Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Promotes the use of creative thinking and experimentation to find novel solutions. Practical Exercises to Encourage Innovative Thinking To cultivate an innovative mindset, leadership development programs should incorporate practical exercises that challenge leaders to think outside the box.

Culture of Innovation 113

Culture of Innovation Culture Leadership Innovation 113

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 4, 2021

Creativity is a Choice and a Habit. Join the Creative Flow Challenge. 11th — 18 Days to Creative Power. Learn How to Apply Creativity to All Your Projects. Yes, you can improve your creativity. It doesn’t matter if you think you’re creative or not. This leads to better ideas.

Creativity 52

Creativity Project Brainstorming Creative Thinking 52

Idea Champions

OCTOBER 13, 2015

In the past few years I have noticed a curious trend in the media -- one I can no longer ignore -- and that is the appearance of seriously derisive articles about brainstorming by self-declared pundits and free lance writers. What I'm guessing that brainstorming naysayers really mean is that bad brainstorming sessions don't work.

Brainstorming 20

Brainstorming Idea Generation Groups Creativity 20

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

When I step into a room to facilitate a strategy, innovation, or idea generation session I usually find a great deal of energy. Specifically: No fluidity in free-associative divergent thinking necessary to innovate — people do not know how to think like innovators! Energy is Not Enough, Get Training in Innovation

Training 48

Training Idea Generation Innovation Creative Thinking 48

Gregg Fraley

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Solving an innovation culture problem isn’t easy, but your solution had better include interesting, compelling, and fun, Projects. Projects are how cultures actually change. Self-expression is the faucet of creative thinking, and without creative thinking you won’t have much innovation.

Culture 52

Culture Training Creative Thinking Innovation 52

Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

So, to kick your session off with a burst of energy and ideas, send out a memo beforehand to brief participants on the project, establish clear goals for the session so everyone is aligned and instruct them to come to the meeting with a list of ideas written down and ready to contribute.

Ideation 52

Ideation Meeting Project Creativity 52

Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

So, to kick your session off with a burst of energy and ideas, send out a memo beforehand to brief participants on the project, establish clear goals for the session so everyone is aligned and instruct them to come to the meeting with a list of ideas written down and ready to contribute.

Ideation 52

Ideation Meeting Project Creativity 52

Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

Seven Innovation Fundamentals: Applying creative thinking to problems. There is no innovation without creativity. Individuals and teams need to be creative in order to solve focused innovation challenges. Still, curiosity, freedom of expression, and creative thinking are essential to success.

Innovation 70

Innovation Culture Creative Thinking Design Thinking 70

Gregg Fraley

APRIL 10, 2017

Culture change doesn’t happen without a project. How United could change would be to organize an innovation project to improve that would involve every person in their organization. That training and innovative change program would be enhanced with creative problem solving training. Just up the ante.

Training 66

Training Culture Creativity Project 66

Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

If your Account Services department (or whoever writes project briefs) delivers vague, incomplete, or hard-to-read briefs to your "creatives", you got trouble in River City. How can you upgrade the quality and impact of your in-house brainstorming sessions? Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process.

Ideation 41

Ideation Company Brainstorming Creativity 41

Idea Champions

APRIL 10, 2019

If your project briefs are vague, incomplete, or non-existent, you have just complicated the situation. Your team doesn't actually know what your customers want, no one is responsible for writing new project briefs, or no one is actually reading/understanding the briefs. Unfortunately, this is all too common. The reasons?

Ideation 27

Ideation Company Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming 27

Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

Let's assume for a moment that you and your company value BIG IDEAS -- the kind of ideas that have the potential to change the game, differentiate you from the competition, and spark some major business growth. Spontaneous idea generation is great. That's the good news. That's not the problem. The reasons?

Ideation 30

Ideation Brainstorming Underperforming Technical Team Creativity 30

Idea Champions

APRIL 23, 2017

Let's assume for a moment that you and your company value BIG IDEAS -- the kind of ideas that have the potential to change the game, differentiate you from the competition, and spark some major business growth. Spontaneous idea generation is great. That's the good news. That's not the problem. The reasons?

Ideation 22

Ideation Brainstorming Underperforming Technical Team Creativity 22

Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

If your Account Services department (or whoever writes project briefs) delivers vague, incomplete, or hard-to-read briefs to your "creatives", you got trouble in River City. How can you upgrade the quality and impact of your in-house brainstorming sessions? Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process.

Ideation 20

Ideation Company Brainstorming Creativity 20

Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Let's assume for a moment that you and your company value BIG IDEAS -- the kind of ideas that have the potential to change the game, differentiate you from the competition, and spark some major business growth. Spontaneous idea generation is great. That's the good news. That's not the problem. The reasons?

Ideation 20

Ideation Brainstorming Underperforming Technical Team Creativity 20

Idea Champions

APRIL 11, 2024

Since 1987, Idea Champions has been designing and facilitating a wide range of brainstorming sessions, creative thinking trainings, and innovation workshops for more than 130 organizations in 11 different countries. During that time, we have worked with just about every industry on planet earth and every kind of mindset.

Brainstorming 26

Brainstorming Training Ideation Idea Generation 26

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

“Innovation Intensive, beyond Design Thinking” Public Course* With Master Trainer Gregg Fraley. Comprehensive Immersion Course for: Innovation Project Managers, Teams, Executives, Facilitators. Send new project leaders, managers, facilitators, and essential innovation team members. Managing innovation projects.

Design Thinking 9

Design Thinking Training Ideation Course 9