Idea Champions

JANUARY 20, 2024

Additionally, he is the co-author of Conducting Genius , one of the few Brainstorm Facilitation Manuals available on the market today. One only needs to understand the etymology of his last name to get a sense of where this man is coming from. Vadeboncoeur" is a French word that translates as "go with a good heart."

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

XQ refers to the ability to draw from past experiences, learnings, and insights to make better decisions, solve complex problems, and navigate the uncertainties of the corporate world. Additionally, learn how to maximize team performance by leveraging experiential intelligence to create psychology safety for high performing teams.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 30, 2021

We’ve researched worked with teams all over the world to build better innovative training sessions, brainstorms, workshops, meetings, and more. The best way to learn the Liberating Structures methodology is simply to practice them! Experience them for yourself by creating an impromptu workshop or training session.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Start with a clear opening session that sets expectations and objectives, followed by a mix of breakout groups, workshops, and plenary sessions. Fostering Collaboration and Creativity The synergy of your leadership team can be amplified through activities that nurture teamwork and creative thinking.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 24, 2018

Someone wondered about the range of topics included in the disruptive innovation strategy workshop we delivered recently. Even though the workshop spanned nearly ten hours over two days, we had to narrow the content significantly to achieve the client’s innovation objectives. Disrupting Thinking. The reason?

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Idea Champions

MARCH 13, 2018

THIS JUST IN FROM from one of our forward-thinking clients who recently licensed our Micro-Learning for Innovators service. Idea Champions' Micro-Learning for Innovators service provides us with an the ideal mix of easy to digest, thought provoking content. Our creative thinking workshop. Idea Champions.

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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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Idea Champions

JANUARY 19, 2018

Flying in an outside consultant to lead a workshop or training can sometimes be cost prohibitive. NOTE: This is micro-learning, not head-banging. This deepens the learning, ensures accountability, quickens the sharing of best practices, sparks creative thinking, and establishes a robust, intrinsically motivated learning community.

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Flying in an outside consultant to lead a workshop or training can sometimes be cost prohibitive. TOPICS INCLUDE: Creative Thinking, Culture of Innovation, Brainstorm Facilitation, Storytelling, Leadership, Mindset, Motivation, Collaboration, Facilitation, Listening, Humor, and Change. Our workshops and trainings.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Flying in an outside consultant to lead a workshop or training can sometimes be cost prohibitive. TOPICS INCLUDE: Mindset, Culture of Innovation, Creative Thinking, Idea Generation, Brainstorm Facilitation, Storytelling, Leadership, Teamwork/Collaboration, Listening/Feedback, Problem Solving. Our workshops and trainings.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Collaborative Activities : Exercises that require teamwork and creative thinking to solve problems or develop new ideas. Implement collaborative activities such as brainstorming sessions and group problem-solving. Ensure that each session is timed appropriately, with ample opportunity for discussion and reflection.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Simply put, an executive retreat can help the leadership team at your organization or company tackle your own unique challenges, brainstorm future goals, and build a global vision moving forward. Icebreakers can also be used throughout the retreat to facilitate different groupings with creative thinking and problem solving purposes.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In nearly every Brainzooming community collaboration workshop, we conclude with a Plus-Minus-Interesting-Recommendation-Question exercise (a PMIRQ for short). The open-ended questions in a PMIRQ allow participants to share invaluable reactions and ideas; we use them directly to shape what we do in future innovation workshops.

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InnovationTraining.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

One such approach is creative problem solving, a methodology focused on divergent thinking. Learn more about this methodology and discover creative problem solving techniques, activities, and more articles to read below. . What is Creative Problem Solving? 4 Steps of Creative Problem Solving. Impossible!

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We facilitated a two-day innovation strategy workshop for an industrial company. In each of the five mini-innovation strategy workshops, we had a group of core team members, plus people familiar with each perspective. And how much time do I have to get ready before the next workshop? Are we done yet?

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Innovation Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

For these reasons, structured get-to-know-each-other meetings can do wonders for encouraging collaboration and breaking down barriers to learning, so our staff can more confidently lean on one another and collaborate. For example, we may ask our teams to describe what they want to be known for using photographs, icons, or video clips.

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Idea Champions

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Flying in an outside consultant to lead a workshop or training can sometimes be cost prohibitive. Which is precisely why my company, Idea Champions , is now offering forward-thinking companies a much less expensive way to stir the innovation soup -- a virtual, self-organizing, low-cost, just-in-time way that gets everyone into the act.

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Rmukesh Gupta

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Last week I was invited to run a Design thinking experiential workshop for the STC conference in Bangalore. As I always believe, learning happens best when people have a lot of fun while learning. We then retain a lot of what we learn in that setting. They came up last week in the workshop as well.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

During in-person and online strategic planning workshops , we regularly use a strategic thinking exercise that helps leadership groups quickly identify a shared future vision statement. Participants assess where they think the organization currently is and where they want it to be in the future on multiple “strategic dimensions.”

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Empowering their teams with technology and creative tools that guide their brainstorming sessions goes a long way in changing the outcome. In this post, we’ll share some tips and hints centered around innovation and design thinking frameworks to help you deliver an engaging and impactful experience. marathon” = 24-48 hour event.

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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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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 26, 2021

These teams will use design thinking and innovation methodology and activities to brainstorm, collaborate, design, and develop solutions to overcome key challenges the end user is facing. Curious mindset: Teams who are curious are invested in testing different solutions and pushing themselves to learn more.

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Our first client made $600,000 with a single idea they generated in the first brainstorming session we ran for them. Our third client, AT&T, licensed our Get Out of the Box creative thinking training -- the first creative training AT&T had ever purchased. What, specifically , were we learning?

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

In order to do this, there must be room for creative thinking and for innovation. "It YWE: 2016 was defined by us as the “Year of Creativity and Innovation” at the ISA, and administrators and senior staff were introduced to tools and brainstormed with on how to implement these tools into our ongoing work.

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