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Can creativity training really improve your creativity?

Idea to Value

Applying the neuroscience of creativity to creativity training In his TEDx talk, Dr Friis-Olvarius also noted that when they tried this training with a small group of 25 experts, the improvement was over 71%. So if you or your team have ever felt like their creativity could be improved, training can have a strong impact.

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Crafting the Path to Success: Designing Leadership Team Offsites for Strategic Planning Triumph

Leapfrogging

Start with a clear opening session that sets expectations and objectives, followed by a mix of breakout groups, workshops, and plenary sessions. Icebreakers and Team Building Activities Kickstarting your offsite with icebreakers and team-building exercises is a strategic move to warm up the group.

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The 10 Commandments of Effective Brainstorming

Gregg Fraley

The Sins That Ruin Idea Generation. ” Well, you bother because you need ideas. Remember, half of any group is likely to be somewhat introverted. Rarely does a casual brainstorm generate a breakthrough idea. Work as individuals first, AND, then work as a team. I can get you there, see below. .

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Improv for Business

Gregg Fraley

Most of the group were skeptical at the start. Classic Improv games are adaptable for visioning, exploration, problem framing, idea generation, solution development, and planning. The key benefit is simply getting to a breakthrough insight or idea much faster. Improv is a Swiss Army Knife for Problem Solving.

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Innovation Training Under Utilized

Gregg Fraley

When I step into a room to facilitate a strategy, innovation, or idea generation session I usually find a great deal of energy. Teams and work groups don’t know how to be collaborative. The research that says brainstorming doesn’t work studied groups with no training and no facilitator. Almost always.

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The Shining Digital City On the Hill

Gregg Fraley

I facilitated a group of entrepreneurs for “The NIIC” (an amazing incubator and economic development center in Fort Wayne, IN) and I used my Innovation MoshPit process. This mid-sized firm invested in their future in one of the darkest of times. It’s brilliant.

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3 Innovation Specialists Busting the Myth About Brainstorming

Innovation in Practice

Once ideas have been generated, they are evaluated at a later stage, to see which are worth implementing.”. Even though brainstorming does have value, for the purpose of energizing, team building and alignment around a topic, there is o ne main drawback to the method: most results are of little practical value.