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Andy Eklund

Training in Business, Communications and Creativity

Category: Strategy

Posts which compare and contrast the differences between strategic and creative thinking

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    • in Analytical Thinking · Featured Posts · Intuition · Strategy
    • — 12 Jan, 2017

    Stengthening Your Intuition in Ten Steps

    Here’s a question from Suzanne, a reader from Brisbane. “You’ve talked before about intuition. Any tips to improve how I use my own?” Similar to creativity, intuition is something everyone[…]

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    The Difference Between Being Strategic vs. Being Creative 7
    • in Creative Process · Idea Generation · Left Brain-Right Brain · Problem Solving · Strategy
    • — 16 Oct, 2012

    The Difference Between Being Strategic vs. Being Creative

    When someone asks you to be strategic, what do they want you to do, exactly? When someone asks you to be creative, what does that mean, specifically?

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    • in Analytical Thinking · Brainstorm Techniques, Games, Exercises and Icebreakers · Crises and Issues · Idea Generation · Leadership Communications · Messages · Negotiation Skills · Problem Solving · Strategy
    • — 2 Oct, 2012

    Brainstorm Technique: Stop It or Mop It

    Addressing the problem means finding tactics which either remove or control the issue itself. A brilliant exercise to do that is Stop It or Mop It.

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    • in Common Mistakes in Brainstorming · Idea Generation · Strategy
    • — 19 Sep, 2012

    Make the Invisible Visible

    When creativity is invisible, it’s easy for clients and brainstorm sponsors to think it’s simple to do, to believe there’s no real work involved, and worst of all, to underestimate the value of the ideas.

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    • in Common Mistakes in Brainstorming · Creativity & Brainstorming · Facilitation · Idea Generation · Strategy
    • — 15 Aug, 2012

    The Most Common Mistakes in Brainstorming

    Here is my top 10 list of the most common “slip-ups” – natural, understandable and honest mistakes that can affect the quality of brainstorming and creativity inside organizations, agencies and their clients.

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    Reframing 0
    • in Reframing · Strategy
    • — 1 Dec, 2011

    Reframing

    Framing – or more so, “reframing” – a problem is one of the most useful skills of creative thinking.

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