http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1.2 http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/23/46333/ http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/23/46333/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:54 +0000 Greg Satell http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/?p=46333 Are you smart? Really? How smart? Some of us are improving faster than others -- and overwhelming empirical evidence suggests that we can improve our aptitude. 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Continue reading →]]> http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/22/how-to-discover-your-business-model/feed/ 0 http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/21/3-phases-of-innovation-global-open-and-social-media/ http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/21/3-phases-of-innovation-global-open-and-social-media/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:53 +0000 Stefan Lindegaard http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/?p=46648 It is never boring working with innovation. Things happen faster and faster and frequent changes on HOW we innovate have become the norm rather than the exception. 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Continue reading →]]> http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/21/twitter-commerce-social-media-game-changer/feed/ 0 http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/21/how-to-pick-the-right-idea/ http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/21/how-to-pick-the-right-idea/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 15:00:33 +0000 Gijs van Wulfen http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/?p=46405 Think different. That’s the essence of creative processes in coming up with ideas for innovative products, services or business models. An awful lot brainstorms or ideation workshops take place to generate fresh new ideas. At the end of idea generation you end up with a wall of ideas. Which is great! I like to quote the American chemist and Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling who said “the best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas”. 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Glaser http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/?p=46510 Judith Glaser’s evolutionary mind-mapping technique approaches business growth in a new way. Continue reading →]]> http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/20/the-evolution-of-mind-mapping/feed/ 2 http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/20/innovation-quotes-of-the-week-may-20-2012/ http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/20/innovation-quotes-of-the-week-may-20-2012/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 09:00:56 +0000 Braden Kelley http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/?p=46687 This week we continue a featured series of some of my favorite innovation-related quotes. Please contribute your favorite innovation quotes in the comments and I'll feature the best submissions in next week's Innovation Quotes of the Week! 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Starting with Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden, who has just opened an enterprise business in the UK Continue reading →]]> http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/19/can-iron-maiden-save-the-economy/feed/ 0 http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/19/six-sigma-versus-innovation/ http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/19/six-sigma-versus-innovation/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000 Braden Kelley http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/wordpress/?p=57 Are Six Sigma and Innovation inherent enemies or powerful allies? Some would say that Six Sigma and innovation are diametrically opposed goals for an organization to pursue. Some say that organizations cannot excel at both and would point to the issues that 3M has run into with its ability to innovate after a CEO James McNerny came in and introduced Six Sigma into the organization. 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And it’s no laughing matter. Tweet me your confabulation sniglets. Once we compile them, I’ll publish them in a future blog. Continue reading →]]> http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2012/05/18/did-you-confabulate-today/feed/ 0