Where should innovation resources actually exist in an organisation? It might seem like a straightforward question, but it is fundamental to whether a company will end up succeeding at innovation or failing. After all, if innovation is so important, should it not get its own department? While many experts have argued for this in the [...]
In today's episode of the the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Michael Lee, SVP of Strategy at Innovation Minds and the only internationally certified Creativity and Innovation Coach in the world. We speak about his views on what innovation is, how it is all around us, and how to unlock it in your [...]
Every school will tell its students and teachers that they aim to promote creativity in their classrooms. What their teachers might however not be aware of is that, in practice, they don't actually want their students to be creative. Might it be possible that even though teachers think that they are encouraging their students to [...]
Have you ever worked for a manager or boss who did not want to hear bad news? They might say things like "Don't come to me with problems, come to me with solutions!" Or they might get aggressive if they find out performance is not what they want it to be. I once had a [...]
A lot of people are scared by the information that creativity appears to decrease as we get older. This often combines with their own experience as to how much harder it appears to be to learn new things compared to when you were a child, whether it be a language, academic skills or even new [...]
In this episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Dr Rosemary Rein, current SVP of Innovation Minds and former Head of Learning at Wikipedia and the United Way. She is also the author of "Go Wild! Survival Skills for Business & Life" and has lived through volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and landslides. We [...]
What are you hoping to achieve next year? No, I am not talking about what you and your company's high level goals are: ... Increase market share ... ... Improve profit margins ... ... Be innovative ... I am asking what specific ambitions you and your company have for next year. Especially when it comes [...]
While going through some scientific literature, I recently made a startling discovery. One which I have not seen anywhere in other summaries of how creativity works or how it can be improved. It is about what happens in your brain when you are sleeping. There are several stages which your brain goes through when you [...]
Is it possible to exhaust yourself by making decisions? According to research, yes it is. In a 2018 research study by Sjåstad and Baumeister, the researchers wanted to see what would happen to someone's willingness to think about the future before or after they had been forced to make hard decisions. This was in order [...]
This post is a bit more personal. When I was 29, I took 5 months to travel around South America. While I was there, I spontaneously decided to climb a mountain. Not just any mountain. The 6,088 meter high Huayna Potosí in Bolivia. That is higher than My reasons were totally rational (and in no [...]
