....
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