Where Great Ideas Come From

Where Great Ideas Come From

Creativity and innovation can be sparked by using patterns or templates, as seen in the success of The Beatles and Agatha Christie. The same principle applies in business, with Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) providing five patterns that can help structure ideation and drive innovation: subtraction, task unification, multiplication, division, and attribute dependency. Learn how to use these patterns to invent new products, services, and processes at Lynda.com.

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Strategic Thinking Questions - Well Tested and Underused

The question "What are we trying to achieve?" is a powerful strategic thinking tool that helps create strategy, prioritize, focus work, produce metrics, gain supporters, and grow in influence.

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The Five Factors That Drive Digital Innovation

The Five Factors That Drive Digital Innovation

Innovation is crucial for any long-term business success. Digital organizations need highly creative working environments to solve problems and drive business potential through five main factors: dissatisfaction, simplification, diversification, amplification, and exemplification.

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6 Potential Roadblocks to Innovation

Overcoming innovation roadblocks is essential for business success. Learn how to prevent and work through common problems like groupthink, burnout, lack of resources, insufficient trust, stopping at ideas, and preferential treatment.

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