Category Archives: Creative Process

Articles and Posts related to implementing or assisting people and organizations with their creative processes and innovation. This includes the training or facilitating of creative problem solving for groups or individuals.

Why you need a great definition of creativity

The biggest problem I see among business owners, senior executives, managers, and all those who need new and useful solutions to challenging problems is that they usually fail to come up with new and useful solutions. One major reason for … Continue reading

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Innovation then … and now?

This is the second of a two-part look at creative outputs and innovation. In the first part, we looked at an interesting blog post by Stephen Arnold who challenged his readers with the view that creative leaps by Google are … Continue reading

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The “innovate internally vs. purchase it externally” debate

This is the first of a two-part look at creative outputs and innovation. In this first part, we will look at an interesting blog post by Stephen Arnold who challenges his readers with his view that creative leaps by Google … Continue reading

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How is Montessori related to creativity?

In his article The Montessori Mafia, Peter Sims raises some interesting questions about the creative elements behind the success of selected Montessori graduates, and asks about what they imply about creativity in general. First, the issue is not about Montessori schools … Continue reading

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American Competitiveness – an Open Innovation Perspective

Observations about a blog post by Henry Chesbrough in Forbes about “Open Innovation” Open Innovation is an interesting idea, linked to the role innovation can play in solving America’s current economic woes. Yet, by advancing Open Innovation as some sort of panacea, its proponents risk overpromising and … Continue reading

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