By René de Ruijter In Business Creativity, Thinking TechniquesPosted June 2, 2021Jootsing – how to generate ideas that are truly ‘outside the box’Jootsing is a clever way of finding out of the box solutions by first studying the system in which you operate. READ MORE
By René de Ruijter In BrainstormingPosted April 20, 2021How embarrassing stories make your team more creativeTo make your team more creative, have them share their most embarrassing experiences and laugh about it together. READ MORE
By René de Ruijter In Brainstorming, Thinking TechniquesPosted March 30, 2021The Bad Idea Brainstorm – use the worst possible idea to loosen up timid participantsA Bad Idea Brainstorm will loosen up even the timidest of participants. List the worst possible ideas to find surprisingly useful insights. READ MORE
By René de Ruijter In Business Creativity, Innovation, Thinking TechniquesPosted March 16, 2021Kill the company – uncover vulnerabilities and turn them into opportunitiesKill the Company: destroy your own organisation so you uncover weaknesses and opportunities to strengthen it. READ MORE
By René de Ruijter In ToolsPosted February 17, 2021Backcasting – shaping the future you desireBackcasting is a way to plan for big changes, by starting at your desired outcome and working your way backwards. READ MORE
By René de Ruijter In Business Creativity, Innovation, New Product DevelopmentPosted February 2, 2021The Mom Test – how to uncover useful insightsThe Mom Test offers some practical rules to have better conversations and uncover valuable insights to improve your idea. READ MORE
By René de Ruijter In Business CreativityPosted January 5, 2021Our most popular articles on creative problemsolving in 2020The past twelve months we’ve published another 26 articles. These were our five most popular articles on creative problem-solving in 2020: READ MORE
By René de Ruijter In Business Creativity, PreparationPosted December 15, 20205 great podcasts for innovatorsInnovators are curious and are always looking for new facts and insights. Here are 5 great podcasts for innovators. READ MORE
By René de Ruijter In Business Creativity, Innovation, Problem solvingPosted December 1, 2020Social innovation examples – how creativity can solve any problemLet's look at some social innovation examples and what we can learn from these wonderfully creative solutions. READ MORE
By René de Ruijter In Business Creativity, Innovation, Problem solvingPosted September 22, 2020Use contradictions to innovate – you might find aliensEvery contradiction is an opportunity to find creative solutions. Use contradictions to innovate and you might find beautiful win-win situations. READ MORE