http://thinkersblock.wordpress.com Conversations in pursuit of an innovative culture. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:51:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://thinkersblock.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/if-at-first-the-idea-is-not-absurd-then-there-is-no-hope-for-it-albert-einstein/#comment-7 Mona Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:51:27 +0000 http://thinkersblock.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-7 Great work. Great work.

]]> http://thinkersblock.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/if-at-first-the-idea-is-not-absurd-then-there-is-no-hope-for-it-albert-einstein/#comment-4 Nima Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:22:13 +0000 http://thinkersblock.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-4 Works well in a team, but not much of a help when you have to find the solution to a problem on your own. I have found Nick Souter's Ideascape a great tool. It provides a process for creativity while allows the mind to go wild. Works well in a team, but not much of a help when you have to find the solution to a problem on your own.
I have found Nick Souter’s Ideascape a great tool. It provides a process for creativity while allows the mind to go wild.

]]> http://thinkersblock.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/if-at-first-the-idea-is-not-absurd-then-there-is-no-hope-for-it-albert-einstein/#comment-2 Lisa Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:16:32 +0000 http://thinkersblock.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-2 My co worker touts a method for breaking through the new idea resistance. It is very present in my work place. I myself have used in the sniper environment and have some success. She calls it the potting soil method. You give air a little of your great idea to the team. Put a little potting soil on it and let it sit a little bit so the nutrients can come down to the roots. Then come back later and air a little more of the young idea, like watering the plant and letting it sit some more. I think by the time you reveal the whole idea in this method is people have gotten a chance to think about the change. They get used to it and say that "yes I have heard about this before" so it is not foreign. What do you think? My co worker touts a method for breaking through the new idea resistance. It is very present in my work place. I myself have used in the sniper environment and have some success. She calls it the potting soil method. You give air a little of your great idea to the team. Put a little potting soil on it and let it sit a little bit so the nutrients can come down to the roots. Then come back later and air a little more of the young idea, like watering the plant and letting it sit some more. I think by the time you reveal the whole idea in this method is people have gotten a chance to think about the change. They get used to it and say that “yes I have heard about this before” so it is not foreign. What do you think?

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