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The Creative Workout: 15 fun ways to reboot your imagination
Being creative isn’t just about making stuff – it’s a state of mind. We round up 15 great games, techniques and tricks to get your brain ticking imaginatively...David Schultz's insight:It's always good...
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Strategic Thinking - Andy Warhol and Practicing What You Preach | The...
Ever feel like this quote from Andy Warhol is your life motto? I first read this Andy Warhol quote on practicing what you preach in high school, and I've used it to try keeping myself on (or...
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Report Finds ‘Deeper Learning’ Model Improves Outcomes for All Students
The conversation about what kids need to know and to be able to do by the end of high school has gradually shifted over the past several years to emphasize not just rigorous content goals, but also...
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Solving the World's Biggest Problems Takes Ensembles, Not Soloists -...
I'm convinced that, when it comes to most of the major challenges we face, multi-stakeholder partnerships are the key to achieving real progress....David Schultz's insight:No one is an island. That...
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Strategic Thinking - Are You Leaving Room for Unknown Ideas? | The...
Remember, strategic thinking lessons are all around us if we're willing to search for them. For instance, there is an account in Acts of the Apostles from the Bible's New Testament about the...
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Primary pupils puzzle over challenges
Problem solving, team work and strategic thinking were all needed by pupils taking part in puzzle challenge days.David Schultz's insight:We should be doing this in business.See it on Scoop.it, via...
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Messy Desks Encourage Creative Thinking
Researchers have discovered that messy desks encourage creative thinking while clean desks encourage socially-responsible decision making.See it on Scoop.it, via Balance: People & Business
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Fix It! - 10 Steps to More Effective Problem-Solving - Huffington Post
If it's true, as has been said, that the essence of running a business is "getting up every day and solving today's problem," then effective problem-solving goes to the heart of every successful...
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Paving the Path for Innovation Purpose and Closing the Alignment Gap
Defining the organizational purpose and promoting organizational alignment are two key factors for creating a culture that supports innovation. In this series of articles focused on Innovation Culture,...
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Creative Innovation (Pt 12): Associative Thinking - Influencing and Problem...
This entry is part 12 of 15 in the series Creative InnovationIt’s difficult to discuss creative innovation without addressing associative thinking (aka Intersectional ThinkingTM).See it on Scoop.it,...
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Debunking Myths About Worker Passion - Forbes
A new Deloitte report finds 88% of workers and managers lack passion for their work. Find out whySee it on Scoop.it, via Balance: People & Business
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7 steps to problem solving for non-genuises - Standard-Examiner
“There is nothing that is a more certain sign of insanity than to do the same thing over and over and expect the results to be different.” -Albert Einstein By learning new ways...See it on Scoop.it,...
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Creative Thinking - 9 Tips to Amplify Creativity in Any Business by John Q....
I’ve known John Q. Harrington (or Q as he’s known to everyone) for more years than either of us will admit to in public! Q, a national and international award-winning Creative Director for 20+...
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Is Your Workplace Turning You Into a Zombie? - Huffington Post
It is clear today that there is not one ideal environment for work. The optimum work environment changes across the day and across the week to support changing needs and give people control and choice...
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'Crucial conversation': Navigate organizational types to challenge the status...
BizTimes, 126 N. Jefferson Street, Suite 403, Milwaukee, WI 53202 414.336.7114, editorial@biztimes.comDavid Schultz's insight:Interesting use of cultural models. I wonder though if it is too simple....
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The U.S. Intelligence Community's Creativity Challenge
"Why isn’t the IC clamoring—like so many other organizations—to think creatively about the increasingly complex world it is supposed to understand?"See it on Scoop.it, via Balance: People & Business
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Igniting innovation: how hot companies fuel growth from within - Successful...
Igniting innovation: how hot companies fuel growth from within - Successful entrepreneurshipSee it on Scoop.it, via Balance: People & Business
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Value Acceleration
We've all had a project we worked hard to meet a deadline. By adding value acceleration events you can create new, untapped capacity with the same workforceSee it on Scoop.it, via Balance: People &...
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Take a walk and ideate - Bangalore Mirror
Breaking by going for a stroll in the midst of work boosts creativity, experts saySee it on Scoop.it, via Balance: People & Business
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The Simple Secret to Cultivating Creative Thinking
How many good ideas have you had today? Probably more than you think. There's something creative people instinctively do that helps them develop and utilize their flashes of genius. What do they know...
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Strengthen Your Strategic Thinking Muscles
Break down this big goal into phases you can practice.See it on Scoop.it, via Balance: People & Business
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Want To Improve? Know Your Strengths - Business 2 Community
We’ve all struggled to overcome something we don’t like about ourselves. Why is it so hard to change a single bad habit? The tabloids have talented and famous people splashed across their headlin…David...
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Having More Women Leaders Is Good for Business - Gallup.com
Women make up more than their share of the consumer market, but less than their share of business leadership. That's bad for employee engagement and company performance.See it on Scoop.it, via Balance:...
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10 Ways to Jumpstart Innovation - Huffington Post
"If you only do what you've always done, you'll only get what you've always got." That pithy argument for original thinking has been attributed to Albert Einstein, Henry Ford, and Mark Twain, just to...
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Strategic Thinking - When Does Doing Things for Free Become Getting Paid? |...
You've heard the strategy. You've heard the strategy's promise. Heck, you may be knee-deep or even waist-deep in the strategy. What’s the strategy? Giving away what you do for free in the hope of...
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How Thinking About Others Improves Our Creativity
Research suggests we're more creative when we're others-focused.See it on Scoop.it, via Balance: People & Business
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Inside The Rationality Movement That Has Silicon Valley Buzzing With Positive...
The Center for Applied Rationality uses science-based techniques that are giving the self-help industry a run for its money. See them here.See it on Scoop.it, via Balance: People & Business
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12 Things You Were Not Taught in School About C...
By Michael Michalko 1. You are creative. The artist is not a special person, each one of us is a special kind…See it on Scoop.it, via Balance: People & Business
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Creative Thinking Exercise - SCAMPER around KC by Woody Bendle | The...
Here's a new guest post by Woody Bendle as he looks around Kansas City for applications of a creative thinking exercise called SCAMPER. Similar to the Trait Transformation creative thinking...
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You don't need authority. Build your influence.
We often put too much emphasis on having authority and being the decision maker – the one in the driving seat. But in fact, being influential will get you so much further than you think.See it on...
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