Category: Innovation Method

“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…

Innovation Innovation Method X-IDEA

Who likes playing with what kind of thinking tools?

Detlef ReisDecember 5, 2019

During the past one-and-a-half decades, I designed and facilitated more than 150 innovation project workshops. One thing I noticed in all these projects is the following reality: Depending on their personality and preferred cognitive styles, different people tend to enjoy…

Innovation Innovation Method X-IDEA

Why you want to invest time upfront in an innovation project

Detlef ReisNovember 21, 2019

Are you a Chief Innovation Officer who’s planning the innovation project initiatives of your company for the year ahead? Or are you a manager assigned to spearhead a concrete innovation project in 2020? Or perhaps, are you likely to be…

Business Innovation Method TIPS

How to communicate more empathetically with TIPS? (Part 2)

Detlef ReisSeptember 26, 2019

In part 1 of this two article episode, I made a case for striving to communicate with greater empathy in business and everyday life. When we communicate more empathetically, we open people’s hearts and minds to a new idea, an…

Business Innovation Method TIPS

How to communicate more empathetically with TIPS? (Part 1)

Detlef ReisSeptember 12, 2019

“When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That’s when you can get more creative in solving problems”, noted Stephen Covey. Let’s face it: In business, we regularly need to convince…

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