Articles & Newsletter

Below are links to business innovation and creativity articles by Jeff Govendo that might be of interest. We hope you enjoy them and find some useful information for your organization. Feel free to pass them along to your colleagues and friends (but please retain copyright notices on these creativity articles).

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"Workforce diversity and corporate creativity" Handbook of Business Strategy, 2005
Besides many other benefits, a diverse workforce increases the innovation potential of any organization!

"Getting your best ROI from a creative company retreat" Mass High Tech, February 23, 2004.
Go out and have a good time, but make sure it's worth your while!

"Time for Creativity" MII Quarterly (Marketing Institute of Ireland), June 2003. Pressured for time? You can still be creative!

"Off-Season Innovation" Executive Excellence, January 2003.
Keeping your company's innovation muscles in tone during the economic off-season!

"Don't eliminate your corporate meetings, increase their value"
Mass High Tech, Feb. 25, 2002.
Some tips on how to get more value from your company meetings in less time!

"Five ways to help people tap their own creativity" Mass High Tech, November 26, 2001.
During troubled economic times, you need to harness all the innovation potential your company has!

"Bring more creativity to your working sessions for a successful conference" Mass High Tech, September 24, 2001.
How to get the most from all the talent you've brought together!

"Group Creativity" Executive Excellence, September 2001.
A recipe for improving your brainstorming sessions!

Interview of Jeffrey Govendo CIO Magazine, August 1, 2001

"Designing a memorable conference" Mass High Tech, July 23, 2001.
Make your corporate meetings truly productive!

"A Best Kept Secret in Innovation" It's About Business, June-July, 2001.
Notes from the annual conference of the American Innovation Institute.

"Let's Look at Our 'Standard Models'" It's About Business, April-May, 2001.
What keeps us from thinking in new ways?

"Six Steps to Innovation" Decision Magazine (Ireland), Dec. 2000-Jan. 2001.
Some left-brained advice for right-brained results!

"Innovation at Work" Decision Magazine (Ireland), Oct.-Nov. 2000.
If everyone has creative potential, what are the implications for corporate innovation?

"No, really… you can have a useful staff meeting" Mass High Tech,
Aug. 2000.
The editor took liberties with the title… it's really about running innovative company-wide meetings!

"To Fix a Problem, Go for Broke!" Innovative Leader, April 2000.
Looking for a creative solution to a tough problem? Pick an idea that needs major repairs!

"The Key to Innovation: Just Say 'Maybe'" Innovative Leader, Sept. 1999.
Learning to be open-minded to new ideas is easy as 1-2-3…4-5!

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July 2009 - Lead Story: "Are We in an Innovation Recession?"
June 2009 - Lead Story: "The Practice of Creativity, Pt. 2"
May 2009 - Lead Story: "The Practice of Creativity, Pt. 1"
April 2009 - Lead Story: "Hello, Goodbye"
March 2009 - Lead Story: "Can Innovation be Found in the Cabinet?"
February 2009 - Lead Story: "Red State, Blue State"
January 2009 - Lead Story: "Taking Agriculture to New Heights"
December 2008 - Lead Story: "Don't Listen to the 'No' in Innovation"
November 2008 - Lead Story: "A Few New Ideas"
October 2008 - Lead Story: "Listening for Innovation, Part 2"
September 2008 - Lead Story: "Listening for Innovation"
August 2008 - Lead Story: "Of Tofu and Tupperware"
July 2008 - Lead Story: "Surprise, Surprise"
June 2008: Lead Story: "Sunny Side Up in a Bad Economy"
May 2008 - Lead Story: "Just Some Misunderstanding"
April 2008 - Lead Story: "Going Out Through the Door, Not the Wall"
March 2008 - Lead Story: "Is the Scientific Method Good for Your Health?"
February 2008 - Lead Story: "Subprime Innovation"
January 2008 - Lead Story: "Creating Change by Staying the Same"
December 2007 - Lead Story: "Suspension of Belief"
November 2007 - Lead Story: "Here's One for the Aged"
October 2007- Lead Story: "Customer Service: A Love Story"
September 2007- Lead Story: "The Ins and Outs of Effective Teams"
August 2007- Lead Story: "Hands-on Innovation"
July 2007- Lead Story: "Driven to Say NO"
June 2007- Lead Story: "Of BHAG's and Laptops"
May 2007- Lead Story: "The IRS: Trendsetter or Pushover?"
April 2007- Lead Story: "The Paperboy's Dilemma"
March 2007- Lead Story: "A Shining Example of Italian Ingenuity"
February 2007- Lead Story: "A Basement's Come-uppance?"
January 2007 - Lead Story: "The Sole of a New Machine"
December 2006 - Lead Story: "Taking an e-Holiday"
November 2006 - Lead Story: "Designer Genes, Part 2"
October 2006 - Lead Story: "Designer Genes"
September 2006 - Lead Story: "When Expertise is for the Birds"
August 2006 - Lead Story: "Outside Interests"
July 2006 - Lead Story: "Agitating for New Ideas"
June 2006 - Lead Story: "A Matter of Convenience"
May 2006 - Lead Story: "Sizing Up Corporate Innovation"
April 2006 - Lead Story: "A B-School Lesson"
March 2006 - Lead Story: "Christmas with the Cranks"
February 2006 - Lead Story: "Mothers are the Inventors of Necessity"
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October 2005 - Lead Story: "Sweating the Big Stuff"
September 2005 - Lead Story: "Getting Your Just Desserts in the Innovation
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August 2005 - Lead Story: "The Creative Power of the (Not So) Many" - Part 2
July 2005 - Lead Story: "The Creative Power of the (Not So) Many"
June 2005 - Lead Story: "Sleeping on the Job"
May 2005 - Lead Story: "The Doctor is (Rolling) IN"
Spring 2005 - Lead Story: "Names People Play"
Winter 2004 - Lead Story: "Shedding Some Light on Idea Development"
Fall 2004 - Lead Story: "Can We All Agree on Something? Consensus Has it Limits"
Summer 2004 - Lead Story: "Bricks & Mortar...and Wax"
Spring 2004 - Lead Story: "In Defense of Being Indecisive"
Winter 2003 - Lead Story: "A Dirty Three-Letter Word"
Fall 2003 - Lead Story: "The Myth of Original Thinking"
Summer 2003 - Lead Story: "The 'L' Word in Business Education"
Spring 2003 - Lead Story: "When an Innovation Runs Out of Gas"
Winter 2002 - Lead Story: "Thinking Outside the Bucks"
Fall 2002 - Lead Story: "Time for Creativity"
Summer 2002 - Lead Story: "A New Ruling on Intellectual Property: No Tweaking!"
Spring 2002 - Lead story: "Keeping in Shape During the Economic Off-season"
Winter 2001 - Lead story: "So...what did you learn today?"
Fall 2001 - Lead story: "X is for ... Collaboration"
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Spring 2001 - Lead story: "Lets Look at Our 'Standard Models'"

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