Creative Problem Solving Facilitation Guide
There are 6 stages to the creative problem solving (CPS) process, and within each, different tacks to take to guide new ideas, new decisions and new actions. Below is a basic list for people who have participated in my CPS training – they know how to facilitate the process and can use a simple memory […]
read more
How to persevere beyond the ‘no’ when proposing ideas for new futures
People say no to new ideas because the new ideas do not fit what is current and understandable. What exists is easy; change requires an effort. People say no at the drop of a hat, without thinking. It’s a knee jerk reaction (see the exercise below the table for an example). Creativity = new ideas, […]
read more
Innovation age began in 1972. Agree? Born then? You have a special destiny.
Creativity and Innovation on your agenda? Think broadly. Everything matters. What you do affects others, what others decide impacts you. The innovation age began in 1972; people born then have important innovation roles In 1972, forty-one years ago, the Blue Marble, a famous photograph of the Earth was taken by the crew of the Apollo […]
read more
Looking for an online resource to inspire creativity? Use Everything is a Remix Part 3
This 10-minute video presents enough information to set anyone in motion who has an outlook of besting what happened before and creating something new. Knowledgeable facilitators and trainers will be able to make at least a 90-minute workshop/program from using this as a resource, and determined innovation leaders can use this to set something new […]
read more
How do Creativity Facilitators Need to Behave? A checklist of sorts
Every so often for a break I clean out files. Here’s today’s find, a gem. Questions for people in helping roles to consider (adapted from Fundamentals of Counseling Shertzer and Stone, 1974 p.8). What if these are questions are for creativity facilitators as well. You think? Should they be? Can I behave in some way […]
read more
World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-25 – what a week that was!
Greetings all, Likely you are aware of my involvement with World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21, (WCIW) as its founder in 2001 and steward. Each year around this time my attention goes 100% (and then some friends would say) to support the energy, and shake the bushes so that everyone on the planet feels […]
read more
Toolkit for Collective Action by frog Take a look during #WCIW?
Simple, downloadable toolkit for community groups to make something happen. I like it for it’s simplicity. Take a look. Maybe something to use as a support for your World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21 celebration? Even just a wee read through… See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning Insights Today, frog is pleased to […]
read more
Advocating Pecha Kucha in Business, Education and #WCIW
Too fun. Last night’s Toronto Pecha Kucha meet up was a hoot. Speakers used slides, 20 of them, each timed to show for 20 seconds each to present on topics of their passion. The speed was quick, clipped, engaging. 20×20=400 seconds. That’s it. My table mates said they liked the PK’s because they are like […]
read more
Listen to the Kids….
Thanks again to Women in Science and Engineering who invited me to present at their 2013 conference Imagine, Innovate, Inspire held at the University of Toronto this weekend. My 90-minute interactive keynote: Language to Leverage Creativity: Prepare to Nuance your Networking was fashioned so participants would: learn something new that would help them get to […]
read more
Can you answer these interview questions? Can your ideas?
These interview questions were collected from 14 different employers as their favourites to ask job candidates by freelance writer Jeff Haden for Inc.com What if…. You used these questions, modified as needed, to interview idea candidates for your next great idea. That’s right, pretend your short list of ideas are people. What do you […]
read more
Top Posts & Pages
Follow…