Creative Problem Solving
Regain Lost Time in Your Day This meeting could have been an email. How often do you review your planner to see your week riddled with meetings and wonder when you're going to get your own work done? What's worse, so many of these meetings end up being poor use of time and adjourn [...] The article Result-Based Meeting Agenda appeared first on Idea Sandbox .
Your competitor just announced a new feature. A customer crisis is brewing on social media. Your supply chain hit a snag. Oh, and your boss wants that decision by end of day. Welcome to 2026, where the speed of business feels less like a marathon and more like a dogfight at Mach 2. Here's the [...] The article Decision Making in 2026: The OODA Loop Still Rules appeared first on Idea Sandbox .
An excellent way to solve problems is by not letting them happen in the first place through prevention. Prevention is why we bring our cars in for maintenance, visit our doctor for an annual exam, and have a mid-year check-in with our boss. We want to avoid surprises and discover potential issues while they’re forming [...] The article Avoid Problems By Preventing Them appeared first on Idea…
You probably know Marty from his book "The Brand Gap." In his book "Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands" Marty teaches us how to create and harness the power of differentiation in a cluttered marketplace. Who: Marty Neumeier What: Zag! Be Different. No, REALLY Different. What is it? As the pace of business [...] The article How to Be Different: Zag! appeared first on Idea…
I'm not trying to coin a new term... It's just a catchy headline for what I call "the nouns of innovation." We were taught early that a noun is a person, place, or thing. I use this model to describe the key components necessary for creative problem solving and, ultimately, innovation. While the CreativityLab discussed [...] The article In-noun-vation appeared first on Idea Sandbox .