Business Relationship Management & Synectics

I’m excited to announce Synecticsworld® as a new Knowledge Partner and spon

A Super Hero Education

Creative problem-solving — a super power kids can call on for life.

Exponential Innovation Through Synectics

It is your imagination that is the key ingredient into harnessing the future.

A Visual Overview of the Synectics Invention Model

Imagine That! is a collection of thought pieces, stories, and articles by curre

Leading Innovation

What makes for a successful leader of innovation efforts?  It is different from

Trends having an impact on how people think about “Innovation”

By Synecticsworld
Three trends that we have observed accelerating recently.

GOT GROWTH? 4 Questions to Prepare for Strategy Innovation By Connie Williams

Connie Williams, CMO & General Partner Synecticsworld
When will you start y

Innovation Triggers

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
In a previous post, I talked about

The Not-Yet-Viable Product

Paul D. Roberts
By Paul D.

Moving Forward with Strategy Activation: Innovate versus Renovate

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
Many companies and organizations ar

The Immediacy of Climate

How well do you understand how your team is working as a group? Do you have a pe

Climate: the Unarticulated Need in Your Organization

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
 
By Joseph Giordano
As a team, organization,

On Curiosity

Paul D. Roberts, Synecticsworld
By Paul D. Roberts
I am curious about curiosity.

To Change the Culture, Change the Climate

Connie Williams, CMO & General Partner Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
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How do you diagnose climate?

Climate can be challenging to measure because it is made up of many small but si

The Power of Strategy Innovation

Bob Johnston, a former Synector, collaborates with Synecticsworld on projects on

Lasting Impact of Synectics

Bill Teague reflects on working on a project with Synecticsworld–and how t

Three Articles Concerning Healthcare

Leo Boudreau
 
By Leo Boudreau
 
I have recently read some very intere

Five Synectics Principles for Strategic Off-Sites

Download five principles for successful strategic off-sites from Synector Connie

How does your business kill innovation?

Joe Giordano
By Joe Giordano
If there is one common thread that weaves together

A New Kind of Health Plan

Connie Williams, CMO & General Partner Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
The

Incubation: Bridging The Gap Between Idea and Implementation

Joe Gammal, Synecticsworld
By Joe Gammal
I’ve noticed, over the last few year

Crafting a More Productive R&D & Marketing Innovation Partnership

Connie Williams, CMO & General Partner Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
Thi

How To Assemble Your Team For Innovation

Leo Boudreau
 
By Leo Boudreau
One of the most crucial tasks related to a succe

Beyond the Survey: Small (Data) is Beautiful

Connie Williams, CMO & General Partner Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
Big

What does Collaboration REALLY Mean?

Connie Williams, CMO and General Partner Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
Colla

5 Creative Ways to Leverage Big Data

Connie Williams, CMO and General Partner Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
Big D

Innovative Ideas Need a Story to Survive

Chipp Norcross, Synecticsworld
By Chipp Norcross
One of the biggest challenges t

Optimal Decision-Making and Doing More with Less Time

By Chipp Norcross
I read an eye-opening article about the mathematical challeng

A 6 Word Innovation Novel by Kyle Hermans

Kyle Hermans, Synecticsworld
An innovation novel by Kyle Hermans
“Gathering du

If we’d had more time, we could’ve done a better job…

Chipp Norcross, Synecticsworld
By Chipp Norcross
“If we’d had more t

How Google Glass and LensCrafters Will Finally Solve Our Collaboration Problem

Chipp Norcross
By Chipp Norcross
Last month, Google and Luxotica announced a new

Why Change Should be Easy and it’s Hard – Creative Buddha

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
Change is here, and it is moving fa

3 Worth the Read on The Need for Creativity in Education

Leo Boudreau
By Leo Boudreau
It feels like our education system is reaching a ti

How to Adjust to the Silver-Tsunami of Working Baby Boomers?

Paul D. Roberts
By Paul D.

A strong Corporate Culture is the bedrock of Innovation

Leo Boudreau
By Leo Boudreau
When we think about what it takes to make a company

Trusting Your Gut As A Critical Ingredient For Creating Innovations

Chipp Norcross
By Chipp Norcross
Call it a hunch. An Instinct. Intuition.

Biggest Take-Notice Non-Technical innovations of 2013

Joseph S.

Taking Teamwork Beyond Billy Beane’s Numbers

Connie Williams, CMO & General Partner Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
How

4 Worth the Read

By Leo Boudreau
Leo Boudreau
It seems like every week there are significant dis

Do you have the Right Concentration?

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
The eighth principle of the path, R

Joe Giordano – Executive in Residence at SNHU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Steve Boucher
Director of Marketing & Communi

Helping Innovation Survive the Budget Season

Chipp Norcross, Synecticsworld
By Chipp Norcross
When I hear a client tell me th

8 Steps to Create Change

There are several philosophies about the creation of wealth that state:
find and

The 7th Path: Right Mindfulness

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
Right mindfulness, for me, is one o

Is Your Language Helping or Hurting You?

By Paul D. Roberts
Paul D.

The Right Effort – Positive Focus for Positive Outcomes

Be the Best Team You Can Be

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Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano

Gaining Competitive Advantage through Consumer Insight. Podcast

Connie Williams, CMO & General Partner Synecticsworld
Connie Williams, in an

Four Leadership Articles Worth Reading

 
By Leo Boudreau
Leo Boudreau
We believe that organizations can only be g

InnerCity Weightlifting Featured on ESPN Video

Joe Gammal, Synecticsworld
 
By Joe Gammal
There’s no greater reward

5 Reasons Why Everyone is Creative

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
Over the past few months I have rea

Living in the Question — The First Step to Finding Answers

Joe Gammal, Synecticsworld
By Joe Gammal
How can I prepare my kids to thrive in

Lessons in Team Dynamics from Despicable Me’s Minions

Chipp Norcross, Synecticsworld
By Chipp Norcross
A well functioning team can mak

Change begins with ideas. Are you an Idea Killer?

By Paul D. Roberts
Paul D.

How to Plan for Your Company’s Future

Connie Williams, CMO & General Partner Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
One

Discovering the Future Needs and Wants of your Marketplace

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
In 1998, as I was moving to Chicago

Creating an Innovative Mindset in I.T.

Chipp Norcross, Synecticsworld

By Chipp Norcross & Joe Gammal

Recently, we

Five Steps to Increase the COURAGE of Your Creativity

Kyle Hermans
By Kyle Hermans
In my years of facilitating people, teams, and orga

Deliberate Synergy

Deliberate Synergy: George’s Dream
By Joe Gammal
In December, 2008, Georg

Which 1 are you of the 4 Meeting Mindsets?

By Bryan Laychak
We have all been there,  the off-site meeting where plates of

How Ron Johnson Could Have Avoided Catastrophe by Listening to JCPenney’s People

Chipp Norcross, Synecticsworld
By Chipp Norcross
The story of the rapid decline

How to bring Right Livelihood into your next meeting – The Noble 8-Fold Path

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
This is the fifth article in this s

Take the Right Action to Build Collaboration: Fourth Path in the 8-Fold Path

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
In this article, the fourth in this

How to Stop Trying to Do Everyone Else’s Work (and Enjoy Doing Your Own)

Chipp Norcross, Synecticsworld
By Chipp Norcross
Over the last few years of work

Getting to the Heart of the Consumer: Synectics in Marketing

The below article is a taken from a chapter of Imagine That!
Imagine That! is a

Involve Your Clients in the Creation Process

By Leo Boudreau
Leo Boudreau
Research has shown that people are 5 times more com

Tap into Your Unconscious Mind: Inside the Synectics Teepee

By Joe Gammal
By most accounts,  the unconscious mind carries 90-99% of our t

What can you learn from “The Voice”?

By Bryan Laychak
If you don’t watch it, you’ve probably at least heard a

What Healthcare Reform Is going to Mean

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
In the next few months, insurance c

How to build a better global brand

Kyle Hermans, Synecticsworld
By Kyle Hermans
Kyle Hermans is the Senior Director

Apple and Polaroid

By Leo Boudreau
Leo Boudreau
Apple and Polaroid
I have recently read the book, �

Synectics as a creative problem-solving technique

Imagine That! is a collection of thought pieces, stories, and articles by curre

How to Build success into your goals

Kyle Hermans, Principal Synecticsworld
By Kyle Hermans
Kyle Hermans is the Senio

A little story with a big lesson

By Synecticsworld
I was at the park the other day with my kids and I noticed so

Spark Your creative Thinking with Catalytic Converters

Connie Williams, CMO & CKO, Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
There is a lon

How the Emotional Climate (Field) Impacts Performance:

George M. Prince, Founder of Synectics
By George M.

Third Path in the 8-Fold Path: The Right Speech

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
“While right view refers to t

Be a Person On Whom Nothing is Lost

Connie Williams, CMO & CKO Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
So I said to An

How to Prepare for Our Rapidly Approaching Science Fiction Future

Chipp Norcross, Synecticsworld
By Chipp Norcross
I had the privilege of spending

Mind Over Metaphor

Connie Williams, CMO & CKO, Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
What are the k

You Already Have the People To Make Your Company More Innovative Part II: (Creativity Found)

Terry K. Gilliam, Chairman Synecticsworld
By Terry K.

How to Help Others Benefit From Being “Calculatedly Stupid”

Chipp Norcross, Synecticsworld
By Chipp Norcross
I’m always happy to see t

Take your Brainstorming to Breakthroughs!

Connie Williams, CMO & CKO, Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
I went to an i

Do You Have the Right Intent?

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
While right view refers to the cogn

The Consumer Is Dead…Long Live the Deciders?

Connie Williams, CMO, CKO Synecticsworld
By Connie Williams
I had a conversation

Brand Challenge Series: When “Value Brands” Need To Raise Prices

Kyle Hermans, Synecticsworld
This article is featured in the online magazine Br

What Does it Mean for an Organization to Be Stuck?

By Bryan Laychak
Driving my kids to school, I glanced down to see the orange “

AN OPEN LETTER TO MICROSOFT

Chipp Norcross, Synecticsworld
Dear Steve:
Back in the nineties, I felt I was at

You Already Have the People To Make Your Company More Innovative Part I: (Creativity Lost)

Terry K Gilliam, Synecticsworld
By Terry K.

A New Career for a Football Legend

Imagine That! is a collection of thought pieces, stories, and articles by curre

Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals (BHAG) & The Power of Small Wins

Kyle Hermans, Synecticsworld
By Kyle Hermans:
Kyle Hermans is Senior Director of

Do You Have the Right View?

By Joe Giordano
“The Noble Eightfold Path is a practical guideline to ethical

TO MOTIVATE YOUR TEAM, SET THEIR MINDS FREE!

Kyle Hermans
By Kyle Hermans
Kyle Hermans is the Senior Director of Innovation C

Staying Relevant Through Innovation at ATME

By Terry K Gilliam
Terry K Gilliam, CEO Synecticsworld
Eastbound on a flight fro

Kindred Spirits in Creative Problem Solving at CPSI Conference 2012

By Joe Gammal

It has felt like a home-coming for Synecticsworld at the Creativ

How to be the change you want to see in your meeting

Kyle Hermans, Synecticsworld
By Kyle Hermans
It was 5:07pm on a Friday afternoon

Is your organization prepared for innovation?

By Connie Williams
Connie Williams
Everybody wants innovation and just about eve

The Act of Innovation is and always will be in style.

By Terry K Gilliam
Terry K.

Imagine That!

Vincent Nolan
Connie Williams, CKO Synecticsworld
The Imagine That! book is a co

Enterprise Innovation and Creativity

by Francisco Teixeira e Melo
Growing your business! That is typically the ultima

How to… spark innovation in your organization

by Roger Neill, People Management
Every HR executives would love to play a major

Five Ways to Kill an Idea

In her acceptance speech at the 2014 Oscars, best supporting actress Lupita Nyo

Idea Generation

There are several truisms that almost every company trot out: ‘People are our

Building an Inventive Organization

Jeff Mauzy Interview, Ubiquity e-zine
Jeff Mauzy is co-author (with Richard Harr

Synecticsworld, Harvard Business School, and InnerCity Weightlifting creating solutions together

By Joe Gammal
Joe Gammal, Synecticsworld
As athletes from around the world gathe

Being in Permanent Beta

By Chipp Norcoss
Chipp Norcross, Synecticsworld
While reading Wired on a flight

5 x More Committed to Ideas

By Terry K.

Effective Claims-Staking Lights Up the Consumer’s Mind

Joe Giordano, Synecticsworld
By Joe Giordano
We have all seen the trailer, if no

Steve Jobs and Synectics

By Leo Boudreau
Leo Boudreau
I have just finished reading the Steve Jobs biograp

How to add Creative Thinking to Lean Thinking

By Chipp Norcross
Chipp Norcross, Synecticsworld
I’ve had many conversations o