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. question for your team to brainstorm. One size does not fit all.

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Engagement Brainstorming Creative Thinking Culture of Innovation 49

Michael Michalko

APRIL 13, 2022

At the end of the day, people should meet and ask each other what they did differently and better than it was the day before. Brainstorming Board Put up a bulletin board in a central area and encourage people to use it to brainstorm ideas. Each time a person comes up with a creative idea, he or she receives a ticket.

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Creativity Brainstorming Creative Thinking Handbook 105

Michael Michalko

APRIL 13, 2022

At the end of the day, people should meet and ask each other what they did differently and better than it was the day before. Brainstorming Board Put up a bulletin board in a central area and encourage people to use it to brainstorm ideas. Each time a person comes up with a creative idea, he or she receives a ticket.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

These speakers cover a range of topics, from the innovation process to the creation of a culture that nurtures creativity and collaboration. Their talks are designed to provide you with strategies and practical tips that can be applied to foster a more innovative environment within your organization.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

At the end of the day, people should meet and ask each other what they did differently and better than it was the day before. BRAINSTORMING BOARD Put up a bulletin board in a central area and encourage people to use it to brainstorm ideas. Each time a person comes up with a creative idea, he or she receives a ticket.

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Brainstorming Creative Thinking Creativity Handbook 40

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. Why give readers tips on brainstorming only after spending eight paragraphs trying to discredit it? Nine Brainstorming Bad Habits to Break 1.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 30, 2021

Find Liberating Structures training resources and templates to get started with these unique innovative meeting methods. Designing and facilitating innovative meetings with your team can be pressure-filled and time-consuming. Liberating structures is a selection of 33 alternative structures for hosting and facilitating meetings.

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Training Meeting Brainstorming Guidelines 52

Michael Michalko

MAY 14, 2022

In the same way, if we start a brainstorming session cold with a serious, uptight facilitator throwing out questions and problems to a stiff, conservative group, the chances of producing healthy ideas is minimal. Following are tips on how to loosen up the group to energize their creative thinking. Chastity belt. Never worn.” “For

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Creative Thinking Groups Creativity Handbook 98

Gregg Fraley

MARCH 17, 2021

The 30 minute weekly webinar features demonstrations of various facilitation tools for: strategy, challenge clarification, idea generation (aka brainstorming), problem framing, idea selection, innovation projects, and idea development, etc. Thinking Differently Takes Tools. At some point everybody needs to think differently.

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Tools Idea Generation Brainstorming LEAN 52

Idea Champions

APRIL 13, 2024

Because we want to increase the odds of people actively participating in the creative thinking process. It is not designed for mobile at this time. hours (two 90-minute FTG brainstorming sessions and 30 minutes of pre-work). Can we still use Free the Genie? Yes, but only four people can participate at one time.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Brainstorming and even daydreaming may play a role in innovation, but practicality is required to bring innovative ideas to life. ?. In fact, if you think about it, innovations quite often make the practical aspects of life better. Implementing innovations is where the rubber meets the road. Implement innovations.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. We’ve all been to uninspiring organizational meetings before. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. Avoid bringing in just anyone to your meetings.

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Meeting Design Examples Brainstorming 106

Michael Michalko

MARCH 3, 2017

At the end of the day, people should meet and ask each other what they did differently and better than it was the day before. BRAINSTORMING BOARD. Put up a bulletin board in a central area and encourage people to use it to brainstorm ideas. Each time a person comes up with a creative idea, he or she receives a ticket.

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Creativity Brainstorming Creative Thinking Groups 69

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 8, 2017

Inexperience in: the kind of divergent thinking necessary to innovate, in specific meeting behaviors and facilitation skills, and in innovation process, approaches and frameworks. Yes, you can train people in creative thinking, Front-End-of-Innovation (FEI) frameworks, and in meeting facilitation.

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Training Creative Thinking Creativity Innovation 62

Idea Champions

JULY 11, 2021

Next time you find yourself leading a creative thinking session , make it a point to give participants, early is the session, a mental map of the process you'll be using. Explain that the session will consist of two key elements: divergent thinking and convergent thinking. questions for brainstorming. His response?

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Creativity Brainstorming Creative Thinking Groups 49

Michael Michalko

APRIL 3, 2022

Days after the meeting Karl was thinking about the words fur, covering and clothing. This got him thinking about synthetics, including polymers that make clothing, which triggered his idea to create intelligent polymer seed coatings, which shift properties as conditions change. They laughed at the image.

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Handbook Groups Creativity Study 111

Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

When you are brainstorming for ideas and have a thought, the value of that thought depends upon how you interact with it. If you are an analytical thinker and automatically classify many of your thoughts as irrelevant or unrelated, you are crippling your potential for creative ideas and solutions. Can you create a new pillow?

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Specifically: No fluidity in free-associative divergent thinking necessary to innovate — people do not know how to think like innovators! Inappropriate meeting behavior that shuts down others, hosing collaborative work. You’ll see immediate results with creativity, innovation, and facilitation training.

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Training Idea Generation Innovation Creative Thinking 48

Idea Champions

APRIL 14, 2017

Enter Idea Champions' Winning the Fundraising Game, a thought provoking, custom designed, 4 - 8 hour creative thinking session that cuts through the "same old same old" syndrome and catalyzes bold, new, actionable possibilities. CUSTOM DESIGN: Once we're clear about your hoped for outcomes, we design the session.

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Brainstorming Creative Thinking Conference Design 26

Innovation Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

In Organizational Design: Clearing the Runway for Collaboration and Breakthrough Thinking, we demonstrated how to build teams in a way that facilitates sharing and communication to allow both groups and individuals to grow. Employee engagement is a crucial and multi-faceted aspect of a positive workplace culture.

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Culture Meeting Engagement Leadership 89

Michael Michalko

APRIL 3, 2022

Days after the meeting Karl was thinking about the words fur, covering and clothing. This got him thinking about synthetics, including polymers that make clothing, which triggered his idea to create intelligent polymer seed coatings, which shift properties as conditions change. They laughed at the image.

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Handbook Groups Creativity Study 52

Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Next time you find yourself leading a creative thinking session , make it a point to give participants, early is the session, a mental map of the process you'll be using. Explain that the session will consist of two key elements: divergent thinking and convergent thinking. questions for brainstorming. His response?

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 19, 2018

TOPICS INCLUDE: Culture of Innovation, Creative Thinking, Idea Generation, Brainstorm Facilitation, Storytelling, Leadership, Mindset, Teamwork & Collaboration, Meeting Mastery, Listening & Feedback, Problem Solving, and Employee Engagement. And it only requires 15 minutes per week. HOW IT WORKS: 1.

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Learning Creative Thinking Training Meeting 24

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 4, 2020

Have every member brainstorm a list of metrics and see where the lists overlap, and where there are differences. Leaders should meet with key players and subject matter experts on the team; every team member should be prepared to identify what they do well, and what they can streamline or get rid of entirely.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2017

TOPICS INCLUDE: Creative Thinking, Culture of Innovation, Brainstorm Facilitation, Storytelling, Leadership, Mindset, Motivation, Collaboration, Facilitation, Listening, Humor, and Change. Participants read/view the link in preparation for a weekly meeting (real-time or virtual) that you or one of your surrogates facilitates.

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Learning Creative Thinking Training Innovation 24

Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

TOPICS INCLUDE: Mindset, Culture of Innovation, Creative Thinking, Idea Generation, Brainstorm Facilitation, Storytelling, Leadership, Teamwork/Collaboration, Listening/Feedback, Problem Solving. You and I have a 20-minute phone conversation about WHY you want to raise the bar for innovation and creativity in your organization.

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Learning Creative Thinking Training Innovation 22

Idea Champions

AUGUST 29, 2017

Next time you find yourself leading a creative thinking session , make it a point to give participants, early is the session, a mental map of the process you'll be using. Explain that the session will consist of two key elements: divergent thinking and convergent thinking. questions for brainstorming. His response?

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Creativity Brainstorming Creative Thinking Groups 24

Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Next time you find yourself leading a creative thinking session , make it a point to give participants, early is the session, a mental map of the process you'll be using. Explain that the session will consist of two key elements: divergent thinking and convergent thinking. questions for brainstorming. His response?

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Creativity Brainstorming Creative Thinking Groups 20

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 30, 2019

“Innovation Intensive, beyond Design Thinking” Public Course* With Master Trainer Gregg Fraley. Innovation Intensive, beyond Design Thinking is comprehensive in its approach and provides compelling methods, insights, tools, and stories from master trainer, Gregg Fraley. Importance of thinking diversity.

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Design Thinking Training Ideation Course 9

InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 26, 2021

We help organizations discover how to build innovation and design thinking strategies into their workplace environments, start and lead innovation teams, and keep up the process of innovating every day. This trait is important because it can help teams better understand their end users and stakeholders and design with them in mind.

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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. Through your brainstorm facilitation, we gained more than 100 original ideas of high quality.

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Brainstorming Training Ideation Idea Generation 26

Idea Champions

APRIL 15, 2017

Inspired ideas that meet a need -- whether expressed or unexpressed -- ideas with enough mojo to rally sustained support. Baby chicks break through the shell separating them from flight not because their mothers are rushing off to meetings on parenting skills, but because their mothers are immersed in the act of hatching. BRAINSTORM.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Inspired ideas that meet a need -- whether expressed or unexpressed -- ideas with enough mojo to rally sustained support. Baby chicks break through the shell separating them from flight not because their mothers are rushing off to meetings on parenting skills, but because their mothers are immersed in the act of hatching. BRAINSTORM.

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Idea Champions

MAY 9, 2016

Inspired ideas that meet a need -- whether expressed or unexpressed -- ideas with enough mojo to rally sustained support. Baby chicks break through the shell separating them from flight not because their mothers are rushing off to meetings on parenting skills, but because their mothers are immersed in the act of hatching. BRAINSTORM.

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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. ZoomStorming is designed to help you go over, under, around, or through those walls -- and, on a good day, prevent you from building those walls in the first place.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 1, 2022

TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE: No matter how creative you are, having the right person to brainstorm with -- at the right time and in the right way -- can often be the difference between success and failure. This user-friendly tool has been designed to work it's magic in very little time. Human beings are social animals.

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Brainstorming Design Creative Thinking Engagement 40

Idea Drop

JULY 20, 2017

There are two distinct (though complementary) ways to work through a problem and develop a solution: we might label them ‘creative thinking’ and ‘strategic thinking’. Creative thinking focuses on capturing the unusual, unique and unchartered. Can we constrain our brainstorming session to a fixed time frame?

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