Where ideas really come from (article)

The ‘big insight’ model of creativity is wrong; creativity comes from the outside, and you can increase your chances of getting good ideas by immersing yourself in new environments. Paddy Miller and I have published a short article on the subject in IESE Business School’s alumni magazine – a special edition with focus on IESE’sContinue reading “Where ideas really come from (article)”

New blog: Creative Cultures

I have just launched a new blog on innovation and business creativity, called Creative Cultures. The blog is written in collaboration with Paddy Miller, Professor at IESE Business School, and Research Associate Azra Brankovic. It is a window into our current research undertaking, and features a mix of longer postings and short notices about interesting new papersContinue reading “New blog: Creative Cultures”

Creative Cultures: Making Innovation Work

I’m happy to announce that I’ll be teaching parts of a forthcoming Executive Education program on the subject of innovation, hosted at IESE Business School in Barcelona on November 18-21, 2008.  The course, entitled Creative Cultures: Making Innovation Work, is not a basic primer course, but assumes that the participants have already been through the traditionalContinue reading “Creative Cultures: Making Innovation Work”