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31/10/2011

"The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them." Robert Frost

30/10/2011

"The world leaders in innovation and creativity will also be world leaders in everything else." Harold R. McAlindon

21/10/2011

"The world of achievement has always belonged to the optimist." Harold Wilkins

19/10/2011

Importance Of Active Listening In Leadership » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrepreneur

Importance Of Active Listening In Leadership » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrepreneur

Listening actively to one person is an attitude, a measure of both your self-centeredness and other centeredness. If most of the time you find yourself cutting a person of in a middle of a conversation, not giving any feedback and just passively look to whom you are talking to, most probably, you ar...

02/10/2011

Money for Starting a Business – Family and Friends Equity Stake » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovati

Money for Starting a Business – Family and Friends Equity Stake » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovati

The vast majority of new businesses are self-funded, but the second most common financing method is through friends and family. Typically, those closest to you are the most likely to believe in you and your startup idea, they know your capabilities, and they want to see you succeed. However, money i...

04/05/2011

Five Facts About Starting a Business » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrepreneurs

Five Facts About Starting a Business » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrepreneurs

There are lots of myths around about starting a business. Here are five facts that every first-time business owner needs to know.

04/05/2011

"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it." David Star Jordan

29/04/2011

Allocating Resources To Support Innovation » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrepreneurs

Remember, allocating resources is only important if you have resources to allocate.

In innovation, as with other areas of business, the bottom line is that your organization exists to bring profits and other benefits to the stakeholders of the firm. Therefore decision-makers should allocate resources with the expectation of a return on resources they dedicate to an innovation proje

28/04/2011

Scott Adams on air travel: The headphone technology has advanced all the way to "the hollow plastic tube."

26/04/2011

Jeff Bezos Explains His View Of Innovation » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrepreneurs

Jeff Bezos on video.

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26/04/2011

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." Pablo Picasso

23/04/2011

5 Ways Cloud Computing Will Revolutionize Business » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrep

Not just clouds but creativity and clouds.

Cloud computing is much more than just a new technology. It is a paradigm shift that is revolutionizing businesses and how they operate.

23/04/2011

"If things seem under control, you are just not going fast enough." Mario Andretti

21/04/2011

What Every Organization Ought to Know About Innovation » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for En

Do you really know about innovation?

Without innovative ideas, a company stagnates and may even cease to exist. But innovation isn't just about turning on your right brain, brainstorming, and generating a few

21/04/2011

"Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax." Charles Kettering

18/04/2011

Business Fundraising – Network With Your Capital Providers Before You Need The Money » Wisepreneur:.

It's all about relationships ... even the money.

Waiting until the day you need money to seek a loan or raise venture capital is a sure path to failure. Get to know these capital providers before you need the money. If they follow your progress and see your success, they will be more likely to provide you with funding when you need it.

18/04/2011

"Its not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas." Edwin Land

14/04/2011

Experimental Labs For A Competitive Advantage » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrepreneu

Experimentation is critical in developing products and services. How are you creating an experimental environment?

An aspiring entrepreneur who is a player in innovation today creates the pre-requisites for gaining a competitive advantage tomorrow. This is particularly true in the case of a would-be entrepreneur with high ambitions for growth. She/he is eager to launch a high-expectation start-up, which is an en

14/04/2011

"The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch." Jim Rohn

12/04/2011

Directing Innovation For Results » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrepreneurs

http://wisepreneur.com/leadership-2/leading-innovation/directing-innovation-for-results

For years, management books have suggested that all managers have four basic functions: Leading, Organizing, Planning, and Controlling[1]. Sometimes when organizations begin down the path to new innovation, they seem to forget that innovation needs management too. Often great ideas come from front-l

12/04/2011

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

11/04/2011

IDEO’s Deep Dive Shopping Cart » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrepreneurs

So if this shopping cart is so good, why is no one using it?

Here’s the third and final segment of Nightline’s program on IDEO. The company has been challenged to redesign a shopping cart in five days. In this segment the company unveils the results. The design is very futuristic and Ted Kopple reports that it later won an award for best industrial design. Em

11/04/2011

Action is the foundational key to all success. By Anthony Robbins

09/04/2011

Creating and Appropriating Value Through Tradition » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrep

Re-inventing tradition.

Why Tradition? Today’s economic environment is characterized by the recent financial crisis, the re-thinking of business models, the emerging of new customer needs, and the continuous necessity to differentiate products and processes. To compete effectively, firms are re-discovering their roots, sho

08/04/2011

"We find things where we look for them, which is why I never look for a golf ball out of bounds." Robert Brault

08/04/2011

A Start-Up’s Tale » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrepreneurs

I just like dogs, OK?

Here is a true tale of a start-up. It is both entertaining, instructive, enlightening on how a fairly typical Silicon Valley tech start-up can go from launch to stardom.

06/04/2011

Science may never come up with a better office communications system than the coffee break.

05/04/2011

Effective Idea Selection is Critical to Systematic Innovation » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation

Ahh flipping the coin reminds me of my chemistry exams.

Putting a selection process in place won't guarantee you'll find breakthrough ideas, but it will reduce idea gridlock and allow you to, as Jeff Bezos says,

05/04/2011

The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts.

04/04/2011

Inspired to Succeed – How to Get Out of Your Own Way and Create Change » Wisepreneur: Creativity & I

Of all the factors in entrepreneurship and innovation, inspiration may be the most important.

Want to get unstuck? Last week, we talked about being able to recognize the signs that you - or people you're trying to work (or live) with - are resisting a change that needs to happen. Here are 6 steps you can take to confront resistance and leave it sniveling in your dust.

02/04/2011

Five Years to Riches » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrepreneurs

We recommend a ten year plan, but five years works too.

No matter where you are right now, you can make yourself rich in five years. Here are some things that you will need to do to get on the right track.

01/04/2011

"We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight." Milton Berle

31/03/2011

Instilling Innovation As Part Of Your Organizational Culture » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation.

Perhaps this should have said "Inspiring Innovation" instead of "Instilling Innovation".

In my previous article, 6 Keys To Leading Innovation Effectively, I stressed how it is critical for an innovation leader to raise the awareness of the importance of innovation to the organization. While elevating the emphasis on innovation is important, it is not sufficient to ensure an organization

30/03/2011

"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." Andy McIntyre

28/03/2011

IDEO’s Deep Dive (part 2) » Wisepreneur: Creativity & Innovation for Entrepreneurs

Another Tom Kelley video.

This video is the second part of an ABC special on the IDEO creative process. The objective in this example is to build a better shopping cart. Here, the company demonstrates its brainstorming process they call the Deep Dive. IDEO stresses that no one may criticize during the idea generation process