Wow! That's a great idea! We like to use this expression. These are the ideas we want to have.
You know it is a great idea. Others look at the idea and they see that it is a great idea. It may solve the problem. It may create an opportunity. It captures the essence of good design thinking. Great ideas have something that we are drawn toward. It is hard to explain what makes a great idea 'great'. Yet this is a skill you need to be an idea factory.
You will discover something about Ed's style of writing; it is jargon and cliché free. These articles will give you insights and ideas. His goal is to help you understand and use new concepts. He believes one reason we fail to innovate is poor communication. We use the word innovation but fail to give it any meaning.
Ed says there is one golden rule for innovation: Talking about innovation and expecting that this makes you innovative is as effective as talking about physical fitness and expecting this makes you fit. This collection gives you 30 ways to start.
Section 1: Creativity: clichés and straight talk
Thinking outside the box to think outside the box means you must know how to think inside the box.
Finding opportunity in every cliché is seeing the glass as half full really more positive than seeing it has half empty?
Making time to think many executives say their workplace is a lousy place to think. Where do you think?
Reconsidering 'risk taking' do innovators really see themselves as risk takers?
Section 2: Do People Think Alike?
Stop killing ideas of people who do not think like you!
Will emotional intelligence kill your innovators?
Harnessing different thinking styles how could we see the differences in the way people think?
Section 3: Idea Management: sharpen your skills
Just say "PO"... For provocative thinking use this Edward de Bono tool to prompt your thinking
Managing idea flows as if they were cash flows
Great idea, or just good? What's the difference?
Serving customers through insight some tips on design thinking
Section 4: Opportunity for Innovation
Every business needs an innovationalist
Light and shade
Creating opportunities to innovate
Is doing nothing an option in your business?
Understanding failure and success
Managing knowledge fostering innovation
Section 5: Leading Innovation
Are you a manager or a 'damager?
The true bottom line
The courage to act
Where's your Plan B?
Flashes of blue sky
Corporate storytelling: not just for the boardroom