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Think Innovatively in Design

A colleague on a LinkedIn group recently submitted this question: “What are some techniques for helping leaders in organizations really think innovatively in the design process?” Here are some techniques I suggested to think innovatively in the design process: A key element of innovation is design for mutual benefit to create value. At the beginning of the design process, identify...

Creative Leadership for a Complex World

We live in a volatile, ill-defined, ambiguous and complex world where changes seem ever-present.  In IBM’s 2010 CEO study, IBM spoke with over 1,500 CEOs from around the world.  They identified three themes facing business today: Complexity is here to stay and will likely accelerate in the coming years Their orgainzations do not currently have the skills or capacity to effectively deal with...

Move Beyond the Past to Enhance Creative Thinking

“We can’t live in the past. If we are stuck in the past, I believe we destroy our creativity, we destroy our imagination to do things differently, and we destroy our own inner peace of mind.” – Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, cofounder of Peace People, Nobel Peace Prize winner in Spirituality & Health, March-April 2009, p. 64   How often do you hear in meetings: “We...

“The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.” ~ Charles M. Schwab

“If there are things you don’t like in the world you grew up in, make your own life different.” ~ Dave Thomas