Managing Creativity & Innovation

Creativity

Creativity, a company cannot thrive without it, and yet, it’s very easy to extinguish. Use our Managing Innovation and Creativity guide to help you discover ways to foster the growth—not the death—of good ideas in your workplace. You’ll learn about the top threats to creativity and then how to avoid them.

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Why Creative People Can Lose Out on Leadership Positions

Knowledge@WhartonIt would be difficult to find a CEO or manager who says creativity isn't a valued attribute of a good leader. So why do so many once-innovative companies get bogged down over time, with continuous...

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Robert J. Elisberg: The PreCurse of the Golden Globes Rides Again

The Huffington Post'Tis the season for awards - and that means on Sunday it's time to hear how the Golden Globes matter because they are "precursors to the Oscars," remarkable for their mystical ability to predict the...

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Change: Lessons on What's Next

EntrepreneurEntrepreneur explores the innovation behind three companies -- Foursquare, Square and Zappos.

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The Three Threats to Creativity

HBRCreativity is under threat. It happens whenever and wherever there's a squeeze on the ingredients of creativity, and it's happening in many businesses today.

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The Neurological and Creative Toll of Digital Overload

MITSloanFor all the productivity upsides to digital consumption, there are huge downsides, too, including a loss in creativity.

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Innovation: How the Creative Stay Creative

Inc.Innovative companies require innovative people. For lessons on developing a creative work force, we asked some of the nation's top innovation consultants how they do it in their own shop.

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9 Principles of Innovation

Fast CompanyGoogle's VP of search products and user experience shares the rules that gives the search company its innovative edge.

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Living Outside the Box

Living abroad boosts creativity

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Survey: Assessing Innovation Metrics

The companies that get the highest returns from innovation do use metrics well; these organizations tend to assess innovation more comprehensively than the others.

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Survey: How Companies Approach Innovation

Executives say innovation is very important, but their companies’ approach to it is often informal, and leaders lack confidence in their innovation decisions.

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3M: Struggle Between Efficiency and Creativity

How CEO George Buckley is managing the yin and yang of discipline and imagination

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Innovation lessons from Pixar

MAn interview with Oscar-winning director Brad Bird

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3 Reasons Why Elon Musk’s Impossible Ideas Actually Work

CEO.comElon Musk doesn’t just dream the impossible dream—he creates it—through electric cars, trips to Mars and maybe one day, space warp. The former PayPal founder has proven to be something of a tech superhero, starting companies like Tesla (electric cars), Space X (commercial space travel) and...

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6 Things You Can Learn From The Flickr Revamp

ForbesYahoo ! has revamped its Flickr offering, and there are a number of lessons embedded in the changes made that business of all types can – and should – learn.

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The 20 Most Creative CEOs Of 2013

CEO.comTwenty CEOs proved the value of visionary leadership by landing a spot on Fast Company’s list of “The 100 Most Creative People In Business 2013.” The list considers individuals from industries around the world, featuring only those who haven’t been featured in past years....

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Larry Page Wants To Have A Mad Scientist Island

TechCrunchLarry Page thinks we are, as a population, too negative. Especially the tech community. It’s a topic that he tackled a few times during his surprise Q&A after this morning’s Google I/O keynote, and it actually ended up being one of my favorite bits from the entire three hour presentation.

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5 Habits Of The Most Creative People

Fast CompanyHow do the most creative people work? Creatively supercharged folks share their methods.

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What Educational Disruption Means For Your Company

CEO.comWith graduation season upon us, it's important to remember that as a manager you must often be a teacher too. A major part of your role is instruction — which means that you need to pay attention to the massive disruption going on in higher education and what it means for company...

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How To Be Seen As A Visionary CEO

CEO.comWould you like your business to be seen as a groundbreaking, visionary company? Want it to be the Seth Godin of your field, or the Malcolm Gladwell (if maybe with a different hairstyle) of your industry? You can — but it’s not easy. And it takes a lot more than sitting at your computer…...

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Well, That Was Quick: Facebook Home Is A Flop

Business InsiderIn a clear sign that sales are pretty weak, AT&T and HTC dropped the price of the First, the only phone to ship with the new Facebook Home Android app right of the box, to $0.99 from $99 this week. The phone launched less than a month ago.

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Eric Schmidt: The Internet Needs A Delete Button

Fast CompanyWith so much data being collected about us online, can our offline identities ever be divorced from our web personas?

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8 Techniques For People Who Don’t Think They’re Innovative

CEO.comTrying to be innovative feels, at least for most people, nearly impossible. Don't believe me? Go ahead. Be innovative. Turn away for a few moments and think of something new and different. I'll wait. Back already? (Don't feel bad. I got back before you did.) Creativity isn't a switch the...

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Why CEOs Must Be Ninja Innovators

Chief ExecutiveSimply being a competent manager of your company’s current business doesn’t cut it in the corner office.

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5 Things Never Said At Highly Innovative Companies

ForbesFive things you will NOT hear at the most innovative organizations. Be on alert for them; These are clear indicators that your company is losing its innovation “mojo.”

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Schmidt: Google Glass Could Cause Social Issues

Latinos PostGoogle Glass, being as disruptive as it is, faces many roadblocks ahead, of which the most important one may be its social implications. In a recent interview with the BBC, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt touched upon Glass, saying that there is no doubt it will require some rewriting of...

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4 Lessons From IBM And Roche's Failure

ForbesHow, in three years, did a tiny device go from deserving sparkling encomiums to getting dropped like a rock? Here. Four reasons, which also serve as lessons for thinking about biological innovation.

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Why Your Best Ideas Come In The Shower

CEO.comBeing creative isn’t the same as being smart. The process our brains go through to generate new insights is quite different from when we’re solving analytical problems. You’re not just “born with it” either—the fascinating science behind creativity suggests very specific conditions can...

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