During my time at Inventium, one thing I have heard pretty consistently, is that financial rewards can be an innovation culture killer. A lot of the psychology literature on innovation addresses the difference between intrinsic motivations and extrinsic rewards. While anecdotally, it seems to make sense that financial rewards are the best way to motivateRead more
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Incubation is a term that describes a period of time to indirectly dwell on a problem you are finding a solution for. The benefits of incubation, or allowing your brain to percolate on a challenge or problem, is to take advantage of our unconscious mind – a powerful problem-solver. A recent study has found anotherRead more
Ok, so you have identified the need to innovate within your business or organisation, but where on earth do you start? Or perhaps you already have started, but you have hit a plateau and need to ramp things up again? Whatever the case, here are five simple ways you can inspire your team – andRead more
Common sense tells us that constraints and parameters are bad when it comes to idea generation. According to the latest psychological research, this has been shown not to be the case. In one study that was done, a group of adults were asked to make a construction using Lego. One group were given no constraintsRead more