In a Brainstorming Quandary? Get over it and get on with generating ideas.
Just saw another newsletter on brainstorming because of our friend Jonathan Lehrer’s assertion that it’s dead. Can we please move on beyond the hyperbole? Here’s the scoop. Brainstorming describes a process of people generating ideas using a few rules. Ad exec Alex Osborn coined the term in a number of books, Your Creative Power: How [...]
read moreHow to Use your Creativity to Spark Innovation – from Forbes, an interview with Tina Seelig
How to Use Your Creativity to Spark Innovation by Dan Schawbel, Contributor, Forbes Tina – Head Shot I recently spoke with Tina Seelig, the author of inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity. Seelig has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stanford University Medical School. She is the executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, the [...]
read moreHow to create breakthrough ideas – simple reminders for the front end of innovation
How can you expect to give your best, most imaginative ideas when you feel like a deer caught in the headlights - eyes glossed over feeling anxious, fearful, panic, confused, or downright uncomfortable because on top of everything else, new ideas mean you’ll have more work. It may also mean that you’ll be committing something [...]
read moreCreativity and Innovation: What’s Style Got to Do with It (and does it matter)?
I was invited to speak at the CHRA conference in historic and beautiful Quebec City, Canada. The gathering of Human Resources professionals occurs annually in the fall with hundreds of people in attendance. It was an honour to be asked and a delight to participate. In addition to the giving an interactive 90-minute presentation on [...]
read moreHow to be Creative in a Society Run by Bullies?
If we teach kids about bullying with the aim of stopping it in schools, then, why do we vote for bullies to run governments? What is Bullying? Using superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants. Toronto’s Mayor Ford called a recent City Council vote [...]
read moreFacilitator or catalyst? Is there a difference when it comes to creativity and innovation?
I learned a facilitator is a ‘guide by the side, not a sage on the stage’ from my college professor and mentor the late Dr. Ruth B. Noller. We didn’t use the word catalyst to describe what we did at the International Center for Studies in Creativity in the 1970′s and ’80′s – no. Facilitator [...]
read moreWhy do people say no? Collecting thoughts
I’m often brought into companies who want to overcome hurdles to innovation. They want to move forward and at the same time are reluctant to adopt new strategies and metrics, and to influence new behaviours and attitudes to create new futures. What’s that all about? Time and again the largest obstacle to moving innovation forward [...]
read moreBoomer Creativity may be on the Rise
Our friends at Idea Champions prepared this slide show to prove creativity is available to people who are 50+. If that’s you, a quick flip through will surely put a smile on your face and breathe some inspiration to your soul. Creativity Late in Life
read moreIs a Runner’s High the Same as a Creator’s High?
Getty Images Mishmash contest is on. They are looking for looking fresh talent. Creators. People who can create something new from a mash-up of their content and their own – by making a short story, video art, music video, ad, mini-documentary or spoof movie trailer. Here’s last year’s winner. Got me thinking about a creator’s [...]
read morePhysical Act of Creativity. Moving helps. Research.
Highlights from new research on body movement and creativity Divergent thinking goals are: to generate many different kinds of ideas, to generate many ideas and to generate brand new ideas (there are tools for these). Greater success occurs in divergent thinking when two hands are used (as in the phrase, on the other hand…) Convergent [...]
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