Idea Champions

MARCH 22, 2021

If you are thinking about subscribing to The Year of Living Creatively , one question you are likely to ask is this: "Who created it -- and what are his credentials?". IDEA CHAMPIONS: Co-Founder and President an innovation consulting and training company. Facilitator training program in the works. Founded in 1987.

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. The following ten "ideation process best practices" are clues for you. You're busy. You know it. No it doesn't.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 9, 2024

The service we provide is the distillation of what we've learned, since 1987, designing and facilitating more 1,500 creative thinking sessions for 130 organizations in 11 countries. Bottom line, we know how to open the floodgates of creativity. Session #2 focuses on idea development, feedback, alignment, and evaluation.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Creativity special: Ten top tips Tom Ward senior research fellow in the Center for Creative Media at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and editor of the Journal of Creative Behavior “Merge two previously separate concepts that are in conflict with one another. When you become an expert, move on.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 13, 2020

We call it Ideation 2020 -- the simplest, most time-efficient way we can think of to help our clients become masterful brainstorm facilitators. No two-day training sessions. If 20 minutes at a clip feels too brief, you can bundle modules together, making the duration of each of your online trainings either 40 or 60 minutes.

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IdeaScale

MAY 28, 2019

They may also advise on innovation culture, ideation processes, and identification of new markets. An innovation engineer is trained in advanced methods and tools for creating innovative ideas, accelerating projects, and solving problems that inevitably arise during innovation adoption. Chief Innovation Officer. Innovation Engineer.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Identifying High Potential Leaders To cultivate a thriving atmosphere that embraces innovation, it’s crucial to identify and nurture high potential leaders who can drive change and inspire creativity within an organization. Promotes the use of creative thinking and experimentation to find novel solutions.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 3, 2020

We call it Ideation 2020 -- the simplest, most time-efficient way we can think of to help our clients become masterful brainstorm facilitators. No two-day training sessions. PS: Idea Champions is not the first company to offer training in bite-sized chunks. IDEATION 2020 TRAINING INCLUDES: 1. 845.389.9096.

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InnovationTraining.org

JULY 13, 2020

One of the biggest advantages of brainwriting exercises is their ability to include all participants in the brainstorming and ideation process. A simple Google spreadsheet could work, or you can choose a tool like Miro that offers many templates based around common ideation methods, including this one for brainwriting specifically.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. The following ten "ideation process best practices" are clues for you. You're busy. You know it. No it doesn't.

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Gregg Fraley

MARCH 17, 2021

Gregg Fraley, master creativity and innovation facilitator takes you through a creative thinking/facilitation tool, just one per session. He trains other facilitators on his methods. Gregg knows several innovation frameworks, including Design Thinking and Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving (aka “CPS).

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Idea Champions has recently developed an extraordinary online, ideation service which we call "Zoomstorming." For now, only two of our staff are trained to deliver this service -- but soon we will be opening it up to the rest of the known universe. Aspiring innovators didn't want a "do-it-yourself creative thinking tool."

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 4, 2017

Design thinking has raised a lot of expectations as well as its fair share of controversy. Often it became the promise of having creative ways to solve solutions and work in harmony with all the rational thinking that dominates much of business thinking today, DT sounded so appealing, it quickly became “oh, we need some of that.”.

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Gregg Fraley

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Organizations spend a great deal of time and energy investing in training, speakers, communications, systems, frameworks, and assessments. Self-expression is the faucet of creative thinking, and without creative thinking you won’t have much innovation. Believe it or not, you can train people to have more fun.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. Highly creative people have a tendency to avoid "process" like the plague, turning a blind eye to anything that requires them to pay attention to an "organized approach". So are brainstorming sessions, late night noodling, and creative off-sites.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 23, 2017

The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. Highly creative people have a tendency to avoid "process" like the plague, turning a blind eye to anything that requires them to pay attention to an "organized approach". So are brainstorming sessions, late night noodling, and creative off-sites.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. How would you frame the question you want your creative team noodling on this week? You're busy. You know it.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. Highly creative people have a tendency to avoid "process" like the plague, turning a blind eye to anything that requires them to pay attention to an "organized approach". So are brainstorming sessions, late night noodling, and creative off-sites.

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 21, 2020

This calls for interaction, creativity, and the articulation of many different opinions. With all of this said, sometimes you can kick-start innovation and growth projects with the key drivers and other times you might start a renewal journey with just an ideation session. Identify necessary projects to be executed now.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

We are, however, giving it away if you bring us in to train your movers and shakers how to run brainstorm sessions. Oh, I almost forget, you cannot buy this book anywhere. Oh, I almost forget, you cannot buy this book anywhere. It's not for sale. We thought about selling it, but that felt like a sell-out. So we're not selling it.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

We are, however, giving it away if you bring us in to train your movers and shakers how to run brainstorm sessions. Oh, I almost forget, you cannot buy this book anywhere. Oh, I almost forget, you cannot buy this book anywhere. It's not for sale. We thought about selling it, but that felt like a sell-out. So we're not selling it.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 18, 2019

Creative thinking can rescue you , but it better be focused, and that’s going to be hard to do when you’re in panic mode, and, without assistance. The key benefit : Taking positive, immediate, creative, and thoughtful action to address your challenge. Research and Homework thinking assignments for team.

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 21, 2020

This calls for interaction, creativity, and the articulation of many different opinions. With all of this said, sometimes you can kick-start innovation and growth projects with the key drivers and other times you might start a renewal jurney with just an ideation session. Great ways of using PESTLED 360 are.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

It is generally viewed as a process of creative ideation, which is a combination of creative ideas and sustainably profitable business models. Top executives have acquired this knowledge with experience without any specific training. Creativity and idea management. Innovation and Creativity Management.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

It is generally viewed as a process of creative ideation, which is a combination of creative ideas and sustainably profitable business models. Top executives have acquired this knowledge with experience without any specific training. Creativity and idea management. Innovation and Creativity Management.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 22, 2016

We are, however, giving it away if you bring us in to train your movers and shakers how to run brainstorm sessions. Oh, I almost forget, you cannot buy this book anywhere. Oh, I almost forget, you cannot buy this book anywhere. It's not for sale. We thought about selling it, but that felt like a sell-out. So we're not selling it.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Vague Descriptions Boost Creativity: By keeping associations vague, it allows people to bring their own perspective to the mind map and gets their creative juices flowing. Overcome Creative Blocks: By providing context and clear avenues for ideation, mind maps help overcome common innovation roadblocks.

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Innovationship

MAY 30, 2018

9 BAD HABITS TO BREAK FOR BETTER IDEATION Time flies, seasons change, and before you know it, the annual barrage of articles trashing the validity of brainstorming is once again upon us. Work at tossing these bad habits and your sessions will be more creative, collaborative, productive, and, well, delightful.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

Innovation Training. “Innovation Intensive, beyond Design Thinking” Public Course* With Master Trainer Gregg Fraley. This one day course consistently receives high marks from innovation executives and training professionals. The emphasis of this training is a firm grounding in innovation concepts and best practice.

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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.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 28, 2019

Idea Champions has trained quite a few PR and Marketing firms in the art and science of facilitating breakthrough brainstorming sessions. Our success as a firm depends on our ability to think about tough challenges in new and creative ways, often on short timelines. What follows is a sampling of the feedback we have received. "At

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 9, 2017

We could tell you how awesome our brainstorm facilitation training is, but we're not sure you would believe us. The learnings from that session instantly changed the way we run our ideation sessions -- both internally and externally with our clients. More about our training. What Blue State Digital says about our training.

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 23, 2020

Simply put, ZoomStorming is a facilitated, online ideation session that radically increases your odds of thinking creativity and originating bold, new, actionable ideas. THIS IS ALL ABOUT EMPOWERMENT, NOT CO-DEPENDENCE: The engine of ZoomStorming is Free the Genie -- an online, creative thinking tool.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

We could tell you how awesome our brainstorm facilitation training is, but we're not sure you would believe us. The learnings from that session instantly changed the way we run our ideation sessions -- both internally and externally with our clients. More about our training. What Blue State Digital says about our training.

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The Inovo Group

APRIL 27, 2020

Done the right way and in the absence of a pandemic, a proper mix of WFH and in-office can increase productivity AND creativity AND reduce stress levels. more joy); and the potential for deeper and more creative thinking (more productive). It is difficult for people to be creative spontaneously at a preset day and time.

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Idea Champions

MARCH 9, 2016

creative thinking), people need to deal with the basics of their business life -- the stuff that is "on their minds.". small group sharing that had nothing to do with ideation). Before dividing into small groups, be very upfront about this non-ideation phenomenon. Brainstorm facilitation training. Idea Champions

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Idea Champions

MAY 4, 2016

That's what our Conducting Genius training is all about. The learnings from that session instantly changed the way we run our ideation sessions -- both internally and externally with our clients. More about our training. What Blue State Digital says about our training. On leading brainstorm sessions for your clients.

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