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Digg it UP - Good Idea Generation - A Process
This article takes some of the mystery of the offshore incorporation process. It brings you a summary of the different stages which the incorporator goes through when setting up an offshore company.JURISDICTIONThere are many optional offshore jurisdictions in which you can incorporate your business. In this guide we focus on two of the most popular jurisdictions and list other separately.Cayman IslandsThe Cayman Islands consist of a group of thre
The above process can be learned, controlled and the effective use of it is just as much a matter of practice as any tool. It explains why some people are more able to regularly generate a large number of diverse and novel ideas. Two relevant footnotes should be applied:
a) It is compelling that the more complex the problem, the longer the process.
b) Further, the closer the idea is to the origin of the S-curve (a measurement of impediments), the greater the number of intermediary issues requiring resolution before a solution can be obtained.
These and other topics are covered in depth in the MBA
Managing Accounts Receivables is a detail ridden process and most business owners would rather focus their energies on marketing their products and services to drive business growth rather than get bogged down with this ‘necessary evil’. It therefore makes it both a strategic as well as a cost effective option to consider outsourcing this important function of your business.Call strategy Knowing which customers to call is perhaps the most important decisi
Below are just some elements of the good idea generation process:
a) Creativity is often triggered by the need to solve a problem. People who generate good ideas tend to clearly identify the problem through a tangible process. They will look at a problem from various perspectives, create multiple definitions of it and ask many others to contribute to the precise nature and basic qualities of the problem as they see it.
b) Problems require intense investigation. People who generate good ideas intensely investigate the problem using various knowledge bases and information sources. This allows frame breaking, reduces path dependency and parochialism and allows the intellectual cross-pollination that gets people thinking in new directions.
c) Forced productivity. People who come up with good ideas force themselves to produce ideas without evaluating those ideas. They will separate creative from critical thinking and simply bash out ideas using a variety of techniques. Common methods involve linking to diverse objects and concepts, vertical and lateral thinking techniques. They will regularly maximise the size and quality of their idea pool. This patterns the mind into seeking answers and triggers cognitive activity at multiple levels.
d) Seek stimuli. People who think of good ideas seek out stimuli from novel, diverse and numerous sources. The range of stimuli is infinite and this tends to suit people who have or benefit from a life long interest and curiosity in many subjects.
e) Constant conscious thought. People who generate good ideas constantly think about the problem at all times. Often they describe themselves as incapable of thinking of anything else, no matter what distractions may be present. Hence the common occurrence of descriptions such as “obsessed,” “single-minded,” “preoccupied,” “compulsive,” “consumed,” “captivated,” “infatuated,” “absorbed”, “immersed,” “possessed,” “hooked” and so forth.
f) Engagement in rest and unrelated activities. People who generate good ideas will allow for rest and engagement in unrelated activities, which allows unconscious processes to take over. It is at this point that insight is common. Having progressed past the previous stages numerous times, the solution presents itself when engaging in something completely unrelated.
g) Incubation. Following intense cognitive activity, it may be that the problem is set aside. A solution may present itself at any point thereafter.
The above process can be learned, controlled and the effective use of it is just as much a matter of practice as any tool. It explains why some people are more able to regularly generate a large number of diverse and novel ideas. Two relevant footnotes should be applied:
a) It is compelling that the more complex the problem, the longer the process.
b) Further, the closer the idea is to the origin of the S-curve (a measurement of impediments), the greater the number of intermediary issues requiring resolution before a solution can be obtained.
These and other topics are covered in depth in the MBA
What would happen if the author of The Da Vinci Code wrote your next direct mail fundraising appeal letter?Would your letter be boring? Predictable? Forgettable?I’ll give the answer in a minute.Your donors will no longer respond to lacklustre appeal letters. Today’s busy, distracted donors won’t donate to unexciting causes.Blame it on Survivor and American Idol. Blame it on cell phones, iPods, Blackberries, digital TV, satellite radio, jun
b) Problems require intense investigation. People who generate good ideas intensely investigate the problem using various knowledge bases and information sources. This allows frame breaking, reduces path dependency and parochialism and allows the intellectual cross-pollination that gets people thinking in new directions.
c) Forced productivity. People who come up with good ideas force themselves to produce ideas without evaluating those ideas. They will separate creative from critical thinking and simply bash out ideas using a variety of techniques. Common methods involve linking to diverse objects and concepts, vertical and lateral thinking techniques. They will regularly maximise the size and quality of their idea pool. This patterns the mind into seeking answers and triggers cognitive activity at multiple levels.
d) Seek stimuli. People who think of good ideas seek out stimuli from novel, diverse and numerous sources. The range of stimuli is infinite and this tends to suit people who have or benefit from a life long interest and curiosity in many subjects.
e) Constant conscious thought. People who generate good ideas constantly think about the problem at all times. Often they describe themselves as incapable of thinking of anything else, no matter what distractions may be present. Hence the common occurrence of descriptions such as “obsessed,” “single-minded,” “preoccupied,” “compulsive,” “consumed,” “captivated,” “infatuated,” “absorbed”, “immersed,” “possessed,” “hooked” and so forth.
f) Engagement in rest and unrelated activities. People who generate good ideas will allow for rest and engagement in unrelated activities, which allows unconscious processes to take over. It is at this point that insight is common. Having progressed past the previous stages numerous times, the solution presents itself when engaging in something completely unrelated.
g) Incubation. Following intense cognitive activity, it may be that the problem is set aside. A solution may present itself at any point thereafter.
The above process can be learned, controlled and the effective use of it is just as much a matter of practice as any tool. It explains why some people are more able to regularly generate a large number of diverse and novel ideas. Two relevant footnotes should be applied:
a) It is compelling that the more complex the problem, the longer the process.
b) Further, the closer the idea is to the origin of the S-curve (a measurement of impediments), the greater the number of intermediary issues requiring resolution before a solution can be obtained.
These and other topics are covered in depth in the MBA
Sandboxes fascinate me. You can live in a concrete jungle yet right there in the middle of city smog, metal swing sets and wooden benches is a box containing sand imported from well, who knows where?Watching children at play in those sandboxes is especially delightful. The sound of their giggles, the way they work so intently to build their castles or other castle-like architecture with such great focus they don’t see or hear what’s going on around them. Adorable.
d) Seek stimuli. People who think of good ideas seek out stimuli from novel, diverse and numerous sources. The range of stimuli is infinite and this tends to suit people who have or benefit from a life long interest and curiosity in many subjects.
e) Constant conscious thought. People who generate good ideas constantly think about the problem at all times. Often they describe themselves as incapable of thinking of anything else, no matter what distractions may be present. Hence the common occurrence of descriptions such as “obsessed,” “single-minded,” “preoccupied,” “compulsive,” “consumed,” “captivated,” “infatuated,” “absorbed”, “immersed,” “possessed,” “hooked” and so forth.
f) Engagement in rest and unrelated activities. People who generate good ideas will allow for rest and engagement in unrelated activities, which allows unconscious processes to take over. It is at this point that insight is common. Having progressed past the previous stages numerous times, the solution presents itself when engaging in something completely unrelated.
g) Incubation. Following intense cognitive activity, it may be that the problem is set aside. A solution may present itself at any point thereafter.
The above process can be learned, controlled and the effective use of it is just as much a matter of practice as any tool. It explains why some people are more able to regularly generate a large number of diverse and novel ideas. Two relevant footnotes should be applied:
a) It is compelling that the more complex the problem, the longer the process.
b) Further, the closer the idea is to the origin of the S-curve (a measurement of impediments), the greater the number of intermediary issues requiring resolution before a solution can be obtained.
These and other topics are covered in depth in the MBA
Michael Gerber, in his book the e-Myth, talks about the importance of working ON your business, rather than IN your business. In one case you're doing the planning, creating the vision, leading your organization (regardless of the size). In the other, you're doing the actual work of the business - the details.As entrepreneurs our tendency is to take on all the detailed work in our business. Primarily because it's what we know how to do. And secondarily because we're
f) Engagement in rest and unrelated activities. People who generate good ideas will allow for rest and engagement in unrelated activities, which allows unconscious processes to take over. It is at this point that insight is common. Having progressed past the previous stages numerous times, the solution presents itself when engaging in something completely unrelated.
g) Incubation. Following intense cognitive activity, it may be that the problem is set aside. A solution may present itself at any point thereafter.
The above process can be learned, controlled and the effective use of it is just as much a matter of practice as any tool. It explains why some people are more able to regularly generate a large number of diverse and novel ideas. Two relevant footnotes should be applied:
a) It is compelling that the more complex the problem, the longer the process.
b) Further, the closer the idea is to the origin of the S-curve (a measurement of impediments), the greater the number of intermediary issues requiring resolution before a solution can be obtained.
These and other topics are covered in depth in the MBA
Banking Instruments are used as Credit / Asset Enhancement in order to aid in the development of projects, to facilitate trade-finance, help to secure Loans, Real-Estate Development, or General Business Expansion.The advantage of using these instruments is that it is immediately confirmed as Viable Security, thereby meeting the criteria of the Standard Credit Committee and triggering the Credit Line Days and dispensing with the normal 60-90 day period of Institutiona
The above process can be learned, controlled and the effective use of it is just as much a matter of practice as any tool. It explains why some people are more able to regularly generate a large number of diverse and novel ideas. Two relevant footnotes should be applied:
a) It is compelling that the more complex the problem, the longer the process.
b) Further, the closer the idea is to the origin of the S-curve (a measurement of impediments), the greater the number of intermediary issues requiring resolution before a solution can be obtained.
These and other topics are covered in depth in the MBA dissertation on Managing Creativity & Innovation, which can be purchased at http://www.managing-creativity.com
Kal Bishop, MBA.
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