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The Discipline of Creativity

December 19, 2013 | Joseph V. Sinfield, Tim Gustafson, Brian Hindo | Innovation

Managers can't afford to rely on haphazard, hit-or-miss approaches to idea generation. Ideas must fit with an organization's strategy or take it in a new, purposeful direction, and they must solve real problems for stakeholders. A new seven-step process for idea generation is designed to help managers understand their problems deeply, generate tangible ideas for solutions and translate those ideas into action.

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