With so much divisiveness in our world now, wouldn’t be nice if we could transcend our differences and unite in our creativeness if only for one week every year? This year? We all possess a potential for the future; we are pregnant with the possibilities for tomorrow. Wouldn’t it be cool to see in everyone …
Imagine your plans are less effective than you anticipated. There’s pressure to perform differently, successfully. Conditions have changed; time now to adapt or innovate. You want to overcome obstacles, use creativity, and creative thinking. You want to access imagination, dream up what could be next, chart a different course, engage interested parties, and marshall resources …
Do you want innovation to proceed? Then pay attention to the people Read More »
Scarcity is attractive. Research shows imposed limits motivate people to act: consumers are led to purchase using phrases ‘limited time offer’, ‘ first 30 people get a 30% discount’, and ‘only 100 left’ for example. [Other scarcities such as clean water, nourishing food, arable land, honeybees, and so on are also motivating people to take …
Some people ask for advice on what to do for their World Creativity and Innovation Week 2017 (April 15-21 every year). “Hm. I’m not sure.” I often reply. Then I ask questions like these. What might you do? What opportunities present themselves? What pet peeves would you like to solve? What would you like to …
Planting seeds for WCIW2017; 6 questions and a game Read More »
Change is uncomfortable, and change is all around. WCIW was created to open the door to help people actualize, use, their natural creativity (for example combining two things which haven’t been mixed together before [in any field, not limited to art]). Creativity by nature, involves change, different, new. Sometimes we have the opportunity to remain …
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WCIW April 15-21 was founded in 2001 using the following principles as guides. The week begins on Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday April 15 and ends on World Creativity and Innovation Day, April 21 every year. Its purpose is to provide time to allow, encourage and enable new thinking to create new futures; to make the …
Feel free to use Adobe’s State of Create 2016 Report findings to fuel your inspiration to celebrate and leverage World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21, 2017. “With our 2016 State of Create study, we set out to quantify just how much impact creativity has and the results are impressive. Globally, respondents believe that being …
Adobe State of Create Study 2016. More support for #wciw2017 Infographic and highlights Read More »
“What’s the best advice you have been given (or would like to give) regarding creativity?” #wciwadvice Just off a Skype interview with We Are Unstuck in the UK about creativity in organizations. Researcher Amy Rainbow’s questions were intriguing; one in particular struck as a fulcrum for learning. How might you respond? …
What if creativity had nothing to do with thinking at all? What if creativity is an energy that everyone has and uses to generate new ideas, make new decisions and take new actions. What if the energy is blocked, that people do some things that stop it from flowing. Learning skills associated with releasing creativity …
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