There is nothing quite as energizing as a well-run brainstorming session. When I work with clients on innovation projects, the Ideation stage is one of my favorites. There is a distinct energy and ...

Although it is widely practiced, brainstorming is seldom utilized to its full potential. Over the years I have interviewed scientists, inventors, and other creative people from various professions.

How can you get your team to generate more creative and diverse ideas? Here’s a hint: It’s not by scheduling a brainstorm session, packing a room full of people, and freely blurting out ideas. If ...

THE U.S. businessman has always been dependent on new ideas for survival and growth, but never has he been more determined in his search for new ways of doing things than today. To spur “creativity,” ...

The word “brainstorming” conjures up a vision of hell. It is someone saying, “Fire up the brainwaves barbecue.” It is trying desperately to work out where everyone else’s cursors have gone on a ...

This past holiday season, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, in Yarmouth Port, Mass., began its first-ever fund-raising campaign with a holiday gift guide. Designed for the hard-to-please ...

Traditionally, innovation and inspiring people to think differently occur in-person during “brainstorming sessions.” It’s an assumed truth that if you need to really stretch and create, nothing beats ...

Compliance officers need to think about fraud and misconduct risks all the time, which means you need to talk to others in your organization about exactly how those risks might happen – but what’s the ...