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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The 4 key principles of personal innovation
Robert B. Tucker's 4 key principles of personal innovation
from his book "Innovation is Everybody's Business":
I really like all the sentiments in this.
In a nutshell:
1. It's 'how' you do your work, not something you do after you've done your work.
2. It's about adding value wherever you are, not just developing new products.
3. Anyone, in any job, in any department, in any organisation can innovate.
4. It's about 'acting'.
from his book "Innovation is Everybody's Business":
I really like all the sentiments in this.
In a nutshell:
1. It's 'how' you do your work, not something you do after you've done your work.
2. It's about adding value wherever you are, not just developing new products.
3. Anyone, in any job, in any department, in any organisation can innovate.
4. It's about 'acting'.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Teenagers perspectives on fixing the teenage drug abuse problem: "Stop wealthy parents giving them 'free' money to spend on drugs!"
I've been feeling inspired by some teenagers ideas about the problem of teenage drug abuse…
The 3 most popular ideas from a small group of Bulgarian teenagers, in a recent, short session I ran, about fixing the problem of teenage drug abuse, were:
- Get more resources to enable more psychologists to work with identified users…
- Get more resources for undercover police work…
- Stop the parents of wealthy teenagers just giving them ‘free money’ to buy drugs…
Hmmm…, how to do that…, especially how to control the way teenagers spend money they have access to?
Idea 3 poses the fascinating possibility that parents who make good money are feeding the drug habits of their own kids, who, presumably they love, possibly sending them into a life of drug trouble or even an early grave!?
Friday, November 12, 2010
'Task Specific Innovation / Implement Successfully' 1/2 Days or Days, 150 or 250 Euros
WATCH 'THE TROUBLE WITH FIRE IS...' VIDEO
'TASK SPECIFIC INNOVATION' Time
You've discovered a good idea, but it's not yet developed in to something that is fully defined or can be actioned. This kind of innovation time naturally follows IDEATION. From all the ideas generated in ideation you find a gold nugget that is developed in the INNOVATION session. This is 'develop an already identified great idea' use of innovation time.
AND/OR
'HOW TO IMPLEMENT SUCCESSFULLY' Innovation Time
'TASK SPECIFIC INNOVATION' Time
You've discovered a good idea, but it's not yet developed in to something that is fully defined or can be actioned. This kind of innovation time naturally follows IDEATION. From all the ideas generated in ideation you find a gold nugget that is developed in the INNOVATION session. This is 'develop an already identified great idea' use of innovation time.
AND/OR
'HOW TO IMPLEMENT SUCCESSFULLY' Innovation Time
Ensure successful implementation of defined strategies and programmes across business functions. Get the relevant folk in a room together for 'implement successfully' use of innovation time.
+
'Innovation Days'
typically* run from 10am to 1pm (3 workshop hours, 1/2 day)
or 10am to 6pm (6 workshop hours, full day)
(Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays)
=
"'Task Specific Innovation / Implement Successfully' Innovation Days"
1/2 DAY CURRENT OFFER: 150 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
FULL DAY CURRENT OFFER: 250 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755
TESTIMONIALS
____________________________________
*'Typically': timings and session length is flexible.
All offers in this blog post are based on facilitation in the Sofia area, excluding venue, and are valid until 31st March 2011.
A variety of additional team-based activities can be provided, subject to discussion, at additional cost.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
'Task Specific Ideation' 1/2 Days or Days, 150 or 250 Euros
WATCH 'THE PROBLEM WITH THE WHEEL IS...' VIDEO
'TASK SPECIFIC IDEATION' Innovation Time
You know the problem you want to address, the opportunity you want to capitalise upon, or strategy you want to develop. Use close stakeholders in a team or organisation to push for many focused ideas around a well defined task, problem or challenge. It's 'generate ideas' use of innovation time.
+
'Innovation Days'
typically* run from 10am to 1pm (3 workshop hours, 1/2 day)
or 10am to 6pm (6 workshop hours, full day)
(Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays)
=
"'Task Specific Ideation' Innovation Days"
1/2 DAY CURRENT OFFER: 150 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
FULL DAY CURRENT OFFER: 250 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755
TESTIMONIALS
____________________________________
*'Typically': timings and session length is flexible.
All offers in this blog post are based on facilitation in the Sofia area, excluding venue, and are valid until 31st March 2011.
A variety of additional team-based activities can be provided, subject to discussion, at additional cost.
'TASK SPECIFIC IDEATION' Innovation Time
You know the problem you want to address, the opportunity you want to capitalise upon, or strategy you want to develop. Use close stakeholders in a team or organisation to push for many focused ideas around a well defined task, problem or challenge. It's 'generate ideas' use of innovation time.
+
'Innovation Days'
typically* run from 10am to 1pm (3 workshop hours, 1/2 day)
or 10am to 6pm (6 workshop hours, full day)
(Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays)
=
"'Task Specific Ideation' Innovation Days"
1/2 DAY CURRENT OFFER: 150 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
FULL DAY CURRENT OFFER: 250 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755
TESTIMONIALS
____________________________________
*'Typically': timings and session length is flexible.
All offers in this blog post are based on facilitation in the Sofia area, excluding venue, and are valid until 31st March 2011.
A variety of additional team-based activities can be provided, subject to discussion, at additional cost.
'What are the problems?' Innovation After Hours, 99 Euros
WATCH 'WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS?...PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS...' VIDEO
'WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS?' Innovation Time
Everything on the surface going well? Sure? You could think of this use of innovation time as a way to find out what problems your people are most concerned with? This is a facing up to reality, 'what are the big problems guys?' use of innovation time.
+
'Innovation After Hours'
typically* run from 5.30 to 7pm.
(Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays)
=
"'What are the problems?' Innovation After Hours"
CURRENT OFFER: 99 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755
TESTIMONIALS
____________________________________
*'Typically': timings and session length is flexible.
All offers in this blog post are based on facilitation in the Sofia area, excluding venue, and are valid until 31st March 2011.
A variety of additional team-based activities can be provided, subject to discussion, at additional cost.
'WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS?' Innovation Time
Everything on the surface going well? Sure? You could think of this use of innovation time as a way to find out what problems your people are most concerned with? This is a facing up to reality, 'what are the big problems guys?' use of innovation time.
+
'Innovation After Hours'
typically* run from 5.30 to 7pm.
(Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays)
=
"'What are the problems?' Innovation After Hours"
CURRENT OFFER: 99 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755
TESTIMONIALS
____________________________________
*'Typically': timings and session length is flexible.
All offers in this blog post are based on facilitation in the Sofia area, excluding venue, and are valid until 31st March 2011.
A variety of additional team-based activities can be provided, subject to discussion, at additional cost.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
'Blue Sky' Innovation Lunches, 99 euros
WATCH 'BLUE SKY' VIDEO
'BLUE SKY' Innovation Time
Use your innovation time to generate ideas about how the team or organisation could be better, in general. This is a positive, forward looking, 'anything goes!' use of innovation time.
+
'Innovation Lunches'
typically* run from 12.30 to 2pm.
(Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays)
=
"'Blue Sky' Innovation Lunches"
CURRENT OFFER: 99 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755
TESTIMONIALS
____________________________________
*'Typically': timings and session length is flexible.
All offers in this blog post are based on facilitation in the Sofia area, excluding venue, and are valid until 31st March 2011.
A variety of additional team-based activities can be provided, subject to discussion, at additional cost.
'BLUE SKY' Innovation Time
Use your innovation time to generate ideas about how the team or organisation could be better, in general. This is a positive, forward looking, 'anything goes!' use of innovation time.
+
'Innovation Lunches'
typically* run from 12.30 to 2pm.
(Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays)
=
"'Blue Sky' Innovation Lunches"
CURRENT OFFER: 99 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755
TESTIMONIALS
____________________________________
*'Typically': timings and session length is flexible.
All offers in this blog post are based on facilitation in the Sofia area, excluding venue, and are valid until 31st March 2011.
A variety of additional team-based activities can be provided, subject to discussion, at additional cost.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
How many great ideas are "buried" in your organisation?
ideas-bg helps teams and organisations to solve problems faced by them by creating "idea-friendly", collaborative workshop environments in which ideas can be offered and given a proper hearing, in a way they wouldn't normally be able to.
How ideas often get treated:
'Innovation time' treatment of ideas:
These ideas friendly environments are also known as 'innovation time', 'ideation' or 'innovation' workshops. Or structured brainstorming.
This 'innovation time' can be used in a highly flexible way, from a 'one-off' couple of hours, to a regular programme of innovation dedicated time.
One of the simplest ways to initially benefit from using 'innovation time' is by holding an 'innovation after hours' (when the working day is over) an 'innovation lunch' (over a lunch so as not to disrupt the working day), or 'innovation day' (taking a 1/2 day or day out of the normal working routine to try to push for some breakthrough thinking).
So how many great ideas are buried in your organisation?
CURRENT IDEAS-BG OFFERS:
We've now grouped our ideas-bg 'innovation time' offers around five main themes, to make it easier for you to see how your team or organisation can find out how to benefit:
1. 'BLUE SKY' Innovation Time
Use your innovation time to generate ideas about how the team or organisation could be better, in general. This is a positive, forward looking, 'anything goes!' use of innovation time.
2. 'WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS?' Innovation Time
Everything on the surface going well? Sure? You could think of this use of innovation time as a way to find out what problems your people are most concerned with? This is a facing up to reality, 'what are the big problems guys?' use of innovation time.
You need a lot of ideas
to have a good one:
3. 'TASK SPECIFIC IDEATION' Innovation Time
You know the problem you want to address, the opportunity you want to capitalise upon, or strategy you want to develop. This is the central pillar of ideas-bg work, using close stakeholders in a team or organisation to push for many focussed ideas around a well defined task, problem or challenge. It's 'generate ideas' use of innovation time.
4. 'TASK SPECIFIC INNOVATION' Innovation Time
We've discovered a good idea, but it's not yet developed in to something that is fully defined or can be actioned. This kind of innovation time naturally follows IDEATION. From all the ideas generated here you find a gold nugget that is developed in the INNOVATION session. This is 'develop an already defined great idea' use of innovation time.
5. 'HOW TO IMPLEMENT SUCCESSFULLY' Innovation Time
As we've built the business it's been interesting to see how so many clients want to use their innovation time to ensure successful implementation of defined strategies and programmes across business functions. Get the relevant folk in a room together and It's 'implement successfully' use of innovation time.
TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755
'Innovation Lunches'
typically* run from 12.30 to 2pm.
(Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays)
CURRENT OFFER: 99 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
'Innovation After Hours'
typically* run from 5.30 to 7pm.
(Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays)
CURRENT OFFER: 99 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
'Innovation Days'
typically* run from 10am to 1pm (3 workshop hours, 1/2 day)
or 10am to 6pm (6 workshop hours, full day)
(Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays)
1/2 DAY CURRENT OFFER: 150 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
FULL DAY CURRENT OFFER: 250 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755
*'Typically': timings and session length is flexible.
All offers in this blog post are based on facilitation in the Sofia area, excluding venue, and are valid until 31st March 2011.
A variety of additional team-based activities can be provided, subject to discussion, at additional cost.
How ideas often get treated:
'Innovation time' treatment of ideas:
These ideas friendly environments are also known as 'innovation time', 'ideation' or 'innovation' workshops. Or structured brainstorming.
This 'innovation time' can be used in a highly flexible way, from a 'one-off' couple of hours, to a regular programme of innovation dedicated time.
One of the simplest ways to initially benefit from using 'innovation time' is by holding an 'innovation after hours' (when the working day is over) an 'innovation lunch' (over a lunch so as not to disrupt the working day), or 'innovation day' (taking a 1/2 day or day out of the normal working routine to try to push for some breakthrough thinking).
So how many great ideas are buried in your organisation?
CURRENT IDEAS-BG OFFERS:
We've now grouped our ideas-bg 'innovation time' offers around five main themes, to make it easier for you to see how your team or organisation can find out how to benefit:
1. 'BLUE SKY' Innovation Time
Use your innovation time to generate ideas about how the team or organisation could be better, in general. This is a positive, forward looking, 'anything goes!' use of innovation time.
2. 'WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS?' Innovation Time
Everything on the surface going well? Sure? You could think of this use of innovation time as a way to find out what problems your people are most concerned with? This is a facing up to reality, 'what are the big problems guys?' use of innovation time.
You need a lot of ideas
to have a good one:
3. 'TASK SPECIFIC IDEATION' Innovation Time
You know the problem you want to address, the opportunity you want to capitalise upon, or strategy you want to develop. This is the central pillar of ideas-bg work, using close stakeholders in a team or organisation to push for many focussed ideas around a well defined task, problem or challenge. It's 'generate ideas' use of innovation time.
4. 'TASK SPECIFIC INNOVATION' Innovation Time
We've discovered a good idea, but it's not yet developed in to something that is fully defined or can be actioned. This kind of innovation time naturally follows IDEATION. From all the ideas generated here you find a gold nugget that is developed in the INNOVATION session. This is 'develop an already defined great idea' use of innovation time.
5. 'HOW TO IMPLEMENT SUCCESSFULLY' Innovation Time
As we've built the business it's been interesting to see how so many clients want to use their innovation time to ensure successful implementation of defined strategies and programmes across business functions. Get the relevant folk in a room together and It's 'implement successfully' use of innovation time.
TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755
'Innovation Lunches'
typically* run from 12.30 to 2pm.
(Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays)
CURRENT OFFER: 99 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
'Innovation After Hours'
typically* run from 5.30 to 7pm.
(Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays)
CURRENT OFFER: 99 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
'Innovation Days'
typically* run from 10am to 1pm (3 workshop hours, 1/2 day)
or 10am to 6pm (6 workshop hours, full day)
(Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays)
1/2 DAY CURRENT OFFER: 150 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
FULL DAY CURRENT OFFER: 250 EUROS
(applies for 1 session per client only)
TO BOOK, CONTACT:
e - niallwjones@hotmail.com; t - +359 879 589755
*'Typically': timings and session length is flexible.
All offers in this blog post are based on facilitation in the Sofia area, excluding venue, and are valid until 31st March 2011.
A variety of additional team-based activities can be provided, subject to discussion, at additional cost.
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