Leading Libraries Series: Leading for Innovation
Ideation and creativity
Resource list
Web accessible articles
A summary of creative collaboration approaches – how we can use all of our diverse minds to come up with innovative solutions. Packed with inspiring case studies about public innovations. Collaboration from the team at IDEOU
A good little summary of techniques and ideas to help you plan a collective ideation session – 'What is ideation and how to prepare for ideation sessions' from Rikke Friis Dam and Teo Yu Siang at the Interaction Design Foundation. The authors work in the digital industry but the ideas here apply, whatever your innovation needs.
A great introduction to Design Thinking as a set of practices and an approach to innovation from the team at IDEO – Design Thinking Defined.
Feeling a bit stuck for creative ideas? One effective approach to creative ideation – Explore analogous inspiration – from the IDEOU
Vidoes and podcasts
A short video on brainstorming approaches for creativity – from IDEOU.
So you think you aren't creative? Try watching How to build your creative confidence – a TED talk by David Kelley – author
of 'Creative Confidence'
John Spencer on 'The surprising truth about inspiration' – a short animation about all the ways that we can maximise our chances of finding insights in our innovation
efforts. Good for inspiring yourself!
Busting some myths about 'creative genius' – different approaches to generating good ideas 'Where good ideas come from' from Steven Johnson for
TedGlobal
Recommended books
'Creative Confidence: Unleashing the creative potential within us all', Tom
Kelley; David Kelley. Publisher: New York: Crown Business, 2013
'Yes, You Can Innovate: Discover your innovation strengths and develop your creative potential' Natalie Turner, Harlow, United Kingdom : Pearson Education, 2018
Hundreds of techniques for getting groups more creative 'Thinkertoys' Michael Michalko, M. Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative Thinking
Techniques. Berkeley, CA, 2006
Module materials
Slide pack: Ideation and creativity
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