Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 4, 2018

If you’re in the Chicago or Denver areas, check out these innovation training course offerings. Gregg Fraley Innovation (GFi) is offering three public courses in late October and early November. Click on the course title to register. Innovation Intensive will help you improve the effectiveness of innovation projects.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 12, 2021

Here at the International Headquarters of The Year of Living Creatively -- my living room -- we believe that every one on planet Earth is never more than a few seconds away from a breakthrough. 25 Awesome Quotes on Creativity. Or, at the very least, a big idea, insight, or inspiration. Newton had his under an apple tree.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The human-centered design programs can blend our design thinking training , innovation workshops , design thinking online courses , innovation assessments , design thinking coaching , and other unique project-based experiences and reflection into a certificate program. Creative Problem Solving 3. Ideation and Brainstorming 4.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Look for ways to turn challenges into advantages with virtual whiteboarding, more accessible brainstorming, and shared touchpoints. Creating small teams, even as small as pairs, can help encourage creativity. Be ready to iterate, quickly launch pilot projects, and change course when need be. Create Teams.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

The Evolution of Design Thinking in Business Design thinking has evolved from being a creative process into a robust strategic tool. The Role of AI in Design Thinking Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing various facets of business operations, including the creative and iterative processes within design thinking.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 30, 2022

Because I am giving away five of my mind-opening creativity catalysts for free -- as in no cost to you, no fine print, no strings attached. A simple, engaging, enjoyable way for you to pause, reflect, and (possibly) have a creative breakthrough on a committed project of yours. Make More Time for Creativity.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 28, 2018

Course Description: Innovation Intensive is a one day, deep dive, into fundamental and advanced concepts in innovation. It examines culture assessment, strategy, and on-going project management. Innovation team leaders and project managers learn what it takes to keep cycles spinning from year to year.

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InnovationTraining.org

JULY 13, 2020

6-3-5 Brainwriting is a group-structured brainstorming technique that is a highly collaborative way to generate as many ideas as possible in groups within a short period of time. The technique can be used in multiple projects or work cases, such as marketing, design, product/service development, and more. What is Brainwriting?

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 22, 2023

I'm ready to dive back in, to write about innovation, to lead innovation projects and to build up an innovation competency in the firms where people want to get good work done. But, we got started, getting some initial training from Tim Hurson , who wrote Think Better, a great book on innovation thinking, creativity and facilitation.

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Betterific

JULY 25, 2016

We want to make you famous for your creativity. ” This is the first in our “Brainstorming with…” series. Below is an interview we had with Dan, where we ask him about his techniques, some insight into how he brainstorms, and for some suggestions on how to make Betterific even better!

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Idea Champions

AUGUST 21, 2020

Since 1987, Idea Champions has been helping a wide variety of forward thinking organizations tap into their innate creativity and originate breakthrough ideas. Through your brainstorm facilitation, we gained more than 100 original ideas of high quality. Your High Velocity Brainstorming sessions were wonderful. ZoomStorming.

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you want to come up with the next big thing (of course you do), you need to know how to run a proper ideation session. Every great product or service in the market today started out as an idea in someone’s head, and it was brought to life by a group of creative, motivated, and inspired people. But it’s easier said than done.

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you want to come up with the next big thing (of course you do), you need to know how to run a proper ideation session. Every great product or service in the market today started out as an idea in someone’s head, and it was brought to life by a group of creative, motivated, and inspired people. But it’s easier said than done.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 7, 2021

Of course, sometimes a time-tested approach really is the best one. This can be an issue of a lack of ideas in the overall industry, a struggle on the part of the company, a paucity of creativity on the part of the team, or even just one person frustrated they can’t seem to come up with something to contribute, as much as they want to.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Facilitate Brainstorming Sessions: Regularly scheduled brainstorming sessions can ignite creative thinking and encourage team members to bounce ideas off one another. This could mean workshops, webinars, or access to online courses. Regularly track progress against these goals to ensure you are on course.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

You’ll want to choose a site that is conducive to creativity, focus, and privacy. Additionally, ensure that the venue has the necessary facilities and technology to support your sessions—such as reliable Wi-Fi, projection equipment, and breakout rooms. The logistics of the offsite also require careful planning.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

It’s a human-centered creative problem solving approach with a series of stages that you work through, while applying design thinking mindsets like having a bias to action, prototyping toward a solution, and focusing on human values. Design Thinking Step Three: Ideation and Brainstorming. Add an image.

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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 5, 2017

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

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Gregg Fraley

JUNE 27, 2017

Denver, Colorado — Innovation & Facilitation Training — Two Public Courses. In late August I’m co-hosting and delivering two public courses on Innovation in Denver. We’re holding the courses at the Community Resource Center (CRC) in downtown Denver. The second course is a 2.5 August 28, 2017.

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Rebel & Reason

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Of course, at REBEL & REASON, we also understand that unleashing our inner mutineer isn't always easy. In total, there are seven ways that professional pioneers creatively problem-solve, beginning with: Rule #1: Rebels See What Is Invisible To Others. The Rebel Rule Book (aka Some Of The Only Rules Rebels Follow).

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Gregg Fraley

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The client started by saying he wanted to do a brainstorming session. It wasn’t brainstorming that was needed. There is some imaginative thinking inside idea development, but if this session had been organized as a classic “brainstorm” or purely divergent idea session it would have been a waste of time.

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Be-novative

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

From the Be-novative Partner Hub The Be-novative Partner Ecosystem is a Hub of people and resources whose main goal is envisioning, accelerating and scaling the success rate of both organizational and product-development, creating impactful projects and meaningful solutions locally or globally. We contribute to a better, more creative Earth.

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Be-novative

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

From the Be-novative Partner Hub The Be-novative Partner Ecosystem is a Hub of people and resources whose main goal is envisioning, accelerating and scaling the success rate of both organizational and product-development, creating impactful projects and meaningful solutions locally or globally. We contribute to a better, more creative Earth.

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Gregg Fraley

DECEMBER 9, 2016

I thought by this year in history (2016) everyone in the business world would have a clue as to how to do ideation (aka brainstorming) properly. If you read my post here and feel like this would make sense — h ere are my course offerings. Another example: charting ideas on a flip chart, well, that’s 1951 brainstorming.

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Sunni Brown , Dave Gray , Dan Roam, and yours truly all use experiential learning tools in innovation projects. They go straight to brainstorming without preparing minds, and that’s a big reason sessions fail. Frameworks become a competitive advantage when you use them in more creative ways. The reason?

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 26, 2017

A brief post to make sure you know about the upcoming Denver, CO public course in Advanced Innovation Facilitation. Essentially this is intensive, hands-on workshop that trains people in innovation frameworks, and tools for strategy, ideation, research, and project management. This is a high value training.

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Idea Champions

MAY 7, 2020

Or maybe it's the business I'm in, but I can't help but notice how often people with a pressing need to call a meeting find a way to work the "Let's get together and brainstorm" phrase into their invitation even when their meeting has absolutely nothing to do with brainstorming. Brainstorming comes from the right. The result?

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CMOE

MAY 21, 2021

Is someone not pulling their weight on a client project? Is a team member being overly dominant on a project plan because they want to be recognized for their expertise? This involves creative freedom and being able to move freely without restriction. Brainstorm Possible Solutions and Goals. Love and belonging.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

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

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Or maybe it's the business I'm in, but I can't help but notice how often people with a pressing need to call a meeting find a way to work the "Let's get together and brainstorm" phrase into their invitation even when their meeting has absolutely nothing to do with brainstorming. Brainstorming comes from the right. The result?

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CMOE

APRIL 27, 2021

When a team makes effective decisions quickly, members can spend more time taking action on those decisions and exercising their creativity and expertise. What do you want to gain from this project? Are there specific projects they haven’t had the chance to work on? Development courses. What Does Decisiveness Look Like?

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Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Creative Problem Solving Model: Most teams lack a common approach, or language, to resolve challenges and manage projects. The “CPS” model is a straightforward and creative framework (aka Osborn-Parnes) that gets teams on the same page and solving complex problems methodically. Master Trainer Gregg Fraley of GFi.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

In fact, creativity is becoming a core skill which companies know they need in the future. Companies which want a structured system to manage a funnel of ideas and projects (e.g. 9 – Understanding the science of creativity. What it is: For a long time, there was a lot of crap advice out there about improving creativity.

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Gregg Fraley

DECEMBER 11, 2017

How do you integrate all this new fancy stuff into strategy and ideation to create actual projects? Be certain that there is alignment from the top down around the desire to integrate digital tech and get projects underway. Of course, this new team will make for interesting dynamics (read: conflict).

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mjvinnovation

APRIL 14, 2020

Not due to the virus itself, of course, but for the telecommuting push. There are of course obvious benefits of people being in the same room, but many operations can be done quicker, cheaper and far more practically from a distance — plus do we really want to always deal with everyday office politics?

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Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

Let's also assume that you and your company are not at a loss for these BIG IDEAS -- that they regularly make their appearance via any number of ways: brainstorming sessions, early morning team meetings, or simply the spontaneous epiphanies of the wild and crazy people down the hall. This, of course, is perfectly understandable.

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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?

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