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Be-ing different & disruptive
by Janet Sernack|28 February 2013|Education blog, Innovation Blog
Some of us come from learning environments that labelled students who challenged teachers or their learning process as be-ing different, disruptive  & rebellious. These students were often punished, threatened, or ignored until they complied with the accepted “norm” & the...
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Are innovators born or made?
by Janet Sernack|04 February 2013|Education blog, Innovation Blog
At ImagineNation™ our experience tells us that innovators are both born with a genetic predisposition and made through active endeavor.  In fact, major research projects carried out on the creative abilities of identical and fraternal twins found that 25-40% of what we...
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Unleash people’s innovation potential
by Janet Sernack|30 December 2012|Education blog, Innovation Blog
At ImagineNation™ we acknowledge that innovation is the result of a COLLISION between different perspectives and thought patterns. In our learning programs we initiate intentional and constructive collisions that disrupt and challenge the status quo to unleash people's innovation potential and  cultivate...
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Re-inventing corporate learning
by Janet Sernack|28 November 2012|Education blog, Innovation Blog
All great achievers start out as individuals with a vision that ultimately impacts the realms they care deeply about! They may not initially intend to, yet they all have the ability to shape an entire industry or market. In our...
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Developing the art of provocative competence
by Janet Sernack|01 November 2012|Entrepreneurship blog, Innovation Blog
Whether you are in a product or service business, if you don’t innovate, eventually you will disappear from the marketplace. Competition is intensifying and most companies are fighting to retain their market positions and customer loyalty, making innovation a ‘must...
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Enhancing our capacity to create and innovate
by Janet Sernack|03 October 2012|Education blog, Innovation Blog
At ImagineNation™ we have been enhancing our capacity to create and innovate through the development of  the Generative Discovery Skill-set, which encapsulates four generative methodologies. These that involve learning, challenging and inquiring as original ways of accepting, embracing and working with the current...
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Creating the spirit for innovation to flourish
by Janet Sernack|17 September 2012|Education blog, Innovation Blog
I have been wondering for some time, how to perceive the unprecedented levels of global volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) as opportunities and catalysts for the radical changes towards creating the spirit for innovation to flourish. I noticed that many...
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Why entrepreneurs and innovators are lucky
by Janet Sernack|03 September 2012|Entrepreneurship blog, Innovation Blog
In his book "The Luck Factor" author Richard Wiseman, aptly states “Luck has the power to transform the improbable into the possible, to make a difference between life and death, reward and ruin, happiness and despair.” This is a very real statement,...
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Shaping and leveraging your capacity for innovation
by Janet Sernack|22 August 2012|Innovation Blog
At ImagineNation™  we have spent the last 2 years researching, deciphering and evolving the concept of innovative eco-systems and explored how this concept could be applied at the individual, team, organisation and national levels. We have found that the concept...
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Creating constructive conflict
by Janet Sernack|12 August 2012|Education blog, Innovation Blog
In a recent TED presentation, successful British multi business owner, Margaret Hefferman, talked about the need to "think together". She outlined how to do this by daring to confront conflict & create disagreement as a way of catalyzing positive change.  Ted...
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