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Whitney Johnson dared to disrupt herself when she began her Wall Street career as a secretary, eventually rising to become an Institutional Investor-ranked sell-side equity analyst and now Co-Founder of Clayton Christensen’s investment firm Rose Park Advisors’ Disruptive Innovation Fund. She took the #BIF7 Summit stage with one question: are you ready to disrupt yourself? Watch her story and follow the inspiration at the #BIF9 Summit. Continue reading

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 Keith Yamashita #BIF6 Summit: Change, to the Power of Ten

Keith Yamashita is considered one of the most influential consultants in the world and one of our very favorite BIF Summit storytellers. He took the #BIF6 Summit stage with several questions: Is it really worth daring to be great? Watch his story and follow the inspiration at the #BIF9 Summit. Continue reading

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Innovators Get Better With Age

Tom Agan wrote an inspiring article in The New York Times on innovators and age. According to research by Benjamin Jones of Northwestern University, a 55-year-old and even a 65-year-old have significantly more innovation potential than a 25-year-old. Continue reading

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Lessons from the Puzzle of Innovation

So what this has to do with innovation? Upon reflection, lots of ideas came to my mind about the analogy between solving Jigsaw puzzles and solving the innovation process puzzle, in organizations. So let me start with the Jigsaw puzzle solving process and tips to consider in piecing together your innovation process. Continue reading

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How to get 752 New Business Ideas?

Last week an innovation team of G+J Publishers in Amsterdam generated 752 new business ideas in 4 hours. How did they do it? Five reasons caused the explosion of ideas during their ideation workshop. Continue reading

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At ImagineNation™ our experience tells us that innovators are both born with a genetic predisposition and made through active endeavor. In fact, major research projects carried out on the creative abilities of identical and fraternal twins found that.. Continue reading

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How to Get Anti-Innovators Up and Running?

In every organization you have anti-innovators. They are stuck in their habits; are ignorant the world is changing fast and think that they have nothing to fear. Actually, they are quite human. We all love our habits. Continue reading

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