Detlef ReisBangkok University · IKI-SEA
Detlef Reis
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
Detlef Reis is the Founder of the innovation company Thinkergy (www.thinkergy.com). He currently works part-time as an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Knowledge & Innovation South East Asia (IKI-SEA), Bangkok University. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University. Detlef does research in the domains of Business Creativity, Innovation Management and Creative Leadership.
Additional affiliations
November 2016 - present
Position
- Professor (Assistant)
Description
- Advisor, lecturer, researcher, and keynote speaker at the Institute for Knowledge and Innovation Southeast Asia – Thailand Office (www.iki-sea.org)
May 2006 - present
Position
- Professor (Associate)
Description
- Adjunct Faculty for Business Creativity
July 2004 - September 2015
Position
- Lecturer
Description
- Developed and launched new courses: Business Creativity, Creative Leadership, Business Visualization Taught and improved courses: Decision Skills, Principles of Management, Financial Planning and Control
Education
September 1995 - December 1998
October 1989 - March 1995
Publications
Publications (21)
Die Entwicklung der digitalen Transformation (DT) stellt Unternehmen weltweit vor eine große Herausforderung und stellt sowohl disruptive Schwierigkeiten als auch enorme Möglichkeiten für die Erneuerung von Wertangeboten, Geschäftsmodellen und Organisationspraktiken dar. Um DT als Impuls für positive Veränderungen zu nutzen, ist es jedoch entscheid...
In this empirical chapter, we investigate learners’ qualitative feedback on the perceived effectiveness of the methodology and pedagogy of a comparatively new creative leader development program. The chapter reports how prospective creative leaders appraise ex post the overall methodology, the chosen pedagogy, as well as the value of different peda...
In this empirical paper, we investigate learners' qualitative feedback on the perceived effectiveness of the methodology and pedagogy of a comparatively new creative leader development program. The paper reports how prospective creative leaders appraise ex post the overall methodology, the chosen pedagogy, as well as the value of different pedagogi...
In this empirical paper, we examine learners' experiences while undertaking a creative leadership development program. Our paper reports on how prospective creative leaders reflect ex post on the trials, challenges, transformational moments, learnings, and real-life takeaways of undergoing the "Genius Journey" program. Part 1 sets out the wider nee...
In this chapter, we introduce X-IDEA, a comparatively new innovation process method and related thinking toolbox, and discuss how such a structured innovation method can be used in the context of social innovation and corporate social responsibility activities.
We structure this chapter as follows: Part 1 sets the theoretical background by discussi...
In this chapter, we introduce X-IDEA, a comparatively new innovation process method and related thinking toolbox, and discuss how such a structured innovation method can be used in the context of social innovation and corporate social responsibility activities.
In a recent study by IBM (2010), top executives of the world’s leading organizations ranked creativity as the most important leadership trait in the innovation economy (Canton, 2007); in a follow-up study one year later (IBM, 2011), however, top Human Resources professionals of the same organizations admitted lacking insights on how businesspeople...
X-IDEA is an awards-winning innovation process method enabling organisations to reliably produce meaningful deliverables in innovation projects. One key distinguishing feature of X-IDEA is its separation of the creative phase into two distinct stages, Ideation and Development. I structure my paper into five parts. Part 1 establishes the desire of o...
In this empirical paper, we examine the learners’ perspectives on a new development program in creative leadership. The paper reports on how the creative leader candidates assess ex post both the methodology and pedagogy employed by the “Genius Journey” program with regards to its efficacy and creativity.
Part 1 sets out the wider need to develop a...
Pour être efficace, l'économie du savoir nécessite un meilleur lien entre le monde universitaire, les entreprises et l'Industrie. Pour garantir l'adéquation du contenu éducatif avec les besoins en ressources humaines en constante évolution, un lien étroit doit être établi entre ces acteurs. Pour atteindre un tel objectif, l'Université de Bangkok, a...
To be effective, the knowledge-based economy requires a better connection between academia, business and industry. To ensure the adequacy of the educational content with fast changing corporate human resources needs, a close bond must be built between these domains. To achieve such a goal, Bangkok University through its Institute for Knowledge and...
This exploratory empirical paper ventures into unchartered territory: We investigate the long-term impacts of a training program in structured innovation on the creative beliefs, competencies and career choices of business professionals. The paper tracks how the course affects the learners’ creative confidence and creative competence, and also anal...
How can creative leaders effectively and creatively be developed using a structured training program? In this paper, I attempt to answer this question by introducing the design and underlying methodology and pedagogy of a creative leadership course taught to business professionals.
The paper is structured into five parts. Part 1 establishes the ne...
This exploratory empirical paper is research-driven because it ventures into new territory: We investigate the learning experience of business professionals undergoing a training program in structured innovation. The paper tracks how the beliefs, feelings and competencies of learners of creativity and applied innovation evolve over the duration of...
TIPS is a new innovation people-profiling method purposely designed to guide managers and entrepreneurs on how to better utilise their human capital, and to make individuals aware on how they can contribute to the innovation efforts of their organisation based on their preferred personal styles of thinking, working, interacting, living and innovati...
Genius Journey is a new creative leadership development method purposely designed to guide senior executives, managers and entrepreneurs on how to gradually transform themselves into an authen- tic creative leader in the innovation economy.
I structure the paper into five parts. Part 1 establishes the need for an effective creative leadership devel...
X-IDEA is an innovation process method designed to help organisations to reliably produce meaningful deliverables in innovation projects. Grounded in traditional models of creative problem solving , I developed the X-IDEA methodology and refined it over time through my work on real-life innovation projects with organisations, local, international a...
In the second half of the 20th century, business education reflected the dominant theoretical paradigms that were aligned to a relatively stable and predictable socio-economic and geo-
political environment. Business education was manager-centered, aiming to produce managers that focus on the most efficient exploitation of an already given value b...
Projects
Projects (3)
In the Cognitive Profiling for Business and Innovation Success Research Program, we want to (a) introduce a comparatively new cognitive profiling method (TIPS by the innovation company Thinkergy, http://thinkergy.com/methods/tips/) and contrast it with other personality / cognitive style methods, (b) explore and investigate applications of the TIPS method in business and innovation, and (c) investigate the efficacy of the TIPS approach with regards to aligning people towards achieving business and innovation success.
In the Structured Innovation Methods & Tools Research Program, we want to (a) introduce a comparatively new innovation method and related thinking toolbox (X-IDEA by the innovation company Thinkergy, http://thinkergy.com/methods/x-idea/) and contrast it with other methods (such as Design Thinking), (b) investigate the efficacy of both methodology and pedagogy of the X-IDEA approach, and (c) investigate its impacts on innovation learners and practitioners both in the short term and in the long term.
In the Creative Leadership Development Research Program, we want to (a) introduce a comparatively new creative leadership development method (Genius Journey by the innovation company Thinkergy, http://thinkergy.com/methods/genius-journey/) and contrast it with other methods, (b) investigate the efficacy of both methodology and pedagogy of Genius Journey approach, and (c) investigate its impacts on creative leader candidates both in the short term and in the long term.
