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Agile Innovation: The Revolutionary Approach to Accelerate Success, Inspire Engagement, and Ignite Creativity
February 1, 2015 Editor 0
Charles Darwin said it quite well: “In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” Innovation, collaboration, and improvisation are indeed essential forces shaping all of business and all of modern life, and they’ve become vitally important for the individual, the organization, and […]
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Is Nurturing Creativity a Luxury or a Necessity for Schools in Developing Nations?
December 1, 2014 Editor Comments Off on Is Nurturing Creativity a Luxury or a Necessity for Schools in Developing Nations?
After attending the World Innovation Summit for Education, I’m convinced that creativity matters – particularly as it applies to teaching and learning in developing nations. The central theme of this year’s summit was “Imagine-Create-Learn: Creativity at the Heart of Education.” Creativity is the process by which we bring together seemingly unrelated ideas to make something […]
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Effective Management over Government Led Research: A Study of Research Institutions in Gambia
November 2, 2014 Editor Comments Off on Effective Management over Government Led Research: A Study of Research Institutions in Gambia
Using primary data generated from samples of research units within the Gambia public research sector, this two-phased inquiry seeks to identify and explain factors in research governance that influence scientific knowledge production. In contributing to empirical discussions on the impact levels of different governance models and structures to scientific output, which appear limited and mixed […]
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Perceptions of Creativity in University–Industry Partnerships: A Pedagogical Approach
September 5, 2014 Editor 0
International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Ahead of Print. Building innovation capability is vital for prosperity and economic growth. The purpose of this study is to determine how innovation and creativity capability can be fostered through partnership between university and industry which is a core component of innovation systems. It compares student and industry […]
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The Heretic’s Guide to Getting More Done
March 29, 2014 Editor 0
Are you working endlessly but not accomplishing all you want? Mystified that continuous attention to work is not resulting in satisfactory progress toward your goals? So focused on work that you’re not thinking about or doing much else? If so, you may not be giving your brain the benefit of adequate downtime. A recent article in […]
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Linear and Nonlinear Thinking: A Multidimensional Model and Measure
March 3, 2014 Editor 0
Abstract Building upon previously developed and more general dual-process models, this paper provides empirical support for a multidimensional thinking style construct comprised of linear thinking and multiple dimensions of nonlinear thinking. A self-report assessment instrument (Linear/Nonlinear Thinking Style Profile; LNTSP) is presented and preliminarily tested across three studies with an overall sample of 778 respondents […]
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