How do you make decisions? Do you have different strategies depending on the type of decision? Do you actively reduce the number of decisions you make in a day? Do you make your most important decisions after a meal? As a psychologist, I’m fascinated by the way we make decisions and how we can improve this process throughRead more
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I read a LOT of books. I am also known to frequently give people book recommendations (whether they want them or not). In my opinion, books are the most cost-effective way to get a significant improvement in anything, really. Sadly, reading tends to fall way down on people’s priority lists these days (certainly well behind checking one’s FacebookRead more
A few weeks ago, Inventium was lucky enough to host Dom Price, Head of R&D and Work Futurist at Atlasssian. We learned a lot from Dom, but one area of discussion which really stood out was the notion of efficient vs. effective operations. When you think of an efficient business, what comes to mind? YouRead more
At Inventium, we really love your unconscious mind – you’ve probably already heard us geeking out over how powerful it is at decision-making. This awesome power stems from the fact that your unconscious mind stores and processes everything you’ve ever seen, ever read, and ever learned – yes, literally everything! This means that it isRead more
We have all experienced it in one form or another. A problem solving or idea generation workshop that results in minimal results thanks to ineffective group discussion and lack of progress. Sure the pastries were tasty, but as a participant it feels like a wasted half day. As a facilitator, it feels like failure. WhileRead more
Is your idea being rejected? You might be on to something… In 1975, two years after graduating from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Steven J. Sasson invented the world’s first digital camera. It was 3.4 kg and images took 23 seconds to be captured in black and white on a cassette. When he presented his ideaRead more
Imagine you are in prison (innocently, of course). You have served two-thirds of your sentence and you are up for parole tomorrow. You are allowed to choose the time that you will face the board. You can choose to see them first thing in the morning at 8.30am, later in the afternoon at 4pm orRead more
Creativity lies at the heart of innovation. One of the most popular ways to generate creative ideas is through brainstorming. Typically a lot of the emphasis in brainstorming sessions lies within the idea generation phase. The more ideas we come up with the better right? Not really. Generating a lot of creative ideas is fantastic,Read more
Recently, we introduced you to the concept of decision fatigue. Decision fatigue is a term to explain the empirical finding that the more decisions we make across the course of the day, the worse the quality of our decisions become. This is because every decision will chip away at our cognitive resources store, and asRead more
A successful outcome of an idea generation session is to have a whole stack of break-through ideas to a particular business challenge or opportunity. However, there is a common blocker we see when people get together to come up with innovative solutions. Sometimes, people have the tendency to put on their critical thinking caps prematurelyRead more