This week’s topic is by Gavin Symanowitz, he is challenging the commonly held perception that brainstorming is the best way to generate new ideas. He also challenges the “Golden Rules of Brainstorming”, read his piece below and challenge HIM.
Why I’ve banned brainstorming in my business
Brainstorming is the oldest and most widely used creativity technique in [...]

For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it.

Back in 1958, Ted Schwarzrock was an 8-year-old third grader when he became one of the “Torrance kids,” a group of nearly 400 Minneapolis children who completed a series of creativity tasks newly designed by professor E. [...]

by Peter J. Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen
© July 30, 2010
ABSTRACT – Stress inhibits creative thinking in the twenty-first century firm. As firms increasingly form part of the knowledge economy, lower creative thinking can, eventually, make the firm competitively irrelevant. Managers must understand the link between creative thinking and stress.
1. INTRODUCTION
Decisions and actions taken by management [...]

The 2010 State of the Future report has been released and is available to interested parties at a cost of R375 per book. Among the regular sections in the ninety page State of the Future report are the annually updated analyses of the fifteen key global challenges, as well as the publication of the State [...]

by Vuyani Lingela and Thomas Laemmer-Gamp
Introduction
Mobile phones have become the communication devices of choice for people who do not have access to telecommunication lines, particularly in developing countries, as well as for people who require the convenience associated with mobile telecommunication. It is also possible that renewable energy sources can become the electricity generation means [...]

RIIS is doing a mini-research study on the SA innovation landscape to complement the initial survey conducted during the Innovation Festival in Cape Town. The intention is to write an article on the topic. We believe that in order to impact on the local innovation landscape these types of questions need to be asked. Please [...]

PRETORIA, Open Innovation Office, The Innovation Hub – July 13, 2010 – NineSigma, the leading provider of open innovation solutions, announced today they are partnering with The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) to deliver open innovation services to companies and government entities throughout the Southern African Development Community . NineSigma and RIIS have [...]