Category: Innovation Method

Last week, I presented new research on creative leadership development at the ISPIM (International Society for Professional Innovation Management) XXX! Innovation Conference 2020. Originally supposed to take place in Berlin, the conference for the first time unfolded as a virtual event following the…

Business Innovation Method TIPS

Hot or not? A modern-day parable of the talents

Detlef ReisJune 4, 2020

Failed pitches in business are an excellent opportunity for learning. Some time ago, two innovation managers working at the European head office of a Multinational Corporation in a mature industry had expressed interest in TIPS, Thinkergy’s innovator profiling tools for…

Fake news is dangerous and makes you blind for the truth

Business Innovation Method X-IDEA

How to avoid falling for fake news

Detlef ReisMay 21, 2020

“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it,” noted the French mathematician, physicist, and inventor Blaise Pascal. We are living in an era of COVID-19 and of…

Genius Journey Innovation Method Research

How prospective creative leaders experience their hero’s journey

Detlef ReisMarch 12, 2020

How do prospective creative leaders experience their inner “hero’s journey” of undergoing a structured and creative training program in creative leadership? In collaboration with my colleagues Brian Hunt and Xavier Parisot (IKI-SEA, Bangkok University), I investigated this research-guiding question in…

Business Innovation Method X-IDEA

Why make time now for strategy exploration? (Part 2)

Detlef ReisFebruary 13, 2020

“The best way to predict the future is to create it,” said Abraham Lincoln. If you are a C-level executive, business unit leader, or an entrepreneur, the start of a new, disruptive decade is an ideal point in time to…

Business Innovation Method X-IDEA

Why make time now for strategy exploration? (Part 1)

Detlef ReisJanuary 16, 2020

“When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills,” goes a Chinese proverb. The new decade promises to bring us disruptive change. Digitalization will significantly alter how we do business. In 2020, we will also…

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