IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Innovation is a process that relies heavily on creativity and individual thinking, and these are things that don’t come easily. In order to get your creative juices flowing it can be important to engage in creative thinking exercises and practice ways you can improve your innovation process.

Exercises 243

Exercises Creativity Creative Thinking Innovation 243

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 7, 2016

We frequently facilitate a strategic thinking exercise that uses a character outside a situation as the perspective. There’s no guarantee this strategic thinking exercise works in every situation. After you identify the “characters” in a particular situation, completely shift their roles. Mike Brown.

Strategic Thinking 88

Strategic Thinking Exercises Creativity Creative Process 88

Idea Champions

JULY 11, 2021

Not exactly the kind of mindset conducive to breakthrough thinking. Do not lose heart, oh facilitators of the creative process. Diffuse the fear of ambiguity by continually clarifying the process. Most left-brain-dominant people hate open-ended processes and anything that smacks of ambiguity. Invite humor.

Creativity 49

Creativity Brainstorming Creative Thinking Groups 49

Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Not exactly the kind of mindset conducive to breakthrough thinking. Do not lose heart, oh facilitators of the creative process. Diffuse the fear of ambiguity by continually clarifying the process. Most left-brain-dominant people hate open-ended processes and anything that smacks of ambiguity. Invite humor.

Creativity 36

Creativity Brainstorming Creative Thinking Groups 36

Idea Champions

AUGUST 29, 2017

Not exactly the kind of mindset conducive to breakthrough thinking. Do not lose heart, oh facilitators of the creative process. Diffuse the fear of ambiguity by continually clarifying the process. Most left-brain-dominant people hate open-ended processes and anything that smacks of ambiguity. Invite humor.

Creativity 24

Creativity Brainstorming Creative Thinking Groups 24

Idea Champions

OCTOBER 5, 2017

How would you frame the question you want your creative team noodling on this week? Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process. 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.

Ideation 89

Ideation Company Brainstorming Creativity 89

Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Not exactly the kind of mindset conducive to breakthrough thinking. Do not lose heart, oh facilitators of the creative process. Diffuse the fear of ambiguity by continually clarifying the process. Most left-brain-dominant people hate open-ended processes and anything that smacks of ambiguity. Invite humor.

Creativity 20

Creativity Brainstorming Creative Thinking Groups 20