creativity

Keep Intrinsic Incentives in Mind to Stimulate Creativity

creativity, incentives, innovation / By Jeff Lindsay

Thanks to Roni Horowitz in Israel for calling my attention to this excellent presentation from Daniel Pink, a leading career analyst who spoke at a TED Conference in 2009. He discusses research showing that traditional “if then” financial incentives are great for encouraging people to rapidly complete simple, straightforward tasks, but when it comes to …

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Turn What You Know Upside Down: Innovation Tip

creativity, innovation, inventing / By Jeff Lindsay

Today I heard a story about Norwegian carpenters who literally turned what they knew upside down to solve a difficult problem through innovation. This occurred in the nineteenth century in the wild Western frontier, where a team of Norwegian carpenters were helping to build a large and complex structure in Manti, Utah. These men were …

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