Jessica Day

Josh Folk: Life Lessons for Continual Innovation

Josh Folk has turned the study and practice of innovation strategy into a multimillion-dollar business, helping millions of users across the world to grow and evolve with IdeaScale. In a recent interview with IdeaMensch, he talked about what it takes

Sorting through Ideas: Challenges and Opportunities

If innovation were easy, we wouldn’t need to create teams of talented individuals and task them with working at it. In fact, innovation is full of challenges and pitfalls. You can waste a lot of time, energy, and money going

How to Achieve Repeatable Innovation: A Chat with Spotless

“Would you ever think that you'd have a grounds person pitching an executive director asking for money?” asks Bridie Scott, Innovation Manager at Spotless. Spotless is one of Australia's top companies, a facilities management company with over 36,000 people. Catering,

Health Check: How’s Your Innovation Lifecycle?

Resting is for retirement. As long as you’re in business, you need to be on top of your game, and innovation is a big part of getting to the front of the pack (and staying there). Having a separate innovation

The 4-Step Guide to Refining Your Innovation Process

Most companies today make innovation a priority — or at least they say they do. However, innovating is an inexact science. It’s not the same as learning how to thread a needle or take a screenshot on your Mac. So

Is Your Office Design Stifling Creativity?

Without enough light, water, or the right mix of nutrients, a plant might live, but it may grow poorly, have droopy leaves, and refuse to bloom. Similarly, your workers need certain things to thrive. You want your employees to bloom,

The Innovation Leader’s Secret Superpower: Curiosity

One common quote about science you often hear is “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!'. But 'That’s funny…'," which is usually attributed to Isaac Asimov. Ironically, the truly curious

4 Steps to Supercharge Your Next Brainstorming Session

You know that brainstorming isn’t just thinking. It’s more than that. It’s coming up with different and novel ideas that will hopefully lead to a better solution to your problems. However, knowing what it is and being good at it

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