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. And that’s exactly what you get in Thinkertoys.”

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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.” And that’s exactly what you get in Thinkertoys.”

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BrainZooming

JULY 13, 2016

Leaders Supporting Creativity and New Ideas. Creative Thinking – 7 Keys to How “Idea Magnets” Boost Creativity. Creative Thinking Skills: 6 Tips for Sharing and Receiving Creative Ideas. Unleash Creative Possibilities with Bob Thacker. Extreme Creativity – When Do You Trust a Creative Genius?

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ImagineNation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Where consciousness encapsulates our states and qualities of mind, our capacity for imagination and curiosity are the necessary states of mind that stimulate creativity , all of which propel successful innovators to bring the new to the world differently. Creativity is wonderfully mysterious—and frustratingly fleeting.

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ImagineNation

MAY 30, 2023

Requiring us to make sense of and navigate the paradoxical nature of innovation leadership, by developing multiple perspectives to re-think how to respond positively and creatively to the high levels of tension and range of massive disruptions we collectively face in our current high-speed, constantly changing, global operating environments.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 6, 2018

Turn a conference room into an upbeat think tank room. Block off time on your calendar for creative thinking. Recall a time in your life when you were very creative. Wander around a bookstore while thinking about your challenge. Open a magazine and free associate off of a word or image. Have more fun.

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Michael Michalko

JUNE 1, 2017

The nine-dot puzzle was popularized by William North Jayme, a direct-mail copywriter who was hired by Esquire magazine in 1958 because they wanted to abandon their unwholesome image for a more sophisticated one. Or, in other words, you had to break normal thinking patterns, something that the new Esquire said it could help modern men do.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

magazine about a consultant selling two-day business planning , we saw a possibility. After that, whenever we designed a strategic planning workshop, we made deliberate design decisions on the right balance of creative thinking and focused plan building. Finding an article in Inc. Afterward, they had the strategic plan!

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

Leaders will need to understand how to apply the principles of ambidextrous leadership – which involves recognising your own bias towards either exploration (eg through a focus on creative thinking) or preservation (eg through a focus on critical thinking). Magazine Great Leadership Speaker. Twitter: letsgrowleaders.

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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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Idea Champions

OCTOBER 13, 2015

The anti-brainstorming forces are also fond of asserting that creativity is stifled in a brainstorming session. Earth to journalists on deadline writing about brainstorming for a flight magazine. or in a school. or in an organization. How can brainstorm sessions be improved?

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Innovation 360 Group

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

If the challenge is too high a level, creative thinking will be all over the place. This blog post was Co-authored with Peet Van Biljon and originally posted in Innovation Leaders magazine Pointers June Edition ([link]. A good idea ideation campaign should have the following: A well-structured challenge.

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Michael Michalko

AUGUST 12, 2018

Think about what it is you still don’t understand about the problem. Learn and use the creative thinking techniques creative geniuses have used throughout history. Open a magazine and free associate off the photos. Cut out interesting magazine and newspaper pictures. . • Go for a drive with the windows open.

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