I am moving on to pastures new and so, effective from February 2012, will not be offering facilitated workshop sessions - as ideas-bg - for the foreseeable future.
I may however, sometimes post interesting items that I come across re: creativity and innovation, on this blog.
Cheers!
Niall
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
...how to have a lot of ideas!...10 tips on...
1. FOCUS...on one thing at a time..., a challenge, a task, a problem.
2. COLLECT...alot of ideas..., squeeze the sponge dry of them.
2. NURTURE...the ideas..., let them breathe, float, grow.
3. VOLUME...of people..., get alot of them together in one place.
4. VOLUME...of ideas..., don't stop until you have alot of them.
5. WRITE...all the ideas down.
6. STIMULATE...the environment..., with new information, a story, a 'parallel', other world challenge..., mix things up a bit.
7. BREAK...take one..., take a walk, have lunch, play a game, get some sleep.
8. CONTINUE...then go on collecting..., until the sponge of ideas is squeezed absolutely dry.
9. VOTE...on the best ideas.
10. DEVELOP...the best ideas as far as possible in the sitting or subsequent sitting.
Should be very stimulating.
Then take some time, and reflect on what you should really do back in the real world.
Try it with your team.
OR
Contact ideas-bg to help you run an event with your team, if you're in Bulgaria.
2. COLLECT...alot of ideas..., squeeze the sponge dry of them.
2. NURTURE...the ideas..., let them breathe, float, grow.
3. VOLUME...of people..., get alot of them together in one place.
4. VOLUME...of ideas..., don't stop until you have alot of them.
5. WRITE...all the ideas down.
6. STIMULATE...the environment..., with new information, a story, a 'parallel', other world challenge..., mix things up a bit.
7. BREAK...take one..., take a walk, have lunch, play a game, get some sleep.
8. CONTINUE...then go on collecting..., until the sponge of ideas is squeezed absolutely dry.
9. VOTE...on the best ideas.
10. DEVELOP...the best ideas as far as possible in the sitting or subsequent sitting.
Should be very stimulating.
Then take some time, and reflect on what you should really do back in the real world.
Try it with your team.
OR
Contact ideas-bg to help you run an event with your team, if you're in Bulgaria.
Electrical jolts to the brain may boost creativity...!
...according to a study by Richard Chi and Allan Snyde.
Forget energizers, armchairs, and alcohol...and wheel out the cattle prods!
Read more
Forget energizers, armchairs, and alcohol...and wheel out the cattle prods!
Read more
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
How to save good ideas from drowning...
An overview and short video about a book by a Harvard BS professor, on how to get a good idea you believe in past the confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets they normally face!
Read / see more
Read / see more
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Savvy larger organisations recreate the passion of start-uppiness whenever they can...
It's a good read on how larger organisations tend to 'squash the passion' you often find in start-ups. How to be a more innovative, larger organisation? Adopt some of the passion found in start-ups:
Link to article
Link to article
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