Idea to Value - Creativity and Innovation with Nick Skillicorn

See all the research sources as well as tips on how to improve brainstorming effectiveness in the full article here: https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/2019/02/the-single-best-way-to-improve-your-brainstorming-sessions/ 

You may have seen the four basic rules of brainstorming, taken from Alex Osborn's Applied Imagination:

The Four Rules of Brainstorming:

1. Go for Quantity
2. Withhold criticism
3. Welcome wild ideas
4. Combine and improve ideas

These rules themselves are not bad. In fact, in the hands of an effective facilitator, they can be very productive.

However, the issue lies with the way that brainstorming sessions are usually structured: as a group activity.

Significant amounts of research have proven that individuals working alone will produce a larger quantity of ideas, which are also of a higher quality.

As I outline in the episode here, the one thing you can do in order to quickly improve your brainstorming session performance is to give individuals time to write down their ideas first, before then coming together as a group to find commonality between everyone's ideas, assess the implications, and then refine and improve the best solutions.

This technique is called Brainwriting, and I've used it many times to help groups not only generate more ideas but allow teams with all sorts of individuals work more effectively together.

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Daniel Lock. See the full episode at: https://www.ideatovalue.com/podc/nickskillicorn/2019/02/podcast-s2e29-daniel-lock-how-to-effectively-run-change-management-programs/

Daniel is a Change Management expert from Sydney, and we speak about what it takes for an organisation to effectively implement large-scale change programs.

Topics covered in today's episode:

1. [02:30] - Getting involved in the Change Management Institute
2. [03:30] - What is Change Management: Implementing the People side of Change
3. [05:30] - Why there is often resistance to change
4. [07:15] - The impact of not doing Change Management properly
5. [08:30] - How to deal with roadblocks to change
6. [11:30] - How to lead change in large workshop groups of 30+ people
7. [13:30] - Why people fear change: They feel a loss of control and decisions are made without them

Links from Today's Episode:

• Daniel Lock's website: https://daniellock.com/
• Daniel Lock's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellock/

Bonus: This episode was made possible by our premium innovation and creativity training. Take your innovation and creativity capabilities to the next level by investing in yourself now here: https://www.ideatovalue.com

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Daniel Lock.
See the full episode at: https://www.ideatovalue.com/podc/nickskillicorn/2019/02/podcast-s2e29-daniel-lock-how-to-effectively-run-change-management-programs/ 

Daniel is a Change Management expert from Sydney, and we speak about what it takes for an organisation to effectively implement large-scale change programs.

Topics covered in today's episode:

1. [02:30] - Getting involved in the Change Management Institute
2. [03:30] - What is Change Management: Implementing the People side of Change
3. [05:30] - Why there is often resistance to change
4. [07:15] - The impact of not doing Change Management properly
5. [08:30] - How to deal with roadblocks to change
6. [11:30] - How to lead change in large workshop groups of 30+ people
7. [13:30] - Why people fear change: They feel a loss of control and decisions are made without them

Links from Today's Episode:

• Daniel Lock's website: https://daniellock.com/ 
• Daniel Lock's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellock/  

Bonus:
This episode was made possible by our premium innovation and creativity training. Take your innovation and creativity capabilities to the next level by investing in yourself now here: https://www.ideatovalue.com 

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In this short episode, I outline my simple daily strategy (backed by science) on how I use a vending machine to become more creative.

See the full article, including the video, with more examples and the source research by Dr. Simone Ritter, at https://www.ideatovalue.com/crea/nickskillicorn/2019/02/how-to-use-a-vending-machine-to-improve-your-creativity-instantly/

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In this short episode, I outline my simple daily strategy (backed by science) on how I use a vending machine to become more creative.

See the full article, including the video, with more examples and the source research by Dr. Simone Ritter, at https://www.ideatovalue.com/crea/nickskillicorn/2019/02/how-to-use-a-vending-machine-to-improve-your-creativity-instantly/ 

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Innovation theatre refers to any innovation work which is done to show people that innovation is happening, but which doesn't result in a tangible outcome.

This is one of the reasons why approximately 96% of innovation attempts fail.

Unfortunately, many companies won't even realise that they have this problem.

In some cases though, they are very aware of it, and consider the activity good for marketing and branding, even if they know it will not produce any results.

To learn about how to prevent Innovation Theatre from ruining your chances of success, read the full blog article on the subject here: https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/2019/02/is-your-company-just-performing-innovation-theatre/

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Innovation theatre refers to any innovation work which is done to show people that innovation is happening, but which doesn't result in a tangible outcome.

This is one of the reasons why approximately 96% of innovation attempts fail.

Unfortunately, many companies won't even realise that they have this problem.

In some cases though, they are very aware of it, and consider the activity good for marketing and branding, even if they know it will not produce any results.

To learn about how to prevent Innovation Theatre from ruining your chances of success, read the full blog article on the subject here: https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/2019/02/is-your-company-just-performing-innovation-theatre/ 

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This episode was made possible by our premium innovation and creativity training. Take your innovation and creativity capabilities to the next level by investing in yourself now, at https://www.ideatovalue.com/ 

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value podcast, I speak with Robbie Robertson, a spacial experience design expert, and Partner at Deloitte, about how office layout affects the work that people are able to do.

To see the full article on how to design an office so that staff can be both innovative and productive, with insights based on scientific research, go to https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/2019/02/the-perfect-office-layout-for-innovation-and-productivity/

Main points covered during our conversation:

[01:15] How he started asking himself about what spaces and experiences looked like if you were to stand in a customer's shoes [02:30] The scale of design capabilities at Deloitte [05:00] What impact the spaces we work in have on the people who work there [06:15] Technology now means we are no longer locked to our desks, or to our teams [08:00] How the flexibility of modern ways of working needs to be translated into flexible working environments which can change as required [09:15] How conflicting requirements between neighbouring teams can cause distractions and lower performance [10:30] Is there a perfect office layout? [11:30] Building spacial strategies, taking in cultural requirements [12:30] How technology of the future may change the very jobs which people perform, and therefore how they fit into the physical environment [14:30] How the companies in Silicon Valley used their corporate purpose to create the culture, which then translated into the office spaces [15:45] How open plan offices leads to lower productivity There is no single perfect office design.

Links discussed during the interview with Robbie Robertson:

Robbie's Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertsonrobbie/ The white paper on the Future of Workplace: https://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/fowknowledgecenter/The+Future+of+Workplace+%E2%80%93+Deloitte+Report+2018.pdf

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value podcast, I speak with Robbie Robertson, a spacial experience design expert, and Partner at Deloitte, about how office layout affects the work that people are able to do.

To see the full article on how to design an office so that staff can be both innovative and productive, with insights based on scientific research, go to https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/2019/02/the-perfect-office-layout-for-innovation-and-productivity/ 

Main points covered during our conversation:

[01:15] How he started asking himself about what spaces and experiences looked like if you were to stand in a customer’s shoes
[02:30] The scale of design capabilities at Deloitte
[05:00] What impact the spaces we work in have on the people who work there
[06:15] Technology now means we are no longer locked to our desks, or to our teams
[08:00] How the flexibility of modern ways of working needs to be translated into flexible working environments which can change as required
[09:15] How conflicting requirements between neighbouring teams can cause distractions and lower performance
[10:30] Is there a perfect office layout?
[11:30] Building spacial strategies, taking in cultural requirements
[12:30] How technology of the future may change the very jobs which people perform, and therefore how they fit into the physical environment
[14:30] How the companies in Silicon Valley used their corporate purpose to create the culture, which then translated into the office spaces
[15:45] How open plan offices leads to lower productivity
There is no single perfect office design.

Links discussed during the interview with Robbie Robertson:

Robbie’s Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertsonrobbie/ 
The white paper on the Future of Workplace: https://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/fowknowledgecenter/The+Future+of+Workplace+%E2%80%93+Deloitte+Report+2018.pdf 

Bonus:

This episode was made possible by our premium innovation and creativity training. Take your innovation and creativity capabilities to the next level by investing in yourself now, at https://www.ideatovalue.com/ 

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More and more research on the impact that open-plan offices have on an individual's performance is showing just how detrimental it is, which you can see in this video above.

To see the full article on how to design an office so that staff can be both innovative and productive, with insights based on scientific research, go to https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/2019/02/the-perfect-office-layout-for-innovation-and-productivity/

This research showcases the harmful impacts that open-plan offices have on our ability to do our best work:

• Open plan offices DECREASE collaboration: When moving from cubicles to an open plan office, one study in the British Psychological Society showed that people spent 73% less time in face-to-face interactions use of email increased by 67% use of instant messenger increased by 75%
• Open plan offices DECREASE productivity: In a study of more than 40,000 workers in 300 U.S. offices, open plan offices led to higher levels of noise distractions, visual distractions and loss of privacy.
• Millennials really hate dealing with noise and distractions: Oxford Economics surveyed 600 people and found that millennials are very annoyed by ambient noise in the office which distracts them from work. Many resort to strategies like wearing earphones or leaving their desks to escape the noise.
• Open plan offices can lead to people feeling more self-conscious about their appearance, especially women.

To see the full article on how to design an office so that staff can be both innovative and productive, with insights based on scientific research, including all the sources, go to https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/2019/02/the-perfect-office-layout-for-innovation-and-productivity/

Bonus:

This episode was made possible by our premium innovation and creativity training. Take your innovation and creativity capabilities to the next level by investing in yourself now, at https://www.ideatovalue.com/

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