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To add to our discussion this week about innovation and creativity, here’s a brief list of websites (in no particular order) you might be interested in checking out. There are literally zillions of websites like this on the Internet, so this representative group was more-or-less chosen at random. Knock yourself out!

Creative Think – a new blog by Roger von Oech, author of “A Whack on the Side of the Head”, and more recently, the “Ball of Whacks”

The House of Innovation – a weblog of innovation and marketing with plenty of “short, sharp” entrys on innovation

Global:Ideas:Bank – a sort of worldwide suggestion box: “These ideas we term social inventions: non-technological, non-product, non-gadget ideas for social change. These are a
mix of existing projects, fledgling initiatives and new bright ideas.”

StartupJournal – The idea file from the Wall Street Journal’s online Center for Entrepreneurs

iinnovate – a blog/podcast on innovation and entrepreurship by two Stanford students

Innovation Tools – an outstanding collection of tools, tips, guidelines, etc. focused on making innovation easy

Principled Innovation – Jeff de Cagna’s blog on innovation and its impact in society

Broken Bulbs – an Asian-based blog on innovation in the Far East

Innovate on Purpose – Jeffry Phillip’s thoughtful blog on sustainable, repeatable innovation

Innovation.net – blog dedicated to fostering open innovation among senior business leaders

Stories from the Intersection – an interesting blog from Hans Johansson with stories that illustrate the theme from his book, “The Medici Effect”

Creativity Central Blog – a place where people create, share and comment on intriguingly innovative ideas from the community

Idea Champions – a set of 10 simple techniques from Idea Champions for loosening up those creative thought processes

GoCreate.com – the “Creative Center of the Universe”, with a veritable plethora of idea-generating helps

Whatizit Creative Idea Generator – a fun, free online version of the idea generator used by Dave DuFour in his seminars

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