Draw Your Problem
As a way to get the creative juices flowing, I often talk in brainstorms about focusing on the problem – whether it’s defining it, organising them into groups, or refaming them to get a
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By Andy Eklund
How to Find the Right Facilitator
If you’ve decided that hiring an external meeting or brainstorm facilitator is your best option, here are some recommendations and tips to find the right facilitator for your project or
Be Risky With Your Ideas
Be Risky with Your Ideas! is Post #10 in a series from a presentation entitled 11 Great Creative Slip-Ups: The Most Common Mistakes in Coming Brainstorming. The introduction to the series begins
Strategic Thinking and Creative Thinking Together
It’s interesting to me how often the words strategic thinking and creative thinking together are used in business conversations. More concerning, I’m not 100% certain we always know what these words
Is Your Brain in Closed Mode or Open Mode?
Which mode are you at work? Are you in a Closed Mode or an Open Mode? Here’s two options. Which one sounds most like you at work on a ‘normal’
Reasons Why People Reject Ideas
At some point in every person’s career, selling an idea or recommendation to a key decision maker leads to a rejection. And my, there are many reasons why people reject
Should I Hire a Facilitator?
Employees need meetings that work – insightful, productive and collaborative – and hiring an experienced facilitator can play a big part in making sure that happens. Can a good facilitator
Using Images as Metaphors for Creative Thinking
Metaphors are one of the most useful tools in creative thinking. Figures of speech, they are useful to compare different things. However, metaphors can also be used as a visual
LEGO Serious Play
When was the last time you attended a business meeting where every person actually joined in? The team found new solutions to old problems? And, you had fun playing with
Five Attributes of a Big Idea
It’s one of the most common questions in creativity. What’s a Big Idea? How many times has a client asked me for a Big Idea? Hundreds, without hesitation. “I want
Being Strategic and Creative At Work
To understand how people were creative at work, I spent time watching and interviewing clients and colleagues approach a typical assignment. It was fascinating because everyone used a different system.
How To Make an Idea
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we had a recipe to make an idea? A recipe is valuable to a cook when preparing a meal. Its preciseness and instructions help prevent