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What Does a Coffee Cup Tell you About Yourself ?

Michael Michalko

After an hour into his presentation, he announced a ten minute break and invited the participants to enjoy a cup of coffee. A motivational speaker had a table with a coffee urn and cups. Some of the cups were exquisite and expensive and others were plain. The lesson is the richest is not the one who has the most, but who needs the least.”.

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SIMPLE WAYS TO INCREASE CREATIVITY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION

Michael Michalko

Brainstorming Board Put up a bulletin board in a central area and encourage people to use it to brainstorm ideas. You could describe the sale situation on a colored card, post it on the brainstorming board and ask people to post their ideas and suggestions. Bright Ideas Notebook Present each person with a notebook.

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SIMPLE WAYS TO INCREASE CREATIVITY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION

Michael Michalko

Brainstorming Board Put up a bulletin board in a central area and encourage people to use it to brainstorm ideas. You could describe the sale situation on a colored card, post it on the brainstorming board and ask people to post their ideas and suggestions. Bright Ideas Notebook Present each person with a notebook.

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About Michael Michalko

Michael Michalko

Some of Michael’s creative-thinking techniques that were refined by his government and corporate practice were published in his best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) , which the Wall Street Journal reported “will change the way you think.” The ultimate brainstorming guide. multiple times. I was stunned!

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TOP TEN TIPS FOR CREATIVITY

Michael Michalko

Some of Michael’s creative-thinking techniques that were refined by his government and corporate practice were published in his best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) , which the Wall Street Journal reported “will change the way you think.” The ultimate brainstorming guide. multiple times. I was stunned!

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Michael Michalko

BRAINSTORMING BOARD Put up a bulletin board in a central area and encourage people to use it to brainstorm ideas. You could describe the sale situation on a colored card, post it on the brainstorming board and ask people to post their ideas and suggestions. BRIGHT IDEAS NOTEBOOK Present each person with a notebook.

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Creating an innovation mindset in your organisation

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A Tuesday afternoon coffee and brainstorm at the same time each week, or a silent walking tour of a local area, followed by an ideation session will produce more good ideas than an open-ended request. Also, in traditional group ideation, only one idea can be presented at a time. Bey wrote, “The TAZ is somewhere.