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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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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Here’s a list of qualities from which to select an area to explore, experiment with, and expand… Abstraction: Abstract concepts from ideas Connection: Connect things that don’t initially appear connected Perspective: Shift perspective of a situation in terms of time, space and other people’s point of view Curiosity: Seek to change or improve things that …
Here’s an excerpt from the upcoming creativity book “Wired to Innovate: Thrival Skills for the 21st Century,” by Gerard J. Puccio, PhD, John Cabra, PhD and Nate Schwagler MS. Published by Sage due out Fall 2014. It was announced in the Foursight February newsletter and serves as good inspiration for gearing up for World Creativity …
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Friends, you may not be aware of a giant in the field of creativity, one who has been a creativity catalyst for people all over the world, for at least the last 60 years. Sid Parnes passed away this week, and I want you to be familiar with his depth and reach, because in your …
Former US President Bill Clinton, Richard Florida, author of the Creative Class and Director of the Martin Prosperity Center, & Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute discuss why creativity matters….and the importance of creative collaboration. At the Creativity Conference in Washington, DC, April 26, 2013. http://bit.ly/10nLSBw It’s great to see these kinds …
The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self: the ultimate touchstone is witness, the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and …
Remember to share with the world what you are doing for World Creativity and Innovation Week, April 15 – 21 in an easy tweet. #wciw World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 – 21 celebrates the unlimited potential of people to be open to and generate new ideas, be open to and make new decisions, …
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