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How to Connect Unrelated Ideas – A Case Study on Ben Bacal, The Real Estate Movie Man

How to Connect Unrelated Ideas – A Case Study on Ben Bacal, The Real Estate Movie Man

by Carla Johnson | Mar 14, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation, Storytelling

Being innovative means constantly coming up with new, great, and reliable ideas. But what happens when you’ve run out of ideas? Taking a look at an industry completely different from your own can spark massive insight and bring unexpected ideas. The only problem: how...
What’s Holding You Back? The Puzzle of the Three-Story Limit

What’s Holding You Back? The Puzzle of the Three-Story Limit

by Alex Valderrama | Mar 6, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation, Storytelling

February 28, 2023 Everyone struggles with obstacles and limits, whether self-imposed or external. It’s part of what makes us human. One of the great joys in life, especially in innovation, is figuring out how to creatively overcome those obstacles and limits and have...
What Is Innovation? Part 2 – The 3 Crucial Components of Innovative Ideas

What Is Innovation? Part 2 – The 3 Crucial Components of Innovative Ideas

by Carla Johnson | Jan 31, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation

Updated January 31, 2023 In part 1 of the What Is Innovation? series, we talked about the difference between creativity and innovation. If creativity is the practice of bringing a new perspective and having it add value, innovation is the process of transforming that...
What is Innovation? Part 1 – The Difference Between Creativity and Innovation

What is Innovation? Part 1 – The Difference Between Creativity and Innovation

by Carla Johnson | Jan 18, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation

Updated January 17, 2023 The many definitions for innovation If you asked 10 different people to define innovation, you’d get 20 different responses.  It’s one of those things that seems simple to define and understand but turns complicated when you’re pressed...
Brick by Brick: A Case Study on LEGO’s Culture of Innovation

Brick by Brick: A Case Study on LEGO’s Culture of Innovation

by Carla Johnson | Dec 6, 2022 | Creativity, Innovation

December 6, 2022 How does a company swing from scrapping together toys from actual scraps in the Great Depression to becoming a household name to nearly filing for bankruptcy to being one of history’s greatest innovation superstars? By being really good at building,...
The Museum of Play: The Connection Between Play and Innovation

The Museum of Play: The Connection Between Play and Innovation

by Carla Johnson | Nov 22, 2022 | Creativity, Innovation

November 22, 2022 Have you ever noticed how creative kids are? Young people see a cardboard box and it becomes a pirate ship. A stump in the woods is now a queen’s throne. Tie a swath of cloth around their neck and suddenly they’re a superhero. When’s the last time...
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