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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you need a business plan if your idea is new, untested, or unproven?
- Who Should Read This Article?Anyone nursing a new (especially untested and unproven) - idea for a business, and/or who is at a loss as to whether or not it will be beneficial to undertake a formal business plan preparation process. The ideas presented in this article are just that - ideas. You are expected -- and strongly encouraged - to apply your discretion in assessing their usefulness o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Innovation
- Innovation, in a business context, is generally thought of as the product or application of creativity. Peter F. Drucker suggests that innovation "is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship."Mr. Drucker further suggests that there are seven sources of innovative opportunity. Four of these relate to a specific industry or service sector: the unexpected; the incongruous; process needs; an...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Can a simple idea change your life?
- Ideas happen all the time. And when I say an idea, I don't just mean a mere thought. An idea is more than a mental opinion and it is loftier than a sentiment. An idea is a special thought. It is a thought that gives you a rush, a sparkle, a feeling of exhilaration.We all have ideas, but usually we brush them off, rushing to do other more pressing or more entertaining things. We treat ideas ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Three step problem solving
- How do you like to solve your problems? Do you prefer to use the more creative problem solving techniques, or the systematic ones? You'll get the best of both with the add-subtract-change method.Add, Subtract, ChangeI am sitting here looking at my bicycle as I write this. To come up with new ideas in bicycle design, all we have to do is look at the elements that are there and ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Think outside the cup and saucer
- There were four of us at dinner. Three ordered "regular" coffee, the fourth requested "decaf." Every so often a server, carrying two pitchers, refilled the coffee cups and knowingly poured three cups from one pitcher and one from the other. He never asked who wanted which type of coffee.As we were leaving, one of us asked the server how he knew which of us preferred &quo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Solve problems with a word list
- To creatively solve problems you need to get your mind looking in new directions. You can systematically do this by using a list of words, primarily adjectives, to create "what if?" scenarios. You start with the question, "what if it was..." and then insert a word from the list. The "it" in the question is the problem you're trying to solve, or the solution or situation that exists now.U...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great ideas and radical or disruptive innovation
- Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.There are distinct processes that enhance problem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Fire evacuation drill with a difference
- I had been given the task to organize a fire evacuation drill specifically for only a certain area in a building.As ridiculous as it may seem, there was a very good reason for doing this.Firstly, this is a high technology manufacturing facility that manufactures products under extremely clean and dust-free conditions. With clean room facilities standard that goes down to class 10, it...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Prevention is better than cure... says who?
- You've likely heard this before... "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."Says who? I mean come on. If prevention was so popular why would we see so many "cures" being marketed. Why? Because of basic human nature that's why.We play the odds, we 'wait and see'. We figure that if it breaks then we'll fix it. Afterall, if it never breaks maybe the prevention was never require...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to benefit from the power of new innovations in the year 2005
- How many times have you heard the phrase "knowledge is power"? Probably enough for you to really wonder if you're actually doing something useful with your life, isn't that correct?So you want to possess "power" and be "number one" isn't that right? Mainly to have financial security, be more healthier, be more happier, have a sense of accomplishment ...ect. However how hard are you working ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Intuition: your best career coach
- Since I derive most of my life lessons from reading murder mysteries, I am reminded of a mystery by Marcia Muller, Listen to the silence. The heroine, Sharon McCone, turns her prodigious investigative talent to researching her own background. As she interviews family members, her significant other, also a heavy-duty detective, says, "Listen to the silence."He meant, "When someone answers a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Use your intuition as a valuable tool for change
- Here's a subject that we don't normally think of when we think about change. Yet, intuition can be a very powerful force for change if we honor it fully. So let's take four minutes to look at intuition. First we'll look at what it isn't, then at what it is, then at just how it relates to change in our lives.Intuition is NOT a mystical power. It's NOT something special, a gift granted only t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Change is a skill development learning process
- Change, like almost every other life experience, is a learning process. With each new idea or situation comes the need to learn about it?what is it? How does it work? How do I fit in? What are the good and bad aspects of it? So let's talk for a moment about the process of learning. LEARNING is a lifelong process. It neither starts nor ends with formal schooling. In fact, school mostly teaches us h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The pendulum swings right - a major shift is happening inside our brains
- The world is now changing again, it appears. The logical and analytical skills that continue to form the basis of Western economies is slowly shifting, according to the savvy American business observer Daniel Pink in Wired (February 2005). The current "information age"-in which access to information (read: knowledge, education) is the most important economic engine-is changing into the &...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Types of innovation
- Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.There are distinct processes that enhance problem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Process innovation
- Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.There are distinct processes that enhance problem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Knowledge gains in innovation
- Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.There are distinct processes that enhance problem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Innovation and competitive advantage
- Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.There are distinct processes that enhance problem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Discontinuous innovation
- Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.There are distinct processes that enhance problem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cumulative gains in innovation
- Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.There are distinct processes that enhance problem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to be an innovator in a world of change
- Innovators are opportunity-oriented.What's the hidden opportunity in that problem? Where is the opportunity in that trend? How can this be made to work better? Innovators search for the unsolved problems, the markets inefficiencies, and the unmet needs and wants of existing customer groups. They also search for unmet needs and wants and build new customer groups.Innovators are strate...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Discover the secret to success in your own back yard
- Yesterday, I went above and beyond the call of duty for community service.Thanks to me, not one black fly within a five-mile radius of my home went to bed hungry last night, and because of my loyal patronage and recurring need for calamine lotion, my pharmacist can now put his youngest through college.All in a day's work. :-)Some people may think I'm crazy for spending hours o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Opportunity: could you be colour-blind?
- Do you consider your vision perfect? You may never have needed an eye specialist in your life, but this is no indication of perfect vision. And if you just happen to also think that opportunity has not been fair to you, you could be suffering from what I refer to as "Opportunity Colour-blindness!"Colour-blindness, as we know it, is the inability to see the difference between some ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Humankinds greatest inventions
- There are a number of amazing inventions that have been created during the course of human history. Some of the great ones that come to mind are:--The printing press--The electric light--Electrical power plants and the infrastructure for the mass distribution of electricity--The telephone--Recorded sound--Radio--Television--The photograph...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Intuition power in three steps
- Have you ever used your intuition to solve problems? Can you trust your intuition? Can you improve it?What Is Intuition?Intuition is simply a feeling, sense, or hunch based on information not available to your conscious mind. Some say this comes from the ether or wherever, but I'm content to believe that our minds have a lot more going on in there than we know.How can G...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creativity and innovation management ? joy and sustainability
- Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.There are distinct processes that enhance problem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Facing a resource crunch? read on!
- Recently I read an excerpt from a new business innovation book wherein the author went to great lengths to instill the need to provide sufficient resources for every innovation effort, without which the effort would be almost certain to fail. The cited leadership's frequent failure to ensure adequate resources as the single most important reason for innovation failures.Hogwash! Not only is ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A time for rebellion!
- When is it right for you to rebel against the negative powers working against you? When are so weighed down by someone or something that it is absolutely justified for you to strike back? Have you ever asked that? If so, then read on and let's look back in history and find a time when men of courage and perseverance did just that. Let the example of those who have gone before inspire and motivate ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creativity and innovation management - special people?
- People often think that there is a creative type. This is a myth.1. We can all solve problems.2. We can all produce large sets of ideas, large numbers of novel ideas and large numbers of diverse ideas.3. Idea generation is related to task competency.4. Whilst there are assertions for creativity traits such as a tolerance for ambiguity and intolerance to conformity, such...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Innovation management ? the harsh facts of life for all innovators
- Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation.There are other useful definitions in this field, for example, creativity can be defined as consisting of a number of ideas, a number of diverse ideas and a number of novel ideas.There are distinct processes that enhance problem...