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How to Think Creatively
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleI grew up hungry to do something creative, to set myself apart. I also believed creativity was magical and genetically encoded. As early as the age of... -
The Cognitive Bias Keeping Us from Innovating
Creativity Digital Article“Functional fixedness” is the hobgoblin of uncreative minds. -
Can 10 Minutes of Meditation Make You More Creative?
Creativity ResearchGoogle, Goldman Sachs, and Medtronic have all introduced mindfulness practices. -
Why Innovation Thrives at the Mayo Clinic
Innovation Digital ArticleStart listening for guidance on innovation and you tend to hear a lot about Apple, Google, and other high-tech pioneers in Silicon Valley, Boston, or Seattle. You rarely hear about hospitals, especially those that operate closer to farm fields than oceans. Yet in the extensive research my team has done to uncover the mystery of […] -
Finding Ideas
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA homogeneous workforce can be a hindrance when it comes to innovation. In this interview, Chris Anderson--the chairman and host of the annual Technology,... -
Apple’s New iPhone 5C and 5S: the Results of Creativity or Innovation?
Creativity Digital ArticleThey are two separate processes. -
What Doesn’t Motivate Creativity Can Kill It
Innovation Digital ArticleManagement is widely viewed as a foe of innovation. The thinking goes that too much management strangles innovation (just let a thousand flowers bloom!). But we have found a much more nuanced picture. You really can manage for innovation, but it starts by knowing what drives creativity in the people who generate and develop the […] -
Could Pixar’s ‘Secret Story Guidelines’ Work for Your Team?
Creativity Digital ArticleBelieve it or not, Pixar was once a scrappy startup. The multi-billion dollar juggernaut with a near-perfect record of churning out hit after hit today was once “a bunch of guys going on their gut” according to Andrew Stanton, a co-founding filmmaker with the company whose credits include writing and directing Wall E and Finding […] -
How to Rediscover Your Inspiration at Work
Creativity Digital ArticleLook for fresh experiences and new role models. -
Do You Have What It Takes to Help Your Team Be Creative?
Creativity Digital ArticleThere are eight competencies you need. -
When Social Capital Stifles Innovation
Innovation Magazine ArticleRegions where social ties are tight may be the worst places for creative operations. -
Why, What, and How of Management Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor organizations like GE, P&G, and Visa, management innovation is the secret to success. But what is management innovation? Why is it so important? And... -
So, You Think You’re Not Creative?
Creativity POVThree exercises that will prove you wrong. -
Lessons from the Egg Master
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleFaberge perfected the concept of the artisan brand, says author John Butman. -
How to Find Your Project’s Sweet Spot
Managing yourself Digital ArticleWhen it comes to doing a long-term project, most people follow one of two paths: saving the heavy lifting for shortly before the deadline or making an initial big push right out the gate. After years of doing and assigning projects in business and academic settings, I’ve found a better way. First, let me explain […] -
Turn Cooperation Into Collaboration
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Marvel’s Blockbuster Machine
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Don't Give Up on a Great Idea Just Because It Seems Obvious
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleSometimes the best innovations are intuitive. -
Talent, Passion, and the Creativity Maze
Talent management Digital ArticleWe live in a world mad for talent. From Hollywood and sports to executive search firms and HR departments around the globe, everyone seeks that special mix of natural abilities and attitudes that will make performance pop. A few months ago, Douglas Conant wrote a terrific blog post on how to find talented candidates for […] -
Creativity and the Role of the Leader
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn today's innovation-driven economy, understanding how to generate great ideas has become an urgent managerial priority. Suddenly, the spotlight has...
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Dwyane Wade
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In July 2016, while on his annual China tour to help promote the sportswear brand Li-Ning, basketball superstar Dwyane Wade and his long-time business... -
Whose Life is This? A Creativity Exercise
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The purpose of this technical note is to introduce a creativity exercise based on photo stimuli to business-school faculty and to discuss how it can be... -
PremiumSoft: Managing Creative People
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details PremiumSoft had been a competitive player in the SQL software market for 10 years. Like many software companies, PremiumSoft's business model required... -
Barry Riceman at NetD (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Brandon Fogg must solve two seemingly unrelated problems in his management of creative R&D professionals. First, despite having hired brilliant research... -
School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In summer 2021, School of Rock was a youth-oriented music education company with 291 franchise- and company-owned schools globally. Before CEO Rob Price's... -
Geox: Breathing Innovation into Shoes
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details On 28 July 2009, the board of directors of Geox approved the footwear and apparel company's half-year results, which showed consolidated sales of US$653... -
Perna Arts: Managing the Complexity of Creativity and Commerce
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Perna Arts is a movie production company that has gradually branched into related businesses straddling distribution, exhibition, programming and education.... -
Creativity and Innovation in Organizations
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Creativity, the production of new and useful ideas by individuals or teams, can appear in many forms and many functions within firms of all kinds--from... -
Creative Advertising: Sunday Communications Ltd.
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Mobile network operator Sunday Communications Ltd. burst onto the scene in 1997 with an innovative approach to branding and promotion. Its "feels like... -
Toybox: Managing Dynamic Digital Projects
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Toybox is the visual effects division of Command Post, Canada's largest full-service, postproduction company and industry leader in technical and creative... -
The Coca-Cola Company's Case for Creative Transformation (Multimedia Case)
Management Tool25.00View Details In 2013, the Coca-Cola Company was awarded Creative Marketer of the Year by the Cannes Lions Festival (known as the "Oscar of Advertising") for the first... -
David Yin's Vegetarian Mission
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details After the establishment of his critically-acclaimed upscale vegetarian restaurant, King's Joy, in Beijing, chef and entrepreneur David Yin must decide... -
The Latest Research: Generative AI
Management Tool59.95View Details Spur the GenAI conversations that will move your organization forward. There's plenty of uncertainty surrounding GenAI. Security breaches, ethical considerations,... -
Digital Chocolate
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Trip Hawkins founded Digital Chocolate in Silicon Valley in 2003 to develop outstanding games for mobile devices. By 2008, the company had expanded its... -
LKK: Building A Designer Platform
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 2014, as the firm celebrated its ten-year anniversary, Jia started to take an interest in the sharing economy that was sweeping China. He was intrigued... -
Innovation at Mahindra & Mahindra (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to 609-065 -
Hannah Beachler: Worldbuilding in Wakanda
Management Case Study11.95View Details Hannah Beachler combines a collection of diverse interests and experiences as she pursues a career as a Production Designer in Hollywood. Collaborations... -
Best Buy (B): The Journey Accelerates
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
One Ring to Rule Them All? (A): Forging Immortality Technology
Management Case Study11.95View Details New Zealand-based One Ring is an early entrant in the digital "after death" or "immortality technology" market. Using animation tools and AI technology,... -
Best Buy, Co., Inc. (A): An Innovator's Journey
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The CEO of Best Buy, a hugely successful retailing company, has hired consulting firm Strategos to imbue the company with an improved innovative capability....
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Dwyane Wade
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In July 2016, while on his annual China tour to help promote the sportswear brand Li-Ning, basketball superstar Dwyane Wade and his long-time business... -
Whose Life is This? A Creativity Exercise
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The purpose of this technical note is to introduce a creativity exercise based on photo stimuli to business-school faculty and to discuss how it can be... -
How to Think Creatively
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleI grew up hungry to do something creative, to set myself apart. I also believed creativity was magical and genetically encoded. As early as the age of... -
The Educator's Dilemma: Engaging Students in Knowledge Creation
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe trouble with our education system isn't that it isn't doing a good job: it's doing a great job, says the author. At a greater rate than ever before,... -
The Cognitive Bias Keeping Us from Innovating
Creativity Digital Article“Functional fixedness” is the hobgoblin of uncreative minds. -
Can 10 Minutes of Meditation Make You More Creative?
Creativity ResearchGoogle, Goldman Sachs, and Medtronic have all introduced mindfulness practices. -
Why Innovation Thrives at the Mayo Clinic
Innovation Digital ArticleStart listening for guidance on innovation and you tend to hear a lot about Apple, Google, and other high-tech pioneers in Silicon Valley, Boston, or Seattle. You rarely hear about hospitals, especially those that operate closer to farm fields than oceans. Yet in the extensive research my team has done to uncover the mystery of […] -
Finding Ideas
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA homogeneous workforce can be a hindrance when it comes to innovation. In this interview, Chris Anderson--the chairman and host of the annual Technology,... -
Apple’s New iPhone 5C and 5S: the Results of Creativity or Innovation?
Creativity Digital ArticleThey are two separate processes. -
PremiumSoft: Managing Creative People
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details PremiumSoft had been a competitive player in the SQL software market for 10 years. Like many software companies, PremiumSoft's business model required...