--- title: A Blog About Innovation Management, Data, and Creativity from Exaptive (2) description: At Exaptive, our mission is more data-driven aha moments, and we believe community, interoperability, and data make them happen. Check out our blog for useful content about innovation management software, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and data science. (2) --- [![exaptive logo](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/Marketing%20Repo/logos/site-logo.svg)](https://www.exaptive.com/) - [Exaptation](https://www.exaptive.com/exaptations) - Products - [Exaptive Studio](https://www.exaptive.com/exaptive-studio) - [Exaptive Cognitive City](https://www.exaptive.com/cognitive-city) - Use Cases - [Innovation Management](https://www.exaptive.com/innovation-management) - [Portfolio Management](https://www.exaptive.com/portfolio-management) - [Community Coordination](https://www.exaptive.com/community-coordinator) - [Free Trial](https://www.exaptive.com/trial) - [Log In](https://my.cognitive.city) # Blog [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/box.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/einstellung-effect-0) ## [Einstellung Effect: What You Already Know Can Hurt You](https://exaptive.com/blog/einstellung-effect-0) Posted by [Stephen Arra](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/stephen-arra) on May 17, 2021 10:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) *The* [*Einstellung effect*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstellung_effect) *is a psychological phenomenon that changes the way we all come to solutions and impedes innovation.* ** [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/einstellung-effect-0) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/note.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-sticky-note-exercise-0) ## [The Sticky Note Exercise: FREE RESOURCE](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-sticky-note-exercise-0) Posted by [Jill Macchiaverna](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/jill-macchiaverna) on May 15, 2021 1:30:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) How do you pick who works together, who reports to whom, and who exchanges information with whom? Usually it gets done within a department, within a project team, or based on some other common ground. It turns out we should be [focusing on our differences](https://www.exaptive.com/blog/how-software-can-augment-human-collaboration) a bit more. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-sticky-note-exercise-0) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/hr.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/human-resource-management-0) ## [Human Resource Management: Utilizing your collective intelligence for team optimization](https://exaptive.com/blog/human-resource-management-0) Posted by [Shannan Callies](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/shannan-callies) on May 13, 2021 4:42:35 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Human Resources... HR... Human Capital Management, no matter what you call it, people are the beating heart of any organization. Taking a data driven approach to mapping the skill-sets of the people in your organization not only allows Leadership to optimize team formation, but provides an opportunity for hidden talents in your people to emerge. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/human-resource-management-0) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/mike.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/innovating-with-the-team-youve-got) ## [Innovating With The Team You've Got](https://exaptive.com/blog/innovating-with-the-team-youve-got) Posted by [Terri Gilbert](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/terri-gilbert) on Oct 13, 2020 3:28:19 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) You can find all sorts of “how to” treatises on assembling a team built for innovation, and they all include some subset of the following concepts - bring in experts, make sure they are diverse, have wide-ranging skillsets and have them be people who aren’t afraid to buck the system or go against the flow. Then don’t distract them with mundane tasks and give them enough time and money to actually accomplish their innovation mandate. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/innovating-with-the-team-youve-got) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/austin.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/pandemic-gift-exchange) ## [No, you can’t “Gift” tear gas in the office gift exchange](https://exaptive.com/blog/pandemic-gift-exchange) Posted by [Tom Lambert](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/tom-lambert) on Oct 7, 2020 2:14:43 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Unlocking team creativity during a pandemic. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/pandemic-gift-exchange) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/bee.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-translates-between-teams) ## [The Best Innovation Management Software Translates Between Teams](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-translates-between-teams) Posted by [Mike Perez](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/mike-perez) on Jan 15, 2020 1:59:42 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) We’re all familiar with the way knowledge is siloed by organizational structures and the momentum of daily work. [Cross-pollination is key to innovation](https://www.exaptive.com/exaptations), but it goes against the current. So it’s hard, and the serendipity of chance conversations at the water cooler or a conference happy-hour often determines if it happens. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-translates-between-teams) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/ideas.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-cares-about-the-context-of-an-idea) ## [The Best Innovation Management Software Captures the Context of Ideas](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-cares-about-the-context-of-an-idea) Posted by [Mike Perez](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/mike-perez) on Dec 13, 2019 4:34:29 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Most innovation management software (a.k.a. innovation software) is focused on generating and curating ideas. Ideas are explicit. They’ve been articulated, inside your head at the very least. Implicit knowledge, the context of an idea, is where many big opportunities reside. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-cares-about-the-context-of-an-idea) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/grand-challenges.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/innovation-management-software-for-interdisciplinary-communities) ## [Innovation Management Software for Interdisciplinary Communities](https://exaptive.com/blog/innovation-management-software-for-interdisciplinary-communities) Posted by [Mike Perez](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/mike-perez) on Nov 15, 2019 4:42:33 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) It’s hard to create effective interdisciplinary teams or facilitate useful interdisciplinary exchanges. Research grants are increasingly [calling for interdisciplinary collaboration](https://www.nature.com/news/how-to-solve-the-world-s-biggest-problems-1.18367) as a requirement for funding. Interdisciplinary endeavors are popping up in academic settings and research foundations. Interdisciplinarity is a necessity for [solving complex problems](https://www.exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-for-complex-problems). But executing interdisciplinary collaboration is easier said than done. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/innovation-management-software-for-interdisciplinary-communities) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/translator.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/translators-as-contributors-in-collaborative-teams) ## ['Translators' as Contributors in Collaborative Teams](https://exaptive.com/blog/translators-as-contributors-in-collaborative-teams) Posted by [Dr. Alicia Knoedler](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/dr-alicia-knoedler) on Oct 7, 2019 4:20:10 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) For 20 years, I have worked with researchers in academic settings to help them design, develop and obtain resources to support the research they do. Over those 20 years, I have cultivated relationships and developed partnerships to the benefit of these researchers, sometimes brokering relationships and other times developing partnerships on behalf of others. I am not advancing my own research or research interests. Instead, I am developing my own understanding of what others do with their research and communicating that understanding to other audiences. Knowledge transfer of this sort is somewhat common in academia, and in other sectors such as industry or non-profit organizations, this form of communication might also be referred to as marketing, storytelling, and/or knowledge mobilization. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/translators-as-contributors-in-collaborative-teams) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/IMS-1.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-for-complex-problems) ## [The Best Innovation Management Software for Complex Problems](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-for-complex-problems) Posted by [Mike Perez](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/mike-perez) on Sep 17, 2019 1:28:30 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Some problems are complicated. Finding a solution requires expertise and analysis, but the solution exists. Sky scrapers are complicated. Some problems are [complex](https://hbr.org/2007/11/a-leaders-framework-for-decision-making) or even [wicked](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_problem). These problems have no solution. They’re too big, too slippery, too thorny. 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