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Wednesday, September 03, 2003
This is the complete text of an article on Teletext, dated 25th August 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UK FIRMS 'NOT PROMOTING INNOVATION' British firms have been accused of failing to promote innovation after new figures showing few had a budget aimed at turning ideas into commercial gain. Of the 200 companies surveyed, only a third had a specific budget aimed at capturing ideas while a similar number had plans to protect ideas from rivals. The research was carried out by Marks & Clark, a firm specialising in patent and trade mark law. 25/08/2003 01:00:13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter imagination They have new money, new directors and even new buildings. What better time for theatres to start taking risks From The Guardian, September 3, 2003 Enter imagination They have new money, new directors and even new buildings. What better time for theatres to start taking risks From The Guardian of September 3, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Aug 2003 UK firms not promoting innovation - news article This is the complete text of the Teletext: UK FIRMS 'NOT PROMOTING INNOVATION' British firms have been accused of failing to promote innovation after new figures showing few had a budget aimed at turning ideas into commercial gain. Of the 200 companies surveyed, only a third had a specific budget aimed at capturing ideas while a similar number had plans to protect ideas from rivals. The research was carried out by Marks & Clark, a firm specialising in patent and trade mark law. 25/08/2003 01:00:13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, July 24, 2003
This is great! World Wide Words. Contains definitions of wierd words such as Slubberdegullion and terms like Metrosexual. Wednesday, July 16, 2003
More on spamming - Why Am I Getting All This Spam? Unsolicited Commercial E-mail Research Six Month Report Got a public email address on your website? Tired of getting spam? Use this free utility below to convert your email address to code that can't be havested by spam bots. It's what I'm using on my websites. http://innerpeace.org/escrambler.shtml Monday, June 30, 2003
Shrink your 'white spaces' - or you could be seeing red "Every organization has "white spaces," and it is the white spaces in our organizations that cause us the most heartache, result in loss of productivity, and reduce the effectiveness of our people..." From Triangle Business Journal Thursday, June 05, 2003
Creativity is creeping back into the school curriculum, but to succeed there must be room for mystery From The Guardian, Thursday June 5, 2003. Creativeideas Comment: Although the blinkered thinking of too many UK politicians seems to believe that anything important can be 'done by numbers' and tested, creativity is not predictable! Thursday, May 15, 2003
I think that most vision and mission statements are a waste of time - but here's a very good article about them Work Place Watch -- Vision and Mission Monday, May 12, 2003
Monday, April 28, 2003
More quotes to go on the website quote generator: "Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you have only one idea." - Alain, Libres-propos "Every man with an idea has at least two or three followers." - Brooks Atkinson, Once Around the Sun "One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea." - Walter Bagehot, Physics and Politics "A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow." - Charles Brower "A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow." - Charles Brower "The wise only possess ideas . . . the greater part of mankind are possessed by them." - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Defoe "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up, ed. Edmund Wilson "To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture." - Anatole France "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - ELBERT HUBBARD, Roycroft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams "One can resist the invasion of armies; one cannot resist the invasion of ideas." - VICTOR HUGO, Histoire d'un crime "Often quoted in forms that correspond only loosely to Hugo's original words, for example: No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come. An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of a revelation." - WILLIAM JAMES, The Varieties of Religious Experience "An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it." - DON MARQUIS, in New York Sun "General notions are generally wrong." - LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU, letter (to her husband, 1710) "For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned." - GEORGE SANTAYANA, Winds of Doctrine "Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." - Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) "The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it." - Medawar, P. B. "Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." - Orwell, George [pseudonym of Eric Blair] (1903-1950) from '1984' "Ideas do have consequences and all argument is philosophical. You may try to avoid or hide it, but your line of thinking on any issue is a result of the basic philosophy which you hold." - Otto, John G. [Quote Archivist] 18 July 1994 Thursday, April 24, 2003
Leadership for the Third Millennium: A call for visionaries and influencers In the over managed UK, leadership has never been more important in my opinion - the case of continual political interference in teaching is just one example. Monday, April 21, 2003
businessballs free online training masses of useful resources - well worth browsing this - and for humour see 'the acronyms for training and business' Saturday, April 19, 2003
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Only businesses that `think customer' will survive and thrive Emphasises the need to 'think out of the box' and be 'customer first'. Extract: "Best practice is studied, no matter from where it comes, and it is then introduced where it is advantageous. Old management styles are disbanded and every person in the company becomes a creative thinker, constantly reviewing the needs of the customer and the company." Tuesday, April 15, 2003
process improvement guide This is a work in progress - I started this several months ago but have had limited time to complete it. EU still lags behind US and Japan in field of innovation The Commission's European Innovation Scoreboard 2002, presented on 16 December, reveals that the innovation performance of the EU is still lagging behind the US and Japan, despite encouraging trends in some areas. Sunday, April 13, 2003
Saturday, April 12, 2003
Netcheck with Clare Forrest In the April 2003 issue of the online Training Journal there is a very useful review of my website www.creativeideas.org.uk (the site this blogger is linked to) The criticisms of the are sound and I will be upgrading the website in the next few weeks. Friday, April 11, 2003
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
Monday, April 07, 2003
General Mills generalizes To save money, it gets creative When General Mills wanted to cut the time it takes to make a product changeover at a Betty Crocker plant, it turned to NASCAR for help Friday, April 04, 2003
Tuesday, April 01, 2003
Tipping Point - Net Version paraphrasing the main ideas in Malcolm Gladwell's book The Tipping Point Saturday, March 29, 2003
Creativity and EQ This article explores how to develop the emotional intelligence capacities tied to creativity. Wednesday, March 26, 2003
20/20 Change Agent A four-point plan for bringing clarity to change. Great article on organisational change from Fast Company Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Some great quotes on leadership and learning One of my favorite quotes on management: Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; The next best they love and praise The next they fear; And the next they revile. When they do not command the people’s faith, Some will lose faith in them, And then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, The people all remark, “We have done it ourselves.” –Lao-Tzu Monday, March 24, 2003
Friday, March 21, 2003
INNOVATION POLICY IN EUROPE 2002 the Trend Chart's annual report, reviewing current innovation policies and policy trends in the Member states, associate and candidate countries. Friday, March 14, 2003
The Destination is Imagination Intro: "Nearly 500 students from area schools will gather this weekend to show off their quick-thinking skills, creativity and competitive spirit. Walpole High School will host the Region 8 competition of the annual Destination Imagination Challenge tomorrow" What a great approach - we should be doing this in the UK! Thursday, March 13, 2003
Monday, March 10, 2003
Virtual Organizations - the next Economic Revolution? The New Workplace: The Changing Nature of Work, Organizations and Business in the Information Economy Saving the Mobile Internet (Dick Schefström) discusses why 3G will be bypassed by WiFi and create a real mobile internet. Very provacative and interesting. Note - this was found on Mícheál Ó Foghlú's Weblog "Mícheál Ó Foghlú's personal weblog. This is mainly aimed at co-workers in the Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG) in Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), but all readers are welcome." Some very good content on this! Friday, March 07, 2003
Using creativity to improve organisational performance Very good article from Dr Marilyn Fryer of The Creativity Centre Thursday, March 06, 2003
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