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Thought Leader Interviews

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Learn to think visually – or else

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Jamie Nast, author of the popular book Idea Mapping and the Idea Mapping Success Blog, is one of the most world’s most prolific trainers and speakers on the topic of visual mapping. In this interview, she explains why it

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Robert B. Tucker reflects on the evolution, current challenges and future of innovation

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Author Robert B. Tucker shares some thought-provoking insights into the state of innovation, including its surprising growth to date, what’s challenging organizations today and its future outlook.

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David Silverstein: How TRIZ can help to bring structure to innovation

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In this Thought Leader Interview, author David Silverstein explains how the TRIZ problem solving methodology can help organizations to bring structure and direction to their innovation initiatives.

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Robert B. Tucker predicts 2007 innovation trends

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In this Thought Leaders interview, author Robert B. Tucker discusses the global innovation movement, the outlook for innovation in 2007, and the latest methods companies are developing to drive results.

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Tony Buzan reflects on the growth, evolution and future of Mind Mapping

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Tony Buzan is the developer of mind maps, a popular visual thinking technique often called the “Swiss army knife of the brain.” In this interview, he talks about the growth of Mind Mapping, his company’s recent foray into Mind Mapping software and the future of this visual technique for representing ideas and information.

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Paul Sloane talks about strategies for creating effective innovation processes

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Paul Sloane is renowned as a thought-provoking, entertaining and motivational speaker. His books have established Paul’s reputation as the leading expert on lateral thinking and lateral leadership and he has published numerous articles on InnovationTools.com. With his consultancy, Destination Innovation, Paul helps organizations to develop a vision, culture and process for innovation. In this thought leader interview, he shares his thoughts on how to establish effective processes for innovation.

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Gerald ‘Solutionman’ Haman talks about innovation challenges, creativity tools and creative workspaces

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When it comes to developing and using innovation and creativity tools, Gerald Haman has no equal. In this interview with InnovationTools founder Chuck Frey, Gerald shares his insights on innovation challenges, creativity tools and creative work environments.

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Interview with Mark Turrell: How metrics are driving innovation today

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Mark Turrell is CEO of Imaginatik, a developer of enterprise idea management applications. He has spent a lot of time researching innovation, investigating new business processes, new product development methods, and innovation metrics. He is truly one of the “deep thinkers” of business innovation. In this interview with InnovationTools founder Chuck Frey, Mark shares his insights on trends in the world of innovation.

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Interview with Joyce Wycoff: Making space for innovation

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As the cofounder of InnovationNetwork, the visionary behind the annual Innovation Convergence conference and tireless author and supporter of organizational innovation, Joyce Wycoff is in a unique position to comment on its current state and future possibilities. This first Innovation Thought Leader interview contains some great insights from this leading thinker in the world of innovation.