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Investor’s Business Daily: Looking For New Ideas? Solve The Right Problems

by Roger Firestien | Dec 12, 2022 | In The News

Innovation is a conscious choice. You can choose to do things the way you have always done them before. Or you can think innovatively. If you don’t think that constant innovation is vital, “then you better hope that your competition thinks the same,”...

Inc.: 10 Ways to Foster More Creative Solutions and Breakthrough Discoveries

by Roger Firestien | Dec 13, 2021 | In The News

As a leader, it’s important to embrace creativity within your company — constantly innovating, evolving with your industry and ensuring that your business is set up for long-term success. Ask your team to help develop those ideas. Redefine problems, force connections...

Lifewire: AI Can Write Songs, but Is It Creative?

by Roger Firestien | Sep 13, 2021 | In The News

Can AI replace human creativity? When considering the creativity impact of AI, think of a human on an electric bike. You personally pedal the device, but the motor kicks in to assist along after you start. In an interview with Lifewire for its article about AI, its...

TEDx: Not finding a great idea, but solving the right problem

by Roger Firestien | Apr 26, 2021 | In The News

I’ve led over 1,000 Creative Problem Solving sessions over my 40-year career, and only once did what we originally think was the problem actually end up being the one that needed solving. Some questions that we encounter in life only have one right answer:...

CU Management: The Key To Leading An Innovative Organization

by Roger Firestien | Apr 21, 2021 | In The News

Foster creativity from the top down. There are two things that leaders must do if they want to lead an innovative, resilient and future-focused organization: Be a creative leader and be creative. Your role is powerful in fostering a climate for innovation in your...

Global Banking & Finance: Are you a fighter or a freezer?

by Roger Firestien | Sep 27, 2020 | In The News

The “4 Fs” of surviving danger. Just like human brains mobilize and fight an enemy using the fight, flight or freeze response, organizations do the same. When they encounter dangerous situations, like trying to survive a global pandemic, they can respond...
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