Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Find the most creative people at work and ask for their ideas. Present your biggest challenge to a child. 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. Use creative thinking techniques.

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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. 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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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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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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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

If we don’t have clarity on our present state (i.e., I think it’s also a concern when I hear about innovation being used purely in reference to technical developments, as that is just one potential application. Magazine Great Leadership Speaker. What do we mean by innovation?”, Twitter: letsgrowleaders.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 6, 2018

Ask the most creative people at work for their ideas. Present your challenge to a child. 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. Use creative thinking techniques.

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