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Can creativity training really improve your creativity?

Idea to Value

Research into the effectiveness of creativity training There have now been hundreds of peer-reviewed studies into creativity training. While this can be a fun way for fun team-building and teams to spend time together, it is less likely to result in longer-term improvement in their ability to solve problems or come up with creative solutions.

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The 10 Commandments of Effective Brainstorming

Gregg Fraley

The Sins That Ruin Idea Generation. ” Well, you bother because you need ideas. There have been many studies of brainstorming and articles written. Many of these studies start with an outdated notion of what brainstorming is, and usually don’t study real working teams. But first… .

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Innovation Training Under Utilized

Gregg Fraley

When I step into a room to facilitate a strategy, innovation, or idea generation session I usually find a great deal of energy. The research that says brainstorming doesn’t work studied groups with no training and no facilitator. Why then is corporate America so woefully undertrained in innovation fundamentals?

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3 Innovation Specialists Busting the Myth About Brainstorming

Innovation in Practice

Once ideas have been generated, they are evaluated at a later stage, to see which are worth implementing.”. Even though brainstorming does have value, for the purpose of energizing, team building and alignment around a topic, there is o ne main drawback to the method: most results are of little practical value.