Michael Michalko

MAY 14, 2022

What are the mental processes, attitudes, work habits, behaviors, and beliefs that enable creative geniuses to view the same things as the rest of us, yet see something different? You Are Creative. Artists are not special, but each of us is a special kind of artist who enters the world as a creative and spontaneous thinker.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 27, 2018

Get a magazine with lots of big headlines, great photos, and cool ads. Flip through each page of the magazine asking, “What innovative ideas for my opportunity does this page suggest?” For me right now, Domino magazine is a particularly productive magazine for new ideas, as is apparent! Sticky notes +.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 12, 2016

I also push my creative thinking skills and look through newspaper or magazine articles to inspire ideas. It followed her as she pursued junk at a rural South Dakota hoarders house to look for ideas to fit into her twice-yearly magazine, “Flea Market Style,” and annual “Junk Bonanza flea market festival.”.

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Innovators Alliance

MARCH 22, 2024

While researching organizational systems for my doctoral thesis, I developed a method of assessing an organization’s mindset to quantify and improve its ability to grow through innovation and adaptive change. Given that people are the lifeblood of change and innovation, emotional commitment is required to achieve positive results.

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Michael Michalko

MAY 14, 2022

Following are tips on how to loosen up the group to energize their creative thinking. Ask participants to draw a personal symbol that metaphorically symbolizes their view about creativity. A six word description of creative thinking could be: “Last night confused. CREATIVE COLLAGES. It can be anything…….an

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Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A recent book published by Smith Magazine carried the intriguing title, Not Quite What I was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. A six-word description of creative thinking could be: “Last night confused. Ask each participant to write a six-word book that describes their perspective on creativity.

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Michael Michalko

DECEMBER 10, 2021

After leaving the military, Michael facilitated CIA think tanks using his creative thinking techniques. Michael later applied these creative-thinking techniques to problems in the corporate world with outstanding successes. CEO-READ listed Thinkertoys as one of the 100 Best Business Books of all Time.

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