Category: TIPS | Thinkergy

Who are you? Your present you? Your past you? Your future you? Or all of these temporal identities? Suppose you or your organization invested in a personal assessment test to profile you. What profiling test would you prefer: A test…

Business Genius Journey TIPS

Should you innovate with your customers or not? (Part 2)

Detlef ReisAugust 27, 2020

In part 1 of this two-article series, we began exploring the ongoing debate in innovation as to whether or not companies should involve customers in their innovation efforts and act upon their ideas. I also presented arguments and success stories…

Business Genius Journey TIPS

Should you innovate with your customers or not? (Part 1)

Detlef ReisAugust 13, 2020

To what extent should innovators listen to customer ideas and suggestions while innovating? There is an interesting debate in the innovation domain between proponents and opponents of involving customers in innovation endeavors and of following their ideas. Today, let’s first…

Business Genius Journey TIPS

How to quickly bounce back after losing a job (Part 2)

Detlef ReisJuly 30, 2020

Two weeks ago, I shared with you the first six of twelve recommendations on how you can bounce back after losing your job in a pandemic-plagued, depressed economy: Recollect yourself after the knockdown. Reframe your situation and embrace the opportunity.…

Business Genius Journey TIPS

How to quickly bounce back after losing a job (Part 1)

Detlef ReisJuly 16, 2020

What do Thomas Edison, Walt Disney, and Steve Jobs (and admittedly, I) have in common? Right, we’re all creative business leaders (although I am still operating on a lower level of fame and success on the innovation mastery pyramid). But…

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…

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