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Interview: How to Increase Innovation NOW!
Last week I posted a video of me interviewing Neen James on the topic of Thought Leadership. Neen returned the favor, so today I am posting a video of Neen interviewing me on the topic of Innovation: Here are a few things we talke about: A simple definition of innovation How improv comedy relates to […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
Innovation Roundup – 8-8-2014
Here’s a sampling of some great articles about innovation from around the web: Improv and Comedy Can Infuse Companies With an Inventive Spirit – On the surface, business and comedy could not be more different. But the performance skill sets used in comedy routines are directly relevant to creating and maintaining a strong business culture. Straight-laced […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
Thought Leadership – Organize and Monetize Your Creativity and Innovation (Interview with Neen James)
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Neen James, an international productivity and Thought Leadership expert. On my blog and in my presentations I talk a lot about tapping into your creativity and using that creativity to be more innovative. Neen is an expert on helping people organize and monetize those great ideas your creativity […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
Innovation Technique: Leverage the Power of “Spectacular Failure”
Failure, in general, is not a good thing. It is usually uncomfortable, painful, and the exact opposite of what we wanted. However, failure can be your “success secret weapon.” Especially when it’s not just basic failure, but rather when it’s Spectacular Failure!. “Spectacular Failure”? That sounds even worse than regular failure, doesn’t it? Maybe. But […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
Innovation Roundup – 8-01-2014
Here’s a sampling of some great articles about innovation from around the web: The Science Of Brainstorming – “But research continues to show that our hunt for the eureka moment may be in vain. The most recent example comes from Joel Chan and Christian Schunn of the University of Pittsburgh, who sought to understand how “thought […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
Innovation Without Execution is Like a Taco Without Filling
Innovation is awesome. Innovation is also useless without execution. In 2012 Taco Bell introduced the Doritos Locos Tacos, a standard taco where the shell is made from Nacho Cheese Doritos. Brilliant! The Doritos Locos Tacos went on to went on to become Taco Bell’s most successful product launch ever, selling 100 million Tacos in 10 […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
Increasing Innovation by Busting Your Comfort Zone (Guest Post by Ken Okel)
If you have seen me speak, you know my simple definition of innovation: “Doing something new, or doing something old in a new way.” In order to do something new or something old in a new way, you have to get out of your comfort zone. Staying in your comfort zone is the opposite of […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
Innovation Technique: Throw it All Away, Make it Earn Its Way Back (Guest Post by Thom Singer)
One of the biggest barriers to using innovation to take your business or career to the next level is the current success you are enjoying. If you try to innovate by clinging to what you are already doing, you begin the creative process already limiting yourself. You are far better off throwing it all away! […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
Innovation Lesson from Pixar: Stop “Planning Derivative Work”
I love Pixar. Let me be clear; I don’t just love Pixar movies (though Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and The Incredibles are amongst my favorite movies). I love Pixar the Company. I have read and watched quite a few books, articles, and documentaries about Pixar, and their story and methodology never ceases to amaze […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
Innovation Roundup – 7-18-2014
Here’s a sampling of some great articles about innovation from around the web: Blindsided by Innovation: Stop Being Romantic! – You get comfortable, you stop being hungry, you start to miss the signs, and then all of a sudden you’re blindsided by innovation, and you’re out of business. Don’t let it happen to you! Always […]
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By Avish Parashar. As the world's only Motivational Improviser, Avish uses techniques from the world of improv comedy to engage, entertain, and educate audiences on ideas around change, creativity, and motivation. Connect with Avish on Google+
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