A one stop shop for Business Creativity and Innovation resources

Here you will find a wide selection of resources to help you in your quest to be more creative and innovative, either personally or organisationally. The following sections provide downloads and signposts. Simply click on the following links to jump straight to the things that you are interested in.

You can browse our published articles, read articles written by us that others have published, see what is available in our shop and download FREE resources from this site.

All articles are Copyright Creative Business Solutions. Please feel free to re-use articles either in part or their entirety, however text must be reproduced 'as is' and the source properly referenced.

 

Creativity and Innovation articles published by us

We publish articles via our monthly newsletter Innovation Matters. Past editions from 2007 onwards can be found in our newsletter archive or you can click here to read the latest edition. You can also subscribe to Innovation matters via any web page.

We also have over 100 articles published in our Creativity and Innovation blog. Recent popular articles include ...

What makes a good idea?
Business Creativity and Innovation - why aren't more companies taking it seriously?
Serendipity - luck or skill?
Innovation - wrestling with Jelly
Creativity - instructions not included

 

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Creativity and Innovation articles published elsewhere

We have a number of articles published on external websites. For a list of over 80 articles related to Business Creativity and Innovation that you can use/re-use easily see EzineArticles.com.

We also have the following articles published on InnovationTools.com ...

Are you afraid of failure? Get over it!
Adult creativity: Why we should make time for play
Creative problem solving: Which way does your banana bend?
Innovation: Is there such a thing as 'best practice?'
How to use a morphological matrix to generate ideas
How to generate 20 new business ideas over coffee
Predicting the future and focusing your innovation program

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Creativity and Innovation resources available to buy

Our eShop contains advanced resources for enhancing creativity and innovation including ebooks and techniques kits for running your own creativity workshops. The range of products will be added to over time. Currently we have a four volume ebook series that starts with the YES you can beginner's guide and adds a further three volumes full of advanced techniques that give you a total of 48 practical creative problem solving techniques for your toolbox plus hints and tips on getting the best from them. Our two technique kits enable you to create resources within minutes of downloading them, simply print out the pages and then laminate them!

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Currently our ebooks include ...

Yes you can!
Top up your toolbox
Leave no stone unturned
Creative fireworks

Technique Kit 1 contains ...

The Movie Screen - visualisation exercise
How To Generate 20 Business Ideas Over Coffee - idea generation
Using Metaphor - exploring/defining problem situations
Speed Storywriting - ice breaker, problem definition
Still Life Ice Breaker - ice breaker, discovering personal traits

Technique Kit 2 contains ...

Cartoon Storyboard - planning/prioritising
Working With Aliens - problem exploration/definition
Time Traveller - problem exploration/definition
List And Twist - random stimulation, idea generation
Boundary Relaxation - problem redefinition/exploration
Bullet Proofing - planning/prioritising

Free downloadable Creativity and Innovation resources

The effects of bullying on Creativity Find out the effects that bullying can have on both personal and organisational Creativity.

Tips for creative thinking 24 top tips to improve your creative thinking.

Soft Infrastructure A thought provoking paper designed to ask questions about the types of networks needed to support Innovation.

New Innovation Model A document that outlines the theory behind our Innovation Toolkit and also how both discrete and continuous Innovation projects might be managed. It also helps to explain why managing multiple Innovation projects can lead to confusion.

Workshop Examples Information sheets for our most popular workshops including Bite Size Creativity, Creating The Difference, Idea Generation and Team Technology. These are not a definitive list and readers should bear in mind that workshop components can be mix and matched.

Innovation Toolkit details of our unique method of measuring and benchmarking innovation.

Sample Programmes Information sheets for our most asked for programmes. These include Domino² Knowledgeware for spreading Innovation culture, Futures for predicting the future up to 30 years ahead and Intelligent Growth, a full Innovation programme.

Slow Innovation Read the Slow Innovation manifesto written by Derek Cheshire created for Change This .

Creativity as a business tool An article written by Derek Cheshire and published in the Malawi Guardian.

Buying Creativity Read our simple guide to buying creativity for your organisation including what to look for when hiring consultants and facilitators.

The story of Nomad Wheelchairs Read a brief account of Nomad and how their innovative behaviours are contributing to their success.