Regardless of providing products or services, waste can turn into real assets. Here’s why and how to get on board. Tech company Dell makes a brilliant example. They have launched a new jewellery line with recycled gold from their e-waste product components. After finding out only 12,5 % of the worldwide 20 – 50 tons … Continue reading Reimagine your company’s waste
Looking for new insights to boost your products or services? Look beyond the people in your “inner circle” network. Social networks play a central role in creativity and innovation. Being socially connected allows us to get hold of useful information and knowledge. Most of us, however, tend to stick to those we have rather close … Continue reading Your strongest connections = weak
Mark these two words: Absorptive capacity. Without it, you risk losing out. If you want to succeed with creativity or innovation, staying open to knowledge outside your company can be key. Blending familiar and novel elements increases your chances of success, and external knowledge/ideas/input can be just what you need to arrive at something worthwhile … Continue reading Why external knowledge is vital for company success
Imagine a judge sentencing someone to prison and afterwards saying: “I just went with my hunch”. Jaws would drop to the floor. And in this case, and line of work, you’re supposed to back up your decisions and conclusions with systematic analysis and conscious thought. In fact, in most professions this is what you’re supposed to … Continue reading Why you should trust your gut in complex decision making
The creative class. He calls it “the rise of the creative class”. American economist and social scientist Richard Florida means that people working within the creative industries are the key driving force to future economic development. And this class is not only comprising designers and people in the advertising industry; it encompasses jobs “whose economic … Continue reading – Creativity is the new economy
Whaaaat…? Yup, that’s exactly what the writer Felix Morgan is saying, in his article on the magnificent website Holstee.com. In essence, Morgan states that setting some boundaries of routines can punch your creativity forward. In other words, routines may aid your mind to being creative. As Morgan writes, having some personal routines that are done on a … Continue reading Get creative through routines
Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected. Continue reading – William Plomer
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