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ENERGIZE YOUR BRAINSTORMING

Michael Michalko

ENERGIZE YOUR BRAINSTORMING. 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. For example, years back, a group of designers were looking for ideas for a new light fixture.

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Accelerate Innovation — With Experiential Learning

Gregg Fraley

Experiential Learning Accelerates Innovation. Innovation Session Designs Don’t Engage. New Study: Drawing is the Fastest, Most Effective Way to Learn. I read with interest an article stating that drawing accelerates learning. They don’t know how to scaffold a learning experience. The reason?

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Design Thinking Tools: how to use them to solve complex problems

mjvinnovation

This is because they break down the complexity of processes so that the designer has a full 360-degree view of the problem, anchoring them in their way of thinking. Continue reading to understand what Design Thinking is and how DT tools can be the turning point for your business! What is Design Thinking. INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS.

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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

In school, we learn about geniuses and their ideas, but how did they get those ideas? The following are seven principles that I’ve learned during my lifetime of work in the field of creative thinking — things that I wish I’d been taught as a student. 2 Creative Thinking Is Work. It’s producing a result.

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7 WAYS TO WAKE UP YOUR IMAGINATION

Michael Michalko

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. The guidelines are: Cut out several pictures or parts of pictures from magazines, newspapers, catalogs, flyers, and so on.

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TOP TEN TIPS FOR CREATIVITY

Michael Michalko

You might learn more than people, or the objects you’re studying, superficially reveal.” David Peat author and physicist, director of the Pari Centre for New Learning near Siena, Italy “Hold the intention or the question. Success Magazine awarded Thinkertoys with a Gold Medal for being “one of the best of the best business books.”

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Guest Blog Post: How to plan for creativity; The power of divergent and convergent ideation

Betterific

The Betterific memberbase is comprised of design thinkers, product developers, and smart creatives. So we like to bring content that helps expand the mind around creativity and brainstorming. Read on to learn more! She started an innovation conference in the mid 90s, before innovation was a buzzword.