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Cross-pollination of
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Vadim Kotelnikov (VadiK), innopreneur coaching by example

Facilitate exchange of knowledge and ideas to inspire innovative solutions and manage creativity, inventiveness, smartness, and innovation.

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Intellectual Cross-pollibation of Ideas: Yin and Yang flows  

Managing Creativity In Your Business Environment

Creative thinking is an intense social activity. You need a stimulus and information input of other people's minds to be a great creative thinker... More

  

 

 

 

   

Successful Practices: Oticon

 

  

 
 

An impromptu setting can help spark cross-pollination of ideas and team chemistry. When the Danish hearing-aid company Oticon discovered that spontaneous interactions between employees located on different floors were taking place on stairwells, the firm wisely broadened the stairs to encourage the multidisciplinary interchange.

 

 

 
   

Successful Practices: GE

 

  

 

 
   

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① "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." ~ Bruce Lee

② Sleep on this information – your powerful superconscious mind will tell you how to use it when you wake up

 

 Self-Leadership Journey towards a Greater Self. Vadim Kotelnikov

 

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How to make cross-pollination
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Intellectual Cross-Pollination: 7 Planting Tips by IDEO

 

  

 

IDEO Tom Kelley creativity innovation quotes

Cross-pollination approach is a kind of alchemy of innovation.

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Browse, constantly search for new ideas and → inspiration: make constant browsing of journals, books, newspapers, Internet and other sources your habit and an integral part of your → corporate culture.  >>>

  

 

Play a Film Director: break the world down into scenes and become expert at watching people, especially enthusiasts, perform even the smallest tasks. Taking on the → perspective of a film director and watching events outside your normal sphere can heighten your observation skills.

   

 

Hold an Open House periodically to spread the best disciplines of your company far and wide. Keep it casual. Encourage comments and ideas. Combine it with some food to get people talking.

 

 

Inspire Advocates: mental diversity is very important – you need individuals who celebrate different viewpoints. They will make you more conscious of critical constituencies and considerations in every new → project.

 

 

Hire Outsiders: fresh blood invigorates a company and introduces new ideas. Hire a diverse group of individuals and people just slightly off center, and you'll be pleasantly surprised.

     

 

Change Hats: when you start a new project, work up compelling characters to represent some possible users of your new products or services. Sketch them, give them names, families and background stories.  >>>

 

 

Build Cross-Functional Expertise: benefit from little drills, processes and → knowledge you pick up from other businesses; don't focus too much on → your competition – spend as much time learn from noncompetitive industries as well. Simple → solutions to many problems are often just nearby – waiting for you to find them.  >>>