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Zig-Zag and the Art of Strategic Creativity
Sometimes the shortest distance between today’s offerings and business models and tomorrow’s innovations isn’t a straight line.
Data can be a powerful aid to ideation. Three of BCG’s centers of excellence can help turn data into actionable insights:
BCG’s Thinking in New Boxes ideation process identifies and challenges outmoded mental models to unleash, shape, and prioritize powerful new innovation ideas.
Alan Iny
Partner & Director, Creativity & Scenarios
New York
Senior Advisor
Brussels
Partner & Director, Innovation Analytics & IP
Toronto
Sometimes the shortest distance between today’s offerings and business models and tomorrow’s innovations isn’t a straight line.
Truly great brainstorming is rare. Increase your odds with these five hacks from behavioral economics.