Looking for some new thinking to use during World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 – 21 this year? Here are 9 resources to play with to spark your creative thinking engines. Remember the criteria for creativity: novel, useful, surprising ideas, decisions and/or actions. Have others to recommend? Please list them in the comments section. …
Attention Bakers: Here’s a photo to stir your heart and mind for World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 – 21. It fulfills the criteria for creative Novel Useful Surprising When you are open to New ideas New decisions New actions it is easier to create novelty that is useful and surprising in any domain …
[brightcove vid=3373616535001&exp3=2072970314001&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=2071817190001&pk=AQ~~,AAAB4mHtenE~,_rixfzbq5sX3kYRD-76PJa-Z8t5PlMpq&w=480&h=270] Here’s a different technique to use in place of brainstorming during World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 -21, you know, for the people who say they are already creative…. Brainswarming was developed by Tony McCaffrey (tony@innovationaccelerator.com) who researches and develops innovation tools at Innovation Accelerator, Inc. Brainswarming is the latest tool to …
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See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning Insights Josh Linkner examines the importance of small, everyday acts of creativity. Set up your environment to foster innovative, independent thinking. Marci Segal, MS‘s insight: Inspiring reminder that "Solving a problem in a new way is creative. So is questioning the status quo." Many other simple examples here …
See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning Insights Ultimately, if American colleges and universities are to promote inventiveness effectively, they need to get more creative about how they teach creativity. Marci Segal, MS‘s insight: Are you a teacher of creativity? How might you respond? See on chronicle.com
See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning Insights Have you heard about World Creativity and Innovation Week? Me either…that is until recently. I am always up for learning and doing something new and so I just had to find out what this was all about. It is a new event started in 2002 and according …
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See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning Insights In the United States we are raised to appreciate the accomplishments of inventors and thinkers—creative people whose ideas have transformed our world. We celebrate the famously imaginative, the greatest artists and innovators from Van Gogh to Steve Jobs. Viewing the world creatively is supposed to be an …
As well as a music and film festival, SXSW is also an Interactive Festival focused on emerging technology. The interactive focus has earned SXSW a reputation as a breeding ground for new ideas and creative technologies. Below is a roundup of top 10 themes from the 21st annual festival , based on on-the-ground reporting, comments …
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This short video outlines several obstacles to energizing creative energy. Why not choose one to overcome during April 15 – 21? Which will you choose to eliminate? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2hPRoiHo8k&w=420&h=315] Video created by Steven Volpe, who is an undergraduate minor in Creative Studies at the International Center for Studies in Creativity, Buffalo, NY
See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning Insights Switch to an unrelated task — even if it’s just for two minutes. Marci Segal, MS‘s insight: Good to know there’s new research which show the value of a pause – doing an unrelated task to the one at hand – in creating breakthroughs. New slogan: Break …
