Almost in every conceivable job, creativity is increasingly being tested. One needs to use out-of-the-book solutions for product launches, solving stakeholder issues and satisfying customer needs. That is why several organizations such as Goldman Sachs, Medtronic and Google have curated corporate training sessions on mindfulness meditation. Such exercises have helped reduce stress and foster an environment conducive to implementing innovations. Conveniently, not much time is needed, as ten to twelve minutes daily on a regular basis may be enough. A study conducted by the Rotterdam-based Erasmus University in the Netherlands to find out the effectiveness. It was found out that the group which practiced genuine meditation outpaced the others by substantial margins.

Source:https://hbr.org/2017/08/can-10-minutes-of-meditation-make-you-more-creative?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Uploaded Date:09 January 2018

A new book released Blue Ocean Shift, has been written by management thinkers Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne explores how certain companies are deviating from the established norms and setting value accordingly. Most industries today are seeing massive overload of competing companies. Retail is one such example. However, instead of competing in these red oceans, the creative ones are instead developing blue ocean strategies. A lot of focus is put on disruptive innovation. However, significant business innovation has taken place via non-disruptive paths as well. Prominent examples of this are online dating, microfinance, Sesame Street and Viagra. None of these put anyone out of job but instead created something totally new. Life coaching is another such, even though it didn’t even exist just two decades back but is now the second highest growing profession in the US behind IT only.

Source:https://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy/what-it-takes-to-shift-from-competing-to-creating-7246

Uploaded Date:14 December 2017

Present day business literature has been trumpeting collaboration over working alone. It is commonly being cited that collaboration leads to creativity and the lonely genius is a myth of yesteryear. Yet, far from being a myth, studies have clearly confirmed that it is solitude which brings in the greatest bit of creativity. While social interactions tend to increase the productivity of most people, for those exhibiting above-average intelligence levels, it may instead lead to mediocrity and group-think. Business research conducted by sciencedirect.com claims that these character traits of shyness and solitude get positively associated with creativity. Interestingly, even if an office is full of highly intelligent people, even then, instead of making them work together, it will be rather desirable to have them work separately.

Source:https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/collaboration-kills-creativity-according-to-science.html

Uploaded Date:13 December 2017

Sales training has time-and-again proven to be essential in boosting numbers across retail chains. That is why Experticity, a corporate training, firm was confident that their efforts in training sales staff was bearing fruit. But they had no way to prove the same, so they enlisted in the services of some experts who were then provided with enormous business intelligence to conduct their study. What was realized was that those who had gone for the training exercise at Experticity performed on average a whopping forty-six percent better than others. While all of this may not be solely due to the training efforts, as those who took the training were generally more proactive having volunteered for the same. But on further scrutiny it was realized that half the factor was their own motivation, while the rest was as a result of the training received. Twenty-three percent is also quite a substantial improvement in closing deals and selling products per hour. The trend is similar at call-centres. Zappos has leveraged its superior, trained staff to generally perform better than peers.

Source:http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/why-training-your-employees-will-increase-sales/

Uploaded Date:24 November 2017