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Keith Sawyer: An interview by Bob Morris

December 6, 2019

Keith Sawyer is one of the world’s leading scientific experts on creativity and innovation. In his first job after graduating from MIT, he designed videogames for Atari. He then worked for six years as a management consultant in Boston and…

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Keith Sawyer on the eight stages of creativity

August 11, 2019

In Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, Keith Sawyer suggests that there are eight stages to the creative process. He is convinced by extensive research (including his) that when most organizations conduct brainstorming sessions, it isn’t very effective. Why?…

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Who is Keith Sawyer and why is he significant?

February 26, 2019

In recent years, there have been several world-class thought leaders in the separate but interdependent fields of creativity and innovation. None is held in higher regard than Keith Sawyer. Briefly, one of the country’s leading scientific experts on creativity, Sawyer…

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Who is Keith Sawyer and why is he significant?

March 30, 2018

In recent years, there have been several world-class thought leaders in the separate but interdependent fields of creativity and innovation. None is held in higher regard than Keith Sawyer. Briefly, one of the country’s leading scientific experts on creativity, Sawyer…

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Keith Sawyer on the eight stages of creativity

March 7, 2014

In Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, Keith Sawyer suggests that there are eight stages to the creative process. He is convinced by extensive research (including his) that when most organizations conduct brainstorming sessions, it isn’t very effective. Why?…

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Keith Sawyer: An interview by Bob Morris

May 2, 2013

Keith Sawyer is one of the world’s leading scientific experts on creativity and innovation. In his first job after graduating from MIT, he designed videogames for Atari. He then worked for six years as a management consultant in Boston and…

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HBR Guide to Unlocking Creativity: A Book Review by Bob Morris

September 5, 2023

HBR Guide to Unlocking Creativity Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (January 2019) How to see key issues differently, spark high-impact innovation, and solve tough problems As you probably know already, most of the volumes in the “HBR Guide to”…

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Creativity Without Frontiers: A book review by Bob Morris

December 4, 2021

  Creativity Without Frontiers: How to Make the Invisible Visible by Lighting the Way Into the Future Roy Sharples Unknown Origins (April 2021) An essential aspect of creativity is having no fear of failure.” Edwin Land Most (not all) human…

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50 Business Classics: A book review by Bob Morris

November 2, 2021

50 Business Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management and strategy Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey (April 2018) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”  Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer) [Note: I recently re-read this book again…

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Built to Innovate: A book review by Bob Morris

October 8, 2021

Built to Innovate: Essential Practices to Wire Innovation into Your Company’s DNA Ben Bensaou with Karl Weber McGRaw-Hill (September 2021) How to establish and then nourish an innovation-driven workplace culture With assistance from Karl Weber, Ben Bensaou wrote a book…

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