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be
creative: articles
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thebookHow to get your ideas adopted (and change the world) by Anne Miller
"This book is important and beautifully written"
This book is for anyone who ever had an idea for how to make the world a slightly better place. It explains why it's so difficult to get an idea adopted and how to get your ideas taken seriously and put into action. radiobroadcasts Radio 4 You and Yours Economic recession may be tough for industry but it is a good time to invent something- many of the key innovations that drive the modern world were developed during recession - why? Radio 4. Leading Edge. How can scientists and inventors become more creative? Radio 4 Women's Hour Anne Miller on creativity and how to turn ideas into reality articles: annemillerA nation of bodgers? I always find it fascinating that there’s no word for “bodge” in German... Beyond the brainstorm. The other day I was giving a talk about creativity, and was asked whether brainstorming was the only way to be creative... Bicycle Business. Journalists often ask about my favourite invention and are usually surprised when I tell them that it’s the bicycle... A question of scale. 50 years ago, in a flurry of inventions, the integrated circuit was born, and with it the computer age dawned... Creative Change. I’ve recently been reflecting about “change” and how ideas from creativity might help make the process both more satisfying and more effective... Are Bankers bonkers? I was recently asked "are you motivated by money?"... Chicken about outsourcing. Shortly before the Comprehensive Spending Review, Suffolk county council voted to outsource almost all of its services in the hope that this would cut its budget by 30%... You can't eat consultants. A friend emailed me the other day about an awards event he’d been at for innovative early stage social enterprises... Crisis Creativity. As I write this, it’s been a rough month... Health Creativity. My dentist has an interesting conversational technique Green Enterprise. One of the things I find interesting about innovation is the way major changes can be created by forces that are often ignored until they are obvious Dangerous Creativity. A few years ago I used to judge an annual invention competition for local primary schools Golddust. I was reminded recently of a visit last year to Birmingham’s Museum of the Jewellery Quarter. Cat-herding, the art of managing creative people Much of the success of the Cambridge region comes from our ability to manage creativity and innovation. A climate for creativity Climate change is a topic that’s justifiably seldom out of the news these days Make money from ideas: Start by banning the ClipArt light bulb My heart always used to sink when, as a young engineer, I heard the words “Here’s the idea. Just go implement it” Ideas Audit 2 The history of innovation shows repeatedly how true innovation, the kind of disruptive shift in thinking that transforms markets and threatens the existence of other firms, so often comes from small, under-resourced companies... How to Make Money from Ideas; As part of the East of England's Space for Ideas initiative, inventor Anne Miller, who has registered more than 30 patents during the last 20 years, celebrates Britain's creative minds and asks why the UK is so lousy at making money from them... Zen and the Art
of Innovation A
look at the parallels between the innovation management techniques used
by large Japanese corporations and some of the most innovative European
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bibliographyThis section summarises a few of our favourite articles and books relating to creativity. Managing
Innovation: When Less is More by Professor Charlan Nemeth (80
KB file) Creative Management,
ed Jane Henry. ISBN: 080398491X
Creative
Cognition, Finke, Ward and Smith, MIT Press. ISBN: 0262560968 |
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The
Knowledge Creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics
of Innovation, Nonaka and Takeuchi. ISBN: 0195092694 Mastering
the Dynamics of Innovation, Utterback, Harvard Business School
Press. ISBN: 0875847404 An interesting and accessible read on using the unconscious to help with thinking (and creativity). |
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Links
It helps creativity to talk about your ideas but, if you need to protect the idea while doing so, either be selective about how much detail you disclose to whom, use a Confidentiality Agreement, or patent the idea. Patent offices in the UK, Europe and US have good guides on how to apply for a patent: |
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