Category: Creativity

To what extent can businesspeople be developed into creative leaders through a structured creative leadership development method and a related experiential course pedagogy? And how can we verify if the chosen approach is valid both regarding its methodological contents and…

Creativity Fun & Games Innovation

Fresh innovation lessons from the Football World Cup

Detlef ReisJune 7, 2018

Next week, the 21st FIFA World Cup will kick-off in Russia. As the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, the Football World Cup is going to delight the lives of football fans around the globe for the next four…

Creativity Genius Journey Innovation Method

What consciousness level do you operate on?

Detlef ReisMay 24, 2018

Nowadays, most companies embrace personality tests and cognitive profiling methods as a tool to learn more about their people. Clearly, there is no shortage of such profiling tests that range from classic typologies (such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)…

Business Creativity Entrepreneurship

Mastering Digital Transformation – Part 3

Detlef ReisMay 10, 2018

In part 2 of this three article series, we discussed the “innovator’s dilemma” to better understand the challenges that the digitalization of business imposes on both established corporations and start-up ventures. We also explored strategies established firms can employ to…

Creativity Fun & Games

Creativity in the Year of the Dog

Detlef ReisFebruary 16, 2018

Kung Hai Fat Choy, Happy Chinese New Year! Tomorrow marks the start of the Year of the Dog, or to be more precise, the Brown Earth Dog. The dog was the first species that humans domesticated, and thanks to this…

Creativity Genius Journey Innovation Method

Is your mind set on a genius mindset?

Detlef ReisFebruary 1, 2018

In 2019, Motivational Press will publish the first part of my book trilogy “Genius Journey. Developing Creative Leaders for the Innovation Economy.” At the moment, I update and refresh the copy that I originally drafted in 2013-14, and I see…

Creativity Genius Journey Innovation Method

Learning from the daily routines of creative top achievers

Detlef ReisDecember 21, 2017

Genius Journey, the creative leadership development method that I’ve created, invites candidates to go on an imaginary journey where they travel to ten destinations to rediscover their inner creativity. At each destination stop, they learn about one disempowering mindset or…

Business Creativity Innovation

Picturing “The Executive’s Guide to Innovation”

Detlef ReisMay 11, 2017

Happy anniversary, Creativity Un-Limited! It’s been 10 years since the column “Creativity Un-Ltd.” appeared first in the Bangkok Post, and then evolved into the Thinkergy Blog. Over the last decade, I’ve produced 257 articles on business creativity of innovation, totalling…

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Taking Creativity Tools Apart

Detlef ReisSeptember 16, 2016

As a kid, did you ever take apart a toy to see what’s inside? Or as an adult, have you ever taken apart an electronic gadget –or maybe even your car- to understand the inner workings of its different parts?…

Creativity Genius Journey Innovation

Why Perfectionism is a Foe of Creativity and Innovation

Detlef ReisSeptember 15, 2016

Perfectionists, be warned: This article isn’t perfect. I started it around midnight a few days ago when I got the idea for it. I continued working on it in a coffee shop the next morning, and completed it in between…