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Recently, I had the opportunity to observe a group of creative knowledge workers in their stimulating creative zone for a couple of hours. (By the way, in-the-field observation is a time-intensive yet often insightful innovation tool used in the first…

Creativity Innovation Method X-IDEA

How we get you to let your ideas flow

Detlef ReisJune 16, 2022

One of the biggest challenges for creativity facilitators is getting novice or apprentice ideators to simply let their ideas flow out of their minds and onto paper. Why is that? What are the reasons that “un-flow” creative thinking? And what…

Creativity Innovation Method X-IDEA

How effective Ideation differs online versus offline

Detlef ReisJune 2, 2022

Over the past 18 years, I've facilitated more than 250 face-to-face Ideation sessions with multicultural audiences on four continents. Two years ago, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic forced me to learn How to run inspiring Ideation sessions online, and I…

Creativity Innovation Method X-IDEA

How to creatively deal with surprising discontinuities

Detlef ReisMay 19, 2022

What do the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the recent rise in inflation have in common? They are all discontinuities. We’re living in turbulent times where discontinuities have become a more regular part of business and our lives.…

Creativity Innovation Method X-IDEA

How to skillfully frame an effective creative challenge

Detlef ReisMay 5, 2022

“A problem well stated is a problem half solved,” said the prolific American inventor Charles Kettering. He’s right, not only when it comes to stating a problem. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity,” noted Dr. Albert Einstein. In other…

Creativity Innovation Method TIPS X-IDEA

Left-brain thinkers! Shuffle attributes to develop fresh ideas

Detlef ReisApril 21, 2022

Our innovator profiling method TIPS distinguishes people into three different styles of thinking preferences: Left-brain-directed “Figure thinkers” prefer a more analytical, quantitative, and sequentially structured style of thinking, while right-brain directed “Fantasy thinkers” enjoy “connecting the dots” when thinking creatively…

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