--- title: A Blog About Innovation Management, Data, and Creativity from Exaptive | Innovation description: Innovation | 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. --- [![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 [![A giraffe is entering a portal but an elephant is coming out. An image about new perspective.](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/twitter-elephant-giraffe-portal.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/12-new-perspectives-for-2022) ## [This year try out a new perspective on data, people, projects, and innovation.](https://exaptive.com/blog/12-new-perspectives-for-2022) Posted by [Dave King](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/dave-king) on Jan 12, 2022 1:57:20 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) It's January of a new year! It's the time for new year's resolutions and fresh resolve to achieve those goals that remained elusive at the end of last year. Achieving a challenging objective often requires taking a new perspective. Since my new year's resolution is to blog more, I wanted to start out the year with a blog about 12 key areas where we've seen first-hand, working with organizations around the globe, the impact that taking a new perspective can have. A well-known saying, probably misattributed to Einstein, says that "insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results." If there's an objective you had trouble achieving last year, maybe this year you need to come at it from a new perspective. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/12-new-perspectives-for-2022) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/innovation-1.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-is-data-driven-not-just-idea-driven-0) ## [The Best Innovation Management Software is Data-Driven, not Just Idea-Driven](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-is-data-driven-not-just-idea-driven-0) Posted by [Mike Perez](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/mike-perez) on Jul 1, 2021 2:49:43 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Innovation relies on new perspective. We’ve found there are two ways to get that: [collaboration](https://www.exaptive.com/blog/share-your-work-to-innovate) and data. Either one can free our attention from the daily productivity push and spur an innovation. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-is-data-driven-not-just-idea-driven-0) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/red.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/how-software-can-augment-human-collaboration-0) ## [How Software Can Leverage Collective Intelligence and Facilitate Innovation](https://exaptive.com/blog/how-software-can-augment-human-collaboration-0) Posted by [Dave King](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/dave-king) on Jun 14, 2021 11:29:20 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Innovation requires collaboration, but due to the current state of our filter bubbles, collaboration is stuck in a rut. Data science utilizing knowledge graphs and team and portfolio optimization software can help us climb out. It can increase the scale, the intentionality, and the nuance of how we collaborate. With the right [data and algorithms](https://exaptive.com/blog/use-data-technology-and-intention-to-optimize-team-building), we can use software to optimize our teams and facilitate innovation. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/how-software-can-augment-human-collaboration-0) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/cowboy-1.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-myth-of-the-lone-genius-0) ## [Cowboys and Inventors: The Myth of the Lone Genius](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-myth-of-the-lone-genius-0) Posted by [Dave King](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/dave-king) on May 25, 2021 3:12:49 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) I recently moved from Boston to Oklahoma City. My wife got offered a tenure-track position at the [University of Oklahoma](http://www.ou.edu/), which was too good an opportunity for her career for us to pass up. Prior to the move, I had done a lot of traveling in the US, but almost exclusively on the coasts, so I didn't know what living in the southern Midwest would bring, and I was a bit trepidatious. It has turned out to be a fantastic move. There is a thriving high-tech startup culture here. I've been able to hire some great talent out of the University, and we're now planning to build up a big Exaptive home office here. Even more important, I was delighted to find a state that was extremely focused on fostering creativity and innovation. In fact, the [World Creativity Forum](http://stateofcreativity.com/) is being hosted here this week, and I was asked to give a talk about innovation. As I thought about what I wanted to say, I found myself thinking about . . . cowboys. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-myth-of-the-lone-genius-0) [![](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/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/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. [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/the-best-innovation-management-software-for-complex-problems) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/austin-2.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/ethical-data-standards-to-drive-society-forward) ## [Ethical Data Standards to Drive Society Forward](https://exaptive.com/blog/ethical-data-standards-to-drive-society-forward) Posted by [Austin Schwinn](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/austin-schwinn) on Feb 1, 2019 12:05:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) I am constantly amazed by the energy and momentum around data science. Only a few years ago, I would be met with a blank stare when I told someone I planned on going to grad school for machine learning. Today, there is no need for my “it's like computer science, linear algebra, and statistics had a combined love child” analogy as most people instantly respond with “Oh, like AI!” [Read More »](https://exaptive.com/blog/ethical-data-standards-to-drive-society-forward) [![](https://exaptive.com/hubfs/value.jpg)](https://exaptive.com/blog/innovation-management-the-value-of-seeing-what-you-have) ## [Innovation Management: The Value of Seeing What You Have](https://exaptive.com/blog/innovation-management-the-value-of-seeing-what-you-have) Posted by [Clive Higgins](https://exaptive.com/blog/author/clive-higgins) on Aug 30, 2018 3:09:55 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) If your job is to get your company, team, or community to innovate, you know how organizational forces can make it hard to even try something new. Visualizing the resources available is an effective first step in overcoming some of those organizational forces. 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