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Home Search results for "creative thinking"

Adopt a ‘power pose’ to boost your creativity

By The Inventium Team | Charlotte Rush | 0 comment | 9 May, 2017 |

If you have been to one of Inventium’s innovation workshops, you’ll know that one of the first things we do is help get people in the right mindset for creativity and idea generation. One easy, yet perhaps surprising way, to set the scene for creativity is to position your body into a demonstration of powerRead more

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How to Tackle the Dark Side of Creativity

By The Inventium Team | Stephanie Thoo | 0 comment | 1 March, 2016 |

I’d like to think that I’m not easily surprised, but I recently came across an article that left me completely gob smacked.  This article described a dark side of creativity that I never knew about – and this dark side is that creative people are more likely to be dishonest! After first reading this, myRead more

the odd one out melbourne's best workshop space

Introducing – the Odd One Out

By The Inventium Team | Dr. Amantha Imber | 0 comment | 1 April, 2015 |

In the last few years, many of us at Inventium have spent countless hours trying to find great workshop venues in Melbourne. So much time has been wasted on Google, trawling through dull venue after dull venue with the hope of finding a hidden gem, somewhere in the heart of Melbourne. And it always endedRead more

3 ways to generate creative ideas faster

By admin | Helen Barclay | 0 comment | 23 October, 2014 |

Have you ever found yourself in a meeting with some ‘bad moods’ in the room? Or perhaps you have been that person who has felt a bit flat? In a recent ideation workshop I noticed one person who appeared a little down and withdrawn. They struggled to contribute ideas and also impacted the group dynamic.Read more

How to use constructive conflict for innovation

By admin | Dr. Amantha Imber | 0 comment | 2 October, 2014 |

Alfred P. Sloan, the long-time chairman and CEO of General Motors in the 1930s and early 1940s led General Motors to become the largest corporation on Earth until many years after his death. Sloan’s focus was on policies, systems and structures. He had a calculating nature. During an important meeting Sloan once interjected by askingRead more

Warming up your creative brain for brainstorming

By admin | Helen Barclay | 0 comment | 3 September, 2014 |

The common expectation and hope of brainstorming and problem solving meetings is that those involved will immediately be able to generate creative ideas and solutions. However, time and time again I have seen these meetings start off with people just putting the same old ideas forward. The problem is that many people go straight intoRead more

How to increase original creative thought by 60%

By admin | Dr. Amantha Imber | 0 comment | 19 August, 2014 |

We are all a tad excited right now as we are looking for a new home. We have outgrown our current office and are looking for a new space that we can be our geeky selves in. One of the things we are ridiculously excited about is that we will be building a workshop space,Read more

How to identify your best innovation opportunity

By admin | Dr. Amantha Imber | 0 comment | 2 October, 2013 |

In last week’s issue, we spoke about the importance of falling in love with your opportunities, and not your ideas. So how can you figure out which opportunity is actually worth falling in love with? At the beginning of any innovation process or project, you need to dedicate time to asking yourself the question: AmRead more

A two-minute solution for writer’s block

By admin | Dr. Shelley Logan | 0 comment | 10 July, 2013 |

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

Creativity at work

By admin | Dr. Amantha Imber | 0 comment | 5 July, 2013 |

As you may or may not know, Inventium was created to help people think more creatively. And the reason why Inventium is different to other companies out there is that everything we teach, use and recommend is based on scientific research, not airy-fairy fluffy stuff. So in every issue of Invent-e-news, we’ll let you knowRead more

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