Fun can give ignition for great things and I always try to make creativity workshops as fun as they can be. Use of gamification can help not only with students or entrepreneurs, but also inside corporate environment. In some of … Continue reading Gamification of idea generation process (Creativity Cards and LEGO Serious Play)
What happens when your idea is stolen? You have an idea. Your great, wonderful idea which is the best thing anyone has heard in years or centuries… As many other innovators, you explain your idea to your friends, colleagues or … Continue reading The case of stolen idea
Workshop “Trigger Creativity using Creativity Cards” was held last week in Zagreb. After the introduction to creativity and newest technology and business trends, participants were learned to use combinations of different triggers and ideas to inspire new improvements & features to their ideas. Continue reading Trigger Creativity using Creativity Cards
You want to unleash your creativity? Think again about your ideas or come with a new one?
Our 50 cards raise questions “What if…?” which can guide you to think from the other angle or to question yourself using three main topics:
Everyone has the potential to be creative. We all create everyday, whether we’re at home, work, in the garden or at school. these ideas help us in our daily lives and we often take them for granted because we think they’re small or insignificant. But sometimes we could come up with an idea that is so useful for the market that it can be called an innovation. The problem is that many people are uncomfortable getting their idea out, or too timid to step out of their comfort zones. Continue reading “Great Idea Can Come From Anywhere!”
You can make creativity a habit by embracing these simple tips that could increase your chance of becoming a creative innovator.
Continue reading “Top 10 Tips To Boost Creativity in Your Daily Life”
Creativity is the ability to visualize and do things in a new way and the ability to create new ideas. The idea as a result of creativity must have economic value to be considered as innovation. Continue reading “What is Creativity and How it’s Connected with Innovations?”
In his newest book Jeffrey Baumgartner is introducing Anticonventional Thinking – a new creativity method as an alternative to the well-known brainstorming. In first chapters Jeffrey is explaining brainstorming method and reasons why it’s not working. I must say that … Continue reading Book Review: Anticonventional Thinking
I held a short presentation about Creativity on “Entrepreneurship Academy”, here it is…
Continue reading “Finding the Right Idea”
New version of my App “Unleash Creativity” is now available on AppStore. What’s new? It’s easy to see that design is changed. Next thing is update of many articles/tips and of course, new content. The biggest news is that it … Continue reading New version of “Unleash Creativity” App
To set up an innovation contest, we’ll first need a topic for sure. Clearly defined, “trendy” topic must push innovators to engage in contest. Sales, marketing, management or customer should trigger new topic from the business field that needs new ideas from our “innovation team”. This need seeker should provide quality description and customer situation of the topic, but avoid technical details as this could lead innovators into wrong path and there is no need for details in this phase – concepts are better. Continue reading ““The Method” – Contest”
I created a short video with 10 Creativity Tips. Continue reading 10 Tips for Creativity
They are special sort of us: Entrepreneurs. Oh yes, they are! But, what with people who are still thinking about it and maybe are still too shy in trying to start they own business. Last week, I held a course for young entrepreneurs and it was challenging to see how they react on many creativity exercises and could it be successful to make them future innovators. Continue reading “Entrepreneurs (Innovators) to be”
They are often very reluctant in submitting or explaining their ideas. Continue reading “Developers and ideas, hm… (How to convince a developer to write down an idea?)”
Great TED presentation: Continue reading Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex (TED video)
It’s easy to start innovation campaign, but to do it in a right way you need to be stick to some principles. So, to get really good, focused ideas much work has to be done before the start. If it’s possible it is best to have fixed topic, maybe also the customer behind it! Then your participants will have the biggest chance for innovation. It’s not important to buy newest piece of software to support the campaign, it can be done in a simplest way, which is in most cases – the best way. Sharepoint or even the Excel sheets … Continue reading The power of innovation campaigns
If you want to awake a creative person in yourself, here are the links that could help 😉 Learn Something Everyday: http://www.learnsomethingeveryday.co.uk One Word: oneword.com Idea a day: http://www.idea-a-day.com Inspire me, now!: szymon.tumblr.com Springwise: http://www.springwise.com PSFK: http://www.psfk.com Trendhunter: http://www.trendhunter.com Coolhunter: http://www.thecoolhunter.net Trendwatching: http://www.trendwatching.com Innovation Avalanche: http://www.trendwatching.com/trends/innovationavalanche.htm Ideas…: http://www.creativitypool.com Sell patents or ideas: http://www.newideatrade.com Top 20 trends for 2010: http://www.trendhunter.com/tv/trends-in-2010-forecast Ted – Ideas worth preading (Inspiracijske prezentacije) http://www.ted.com Continue reading creativity avalanche
New nation-wide open innovation contest: Australia! It’s the part of Australian Innovation Festival. http://ausinnovation.spigit.com/homepagelight Continue reading australian open innovation contest
I’ve just read the interview with Guy Kawasaki. Inside, there is a great definition of innovation:“Innovation is creating something before people know they need it. The process involves building upon the work of others-a.k.a., “copying,” grinding it out, and deleting what doesn’t work to jump to the next curve. Innovation isn’t a lightning bolt of inspiration in the middle of a muse. More often than not, it’s a process of grinding, cogitating, and doubting. There truly is no shortcut to innovation. Over the course of a career, you come up with dozens, if not hundreds of ideas, and reject most, … Continue reading great definition of innovation
1. write-down your ideas! Every idea has to be written, because it will wipe out from your head 🙂 Later you can give to the written facts new features. 2. don’t be afraid to submit your idea If your company has innovation system, the idea should be submitted through norm innovation process. In a case that you company doesn’t have inno-system, you should inform yourself how your idea can be proposed to someone who can help you to realize it. 3. read Inform yourself everyday with the news from your interests, but also from the topics you never thought about … Continue reading 10 things you shouldn’t forget
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