Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck in Austria carried out a study in which they sent out the same academic paper to three groups of reviewers. The first set of reviewers were told the paper was written by Vernon Smith, winner of the Nobel Memorial prize for Economic Studies. Think for a moment about your organization.

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APRIL 21, 2023

In a 2012 study , participants were tasked with solving a challenge while a specific odor (smell) was in the room. The study showed that sleeping minds which were prompted to think of the challenge by smelling the same odor were more creative the next day and better able to solve the challenge.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 16, 2023

Numerous studies have looked at what sort of mood results in people producing their most creative output. One study from 2008 of 171 students found that people’s happiness was significantly related to their ability to come up with ideas. This was also shown in a 2021 study of 722 high school students in Lithuania.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The study followed more than 7,000 individuals who took part in the longitudinal “Understanding America Study”, and looked at how their 5 personality traits from before 2020 (pre pandemic) were affected when measured in 2020 (start of pandemic) and in 2021/2022 (well into the pandemic.

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Destination Innovation

MAY 19, 2021

Study Mathematics. Study German or Latin. Study Science and the scientific method. Make lists, analyse your work, break it down into smaller tasks. Learn problem analysis methods such as six sigma and why, why. Learn critical path methods. Read biographies of great scientists and detectives.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2025

Study how patients manage chronic illness to inform the design of healthcare platforms. Focus on user behavior and context: What tasks, challenges, or decisions are you studying? Are actively engaged in the behavior or task being studied. Below is a step-by-step guide to applying this method in innovation projects.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2021

00:22:30 – Moving away from studying sick people, to studying psychology. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:15 – Dr Black’s history in architecture and advertising, leading him to the new field of creativity research. 00:06:30 – Who was Prof Paul E Torrance and his impact on the field of creativity research.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

But what does the actual scientific literature which has studied this challenge say about whether there is a gender difference in creativity? Some individual studies (for example this 2011 study ) have indeed shown that men and boys perform better at certain creativity tests, and try therefore to suggest that men are more creative than women.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 23, 2021

A study of 170 volunteers by Cadman and Mann set out to test whether engaging in a boring activity could stimulate people to be more creative. In the first study, 80 participants (40 bored and 40 controls) were asked to copy phone numbers from a phone directory for 15 minutes ( yawn!

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 17, 2022

A study in 2020 tested the impact of caffeine on problem solving and divergent thinking performance. In one study from 2017 , small amounts of alcohol helped participants solve an Remote Associates Test insight problem, but had no effect on their divergent thinking, and impaired their executive control (being able to focus on a task).

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Destination Innovation

AUGUST 20, 2021

The study was carried out by Adams, Converse, Hales and Klotz at the University of Virginia. In another study, participants were asked to improve an essay – 80% added material while only 16% cut words out. Nature magazine recently published a paper with the headline – People Systematically Overlook Subtractive Changes.

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Business and Tech

DECEMBER 14, 2021

According to a recent study that assessed the preparedne ss of physicians-in-training to recommend medical cannabis, “the vast majority of residents and fellows (89.5 percent) felt not at all prepared to [recommend] medical marijuana, while 35.3 percent felt not at all prepared to answer questions, and 84.9

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Idea to Value

MARCH 4, 2022

More recently, there have been even more focused research studies about what sorts of people are considered creative. One initial study of poetry in 2010 gave participants 60 poems for whom either black, white or crossover names for male and female authors were given. men’s ideas are evaluated as more ingenious than women’s ideas.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Since this landmark study, there have been numerous studies that have confirmed the anchoring bias. In another study by Northcraft and Neale in 1987 , participants were asked to negotiate the price of a car. The researchers found that when the initial asking price was higher, the final price that was agreed upon was also higher.

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Idea to Value

MAY 27, 2022

Twin studies. One of the most indicative ways to study whether genetics plays a role in a certain behaviour is to find a group of people who are genetically similar as possible (to assess the “nature” aspect), and who also have the same surroundings and upbringing (to control the “nurture” aspect).

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Idea to Value

JUNE 9, 2021

Nordgren wanted to study at what point people expected to be their most creative, and when they actually produced their most creative work. Interesting new research sheds a light on how you might be wrong about your own creative process. Lucas and Loran F.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Research into the effectiveness of creativity training There have now been hundreds of peer-reviewed studies into creativity training. This is similar to the work I do with clients and companies to understand the science of creativity.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 10, 2021

A new study just published in Science has given a shocking insight into how uncomfortable most people find it having nothing to do but think by themselves. The study, led by Timothy Wilson, originally asked what people’s reaction would be when asked to just sit in a room with no distractions and ‘just think’.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 3, 2025

Share case studies and real-world examples of how you have helped clients leverage AI to achieve significant business outcomes. To effectively showcase your AI implementations, create detailed case studies that outline the problem, the AI solution deployed, and the results achieved.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 7, 2023

How children are more creative than adults Numerous research studies have found that children can be much more creative than adults in certain instances. Another 2012 study showed that pretend play and creativity were also linked. Are children really more creative than adults? The answer is a little complicated.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 7, 2022

00:22:00 – Two case studies of a company which successfully and unsuccessfully attempted to disrupt themselves. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:30 – Andy’s background with IBM’s Emerging Business opportunities, and how this brought him to the idea that corporations can innovate better than startups.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 27, 2025

Success Stories in AI-Driven Change Management Case Studies of Successful AI Implementation Incorporating artificial intelligence in change management processes can significantly transform how organizations handle transitions. Here are a few case studies that illustrate the impact of AI-driven change management.

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Idea to Value

JULY 14, 2021

This effect has been shown through numerous research studies, but the most famous was by Robert Zajonc in their 1968 research article Attitudinal effects of mere exposure. The name comes from the fact that if we are merely exposed to something, it will make us look at it more favourably in the future.

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Destination Innovation

MARCH 3, 2021

In the 1970s, psychologist Matie Flowers carried out an experiment to study how teams discuss and make decisions. The open leaders in Flowers’s study were picked at random and given only brief training. In their summary of this study the authors say; A few words can make a big difference.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 30, 2023

But I just came across a new research study just published at the end of Jan 2023 which may have a bigger impact than any on the future of the planet. The study describes a new AI model called Progen, developed by the research team from Salesforce. of their sequence resembled any known natural protein.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 10, 2023

In two sets of research studies, participants were either shown humorous film clips or were allowed to listen to humorous records before doing a creativity test. Additional studies have also suggested that increasing the exposure to humour can help children enhance their creativity as well.

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Idea to Value

AUGUST 15, 2022

Well, two studies can shed some light on the question. A large research study by Stanford Economics professor Nick Bloom looked at a large technology company, where 1,612 staff from engineering, marketing and finance took part in an experiment. Does it lead to lazy employees, or employees who are actually more engaged with their work?

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Idea to Value

MAY 3, 2021

A fascinating new study could shed some light on the evolution of creativity in Homo Sapiens. These three major systems of modern human personality and adaptability were found in a previous study, spread across 972 specific genes. The April 2021 publication Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity by Zwir, I., Del-Val, C.,

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Idea to Value

APRIL 14, 2021

At least, this is what an interesting new piece of research by Adams et al suggests, just published in the journal Nature.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 21, 2021

00:15:00 – A great case study from a bank in Poland. Topics covered in this episode: 00:02:30 – The seven primary inhibitors of creativity: The most powerful one is fear. 00:05:00 – What are people afraid of? 00:07:15 – The importance of permission. 00:09:30 – The 8 keys to build innovation.

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