Attending a conference that is designed for the exchange and debate of ideas from a variety of fields is likely to create a collision of concepts that can turbocharge your associating skill.
A conference on a topic outside your direct industry and field of expertise can also spark new ideas.
He applied an idea from beekeeping to come up with an innovative solution to one of his current work challenges
2. attending networking events:
3. building a personal network of creative confidants:
We found that many innovators build a small network of people who are their “go to” folks when they want to find or test new ideas.
Networking for ideas is unofficial, as being a CEO is that you have got to be very careful about what you say in public and whom you would involve in these conversations.
It’s important to form a trusted network of confidants, since the issues under discussion are of critical and sensitive strategic value.
Forming relationships with a diverse set of people takes time and experience