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When you “brainstorm” for ideas with a team, do you typically deliver conventional ideas that —if you’re honest— you could have got without dedicating extra time? Well, the reason you ended up with these ordinary low-hanging fruits doesn’t mean that…

Creativity Innovation Method X-IDEA

Mastering the Art of Ideation

Detlef ReisMay 18, 2016

“How can I get better ideas for a problem that I face?” is a question I am often asked these days. First of all, remember that generating ideas with the help of creativity tools is just one part of the…

Business Genius Journey Innovation Method

Success ingredients of top achievers

Detlef ReisMarch 17, 2016

“Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play,” the German philosopher Immanuel Kant once said. Do you have both theoretical knowledge and practical experience in what you do? And can these two success ingredients alone…

Genius Journey Innovation TIPS

Resolving the real-life challenges of innovators

Detlef ReisFebruary 18, 2016

Last November, I was an invited keynote speaker and forum panelist at the Kuala Lumpur Innovation Forum 2015. The conference organizers asked me to start the panel discussion with a short presentation on two interesting questions: “What are challenges that…

Business Entrepreneurship Innovation

Tracking the dimensions of change over time

Detlef ReisDecember 10, 2015

Innovation means change. Tracking and mapping political, economic, social, and technological change are critical explorative activities at the beginning of a strategy innovation project. Naturally, the changes of the emerging future are grounded in both the changes of the past…

CooL Innovation Method TIPS

The creative transformation marathon (Part 2)

Detlef ReisJune 25, 2015

In my last column, I compared an organization that wants to become innovative to a couch potato who wants to run a marathon. Both need something that makes them want to change. Both need to check their fitness and readiness…

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