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Tag Archives: Creativity
Innovating in Your Dream and With a Drink
There are a few reported approaches to boosting human creativity. Some of them are very proper. Perhaps the most popular is taking a shower — especially if followed by going to the garden and sitting under the apple tree. Another … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcohol, Creativity, Innovation, Meditation, N1 sleep stage, Nap, Procrastination
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A sober look at drinking and creativity
In one of my prior lives, I was a researcher in a Russian academic lab. A colleague of mine was studying the effects of ethanol alcohol on yeast cells. Every time she presented project updates to the rest of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcohol, Creativity, Harvard Business Review, Innovation
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Are you bored to death and procrastinating? Good for you!
In my two previous posts (here and here), I argued that the wide-spread belief that we are swimming in an ocean of cheap innovative ideas–solidified in a popular slogan “ideas are a dime a dozen”–is a myth. Available evidence suggests … Continue reading
Want a Big Idea? Take a Shower and Sit Under the Apple Tree
(This piece was originally posted to the HeroX blog) I’m really amused by how many people claim that their best creative ideas come to them in the shower. What is so special about the shower being a cradle of creative ideas? … Continue reading
Freedom to innovate
In one of my recent posts, I listed specific socioeconomic factors that favor or obstruct corporate innovation. Some of them, such as termination or compensation policies and the way organizations treat their employees, are in full control of the organizations … Continue reading
A sober truth about drunk people
Harvard Business Review is a serious periodical not known for publishing frivolous content. Yet the tone of one of its features, “Professor X, defend your research,” in the latest (May-June 2018) issue, was far from academic. Defending his research was … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Harvard Business Review, Innovation, Remote Associates Test, Social Drinking
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Fashion guru Tim Gunn on crowdsourcing
Tim Gunn is a prominent fashion consultant, TV personality and author. He’s best known as the Emmy Award-winning co-host of the reality show Project Runway; he’s also the author of four bestselling books. Now, I have to admit that I … Continue reading
The Myth of “Unstructured” Innovation
I’m grateful to everyone who commented on my post, Does Innovation Need “Structure”? Many agreed with my assertion that adopting a formalized process (“structure”) provides innovation with direction and helps create what is commonly known as culture of innovation. Yet, … Continue reading
In defense of brainstorming
Am I the only one who’s getting tired of constant bashing of brainstorming? The latest attack that I saw, coming from Forbes, begins with the following rhetoric question: “Have you ever sat through a fruitless brainstorming session and wondered—who came up … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Osborn, Black & Decker, brainstorming, Creativity, Forbes, Francis Crick, Innovation, James Warson, Williams-Sonoma
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Innovativeness=Competitiveness
The Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15 is out. It’s described as an assessment of the “competitiveness of 144 economies based on 12 “pillars” which include institutions, infrastructure, health and education, labor market efficiency, technological readiness, innovation and business sophistication.” Here is … Continue reading