Just saw this in the NY Times. Wonder, what your first, second and third top of mind thoughts are when you see this. After we’ve got 12 – 15 comments, I’ll share my thinking with you about why this is an important survey to respond to. The video is 3 minutes.
Month: June 2010
Creativity Conference post-post script: Children's manifesto
This manifesto was read at the closing ceremony, with a reminder that it applies to us all. It’s author was a noted and revered researcher in creativity who developed an education method to integrate teaching creativity and course content simultaneously in what is now known as the Torrance Incubation Model, or TIM. The Manifesto for […]
Creativity conference post-script
Just off the phone with a colleague congratulating me for objectively reporting some aspects of my experience during the past week. Other emails, tweets and Facebook messages are saying the same thing. “It’s one of things I do well,” I said. “Are you going to write anything positive about the conference?” she responds. “I can […]
How a creativity conference closes tells all
A creativity conference Imagine spending a week learning how to create, innovate and lead change at a conference with others from all over the world. You attend a grand opening session, whetting your appetite, inspiring you to consider new thinking and approaches to make a difference in your business and life. You are ready, awareness […]
Whose creativity is a priority at a creativity conference?
Conference Fran is at a waterfront hotel at a conference promising to show people how to create, innovate and lead change, one she’s attended annually for more than half of her life when spring reveals summer’s promise. Creativity and innovation are her passion and business. It’s more than a mind thing to Fran, creativity is […]
Type and Creativity
There’s a difference in the way people approach getting new ideas and making new decisions. Creativity professionals use this information to facilitate new thinking. Some people get ideas from inside, through reflection. Others, when interacting with the world outside of themselves. Some people get new ideas from taking a look at the physical world, others, […]
Selling New Ideas – The Human Dimension
Have you seen the post Selling New Ideas – Getting Ready? It provides a list of questions and points to have ready in your presentation when it’s time to make the pitch. Pitches are interactive experiences where the idea giver shows how the new suggestion will make life easier for the idea receiver. You will […]
Selling New Ideas – Getting ready
It’s a myth that people aren’t open to new ideas. They are, as long as they can see the benefit of what you are proposing. Just because you see the value of the suggestion doesn’t mean others will if you don’t speak their language. Managers want to know how your new idea makes their life […]
Images on the rise…shape of reporting and policies to come?
Powerpoint shows are no longer decks of data and words. Images are on the rise. Right brain engagement (images, gestalt) is surpassing left brain (written words, sequential) dominance. This is occurring in newspapers too. This clip from a recent Wired magazine article may foretell the future direction for of newspaper reporting content. Imagine this is […]
Is there a place for creativity in innovation?
Just back from the International Society for Professional Innovation Management Dynamics of Innovation conference in Bilbao, Spain. Its purpose: to support professionals who are influencing changes in business and government through open innovation and collaboration: external, implementation, networks, customers, management, knowledge, intermediaries, approaches networks and technology transfer business models and value ideas and crowd sourcing […]
