Research: Trying to Pick the "Best of the Best" Is the Wrong Approach
In selecting the most creative people or ideas to hire or implement, many organizations use multi-step processes that winnow the initial pool to a group...
Jan 29, 2025
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In selecting the most creative people or ideas to hire or implement, many organizations use multi-step processes that winnow the initial pool to a group...
Jan 29, 2025
One would think that if you run a traditional consumer business that can't compete on costs with more efficient competitors, you would want to avoid them...
Mar 14, 2024
Partner Article
It might seem that success at an initial creative endeavor should give someone the confidence to pursue their next project, but that isn't necessarily...
There are many instances in which a symbiotic partnership was the foundation of an extraordinary successful project. In this article, which is based on...
Oct 28, 2022
A Renault R&D center holds innovation competitions with a twist: In addition to allowing employees to say whether they like prospective ideas, it allows...
Jan 19, 2022
Whether you are trying to reconcile conflicting stakeholder priorities, finding a solution to a customer's issue, or launching a new product line, your...
Aug 29, 2017
As companies adopt open innovation and crowdsourcing to stay at the forefront of innovation, the challenge of selecting which ideas to pursue is enormous....
Jul 23, 2019
Clinical and nonclinical staff at the Rotterdam Eye Hospital have improved patient care and raised staff morale at a very modest cost: 10 minutes a day...
Oct 30, 2018
It's natural for patients to be afraid of surgery - but recent research found that there are actually four different types of patient reactions. In this...
Nov 03, 2017
The results of an experiment suggest that when crowdsourcing ideas, if you are looking for a larger selection of ideas to choose from, put up a big prize....
Apr 22, 2019
Rotterdam Eye Hospital transformed its patients' experiences.
Dec 02, 2016
Across industries, there's a puzzling phenomenon: A talented person who has scored one or more major successes then bombs. The authors' research, which...
Jun 15, 2021
Today, many companies see open innovation - a process for sharing knowledge and ideas with other organizations - as a core part of their strategy for...
Dec 20, 2017
On paper, crowdsourced innovation makes a lot of sense: If two heads are better than one, why not 20,000? Surely, some of those outsiders will have fresh...
Jan 31, 2020
Research shows that creativity and innovation can be enhanced by reducing team harmony. Teams that are able to engage in productive task conflict - expressing...
Jun 28, 2018