Blogs about: Divergent Thinking
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Taking the "no" out of Innovation
Individual credibility or position can have a real influence on the tenor of an idea generation session. When I’m facilitating, I am acutely aware of managing the energy in the group — par… more →
Ideas for Great Facilitation
Classical Learning Meets Web 2.0
wrote 1 month ago: According to Wikipedia, “The Socratic Method (or Method of Elenchus or Socratic Debate), named … more →
Divergent or Convergent Thinking?
wrote 2 months ago: “To have a good idea, you must first have lots of ideas.” –Linus Pauling, winner of two Nobel Prizes … more →
3 ways to get better work from your advertising agency
wrote 6 months ago: I believe that all else being equal, an advertising agency can only be as good as their client enabl … more →
Indigo Learning Practices (L Series)
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wrote 7 months ago: Group learning is superior to individual, isolated learning. Most of us went through school using th … more →
KM Practice #19: Techniques in Knowledge Innovation (or: You Experience How Da Vinci Thinks)
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wrote 8 months ago: Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of his helicopter screw concept (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Listen t … more →
Taking the "no" out of Innovation
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wrote 9 months ago: Individual credibility or position can have a real influence on the tenor of an idea generation sess … more →
Facilitating Consumer Insights Workshops
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wrote 9 months ago: One of the most difficult tasks for marketing teams to do without a facilitator is develop consumer … more →
...still on the subject of divergent thinking
wrote 10 months ago: So this divergent and convergent thinkings actually make a continuum, rather than being two very dis … more →
Design: Judean Framework and Czerepak Framework
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wrote 12 months ago: Judaism’s “God’ Promise to Abram” is a thoroughly thought out system that addresses all the in … more →
Design: Christian Framework and Czerepak Framework
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wrote 12 months ago: Christianity’s “The Lord’s Prayer” is a thoroughly thought out system that a … more →
Brainstorming: Finding the Next Big Idea
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wrote 1 year ago: Finding the Next Big Idea (link to presentation) Last week I went to Palm Beach, FL to present at th … more →
Creative people - great article
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wrote 1 year ago: Found a great, lengthy & detailed article detailing some personality traits common to creative p … more →
Creativity: The Other Global Crisis
wrote 1 year ago: Perhaps one of the most eloquent and engaging speakers I have heard is Sir Ken Robinson. he has this … more →
Creativity: The Other Global Crisis
wrote 1 year ago: Perhaps one of the most eloquent and engaging speakers I have heard is Sir Ken Robinson. he has thi … more →
Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice
wrote 1 year ago: This is a good site for CoP. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/2855.html I liked the fact that it states … more →
Putting Imagination & Creativity Back On The Curriculum
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wrote 1 year ago: A simple definition of divergent thinking would be: the ability to see lots of possible answers to a … more →
10 Reasons to Hold Retreats to Build Your Business
wrote 1 year ago: I read this article on the Brandchannel.com website at http://www.brandchannel.com/brand_speak.asp?b … more →
Facilitation Techniques for Innovative Creative Thinking
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wrote 1 year ago: Facilitating groups through brainstorming and idea generation can sometimes feel like trudging throu … more →
Facilitating Idea Generation -- Divergence and Convergence
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wrote 1 year ago: I read a great snippet today that said “Innovation is 10% idea generation and 90% process. … more →
