“Now is the time to move fast and make changes. It is time to take the opportunities from the timid” we were told by Tim Routsis CEO of Cosworth at Imagination’s experience forum…

Lessons from Imagination's round-table session on the role of creativity in business...
 

Our guest post, just published on Wired UK argues that Real Time has been superceded by Next Time – the ability to filter vast amounts of Real Time data to predict the future.

Is it necessary to pay a senior banker a million-pound bonus? Does it deliver better results to pay a footballer more than £100,000 a week.

Imagination’s highly anticipated creativity event is fast approaching, and across the country, senior representatives from some of the world’s most innovative brands are likely to be pondering the very meaning of “creativity” and “how important it is to their business” in preparation for the big day.

… that it depends who you ask. And if you ask a panel of experts from Facebook, Nokia, Reuters and Microsoft, you will get a surprisingly candid and very interesting set of replies…
 

It recently came to my attention how stress release programs are becoming an increasingly important consideration for brands in China.

Something to remember when developing, and act upon when implementing.

Management theory places lots of stress on innovation and there is no doubt that the global and regional economy could do with some help right now. But are the businesses we work in day in and day out really fostering and delivering creativity?

Hot off the press. Award winners for our Asia-Pacific region. They are...