Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Find the most creative people at work and ask for their ideas. Brainstorm daily with a co-worker. Go for a daily brainstorming walk. Exercise during your lunch break. Invite your customers and vendors to brainstorming sessions. Think of five other ways to define your challenge. Play music in your office.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Sometimes creative thinking challenges come from inside your own head. In many organizations, however, substantial creative thinking challenges come from leaders and cultures that may say they want new thinking, but seem to do everything they can to scuttle creativity.

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InnovationTraining.org

JULY 13, 2020

This brainwriting exercise template can help your virtual or in person innovation teams succeed. 6-3-5 Brainwriting is a group-structured brainstorming technique that is a highly collaborative way to generate as many ideas as possible in groups within a short period of time. This exercise can either be done in person or online.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

Workplace Diversity – The Why, Who, and How of Strategic Thinking. Strategic Thinking Success – 3 Critical Thinking Perspectives. Strategic Thinking Perspectives – Three Strategic Voices to Include on Your Team. Creative Thinking – The Math of Brainstorming and New Ideas. #3

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BrainZooming

APRIL 24, 2018

The objective involved taking twenty-three tables of participants through innovation strategy exercises to identify disruptive concepts, craft strategies, document audience profiles, imagine ideas, develop market positions, and propose all the ideas in 9-second pitches. Creative Thinking: Tesco Homeplus Virtual Subway Store.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 10, 2015

We’re with a client today, delivering a strategic and creative thinking skills for sales workshop. As an outgrowth of the workshop, here is a strategic and creative thinking skills compilation comprised of articles that support the Brainzooming workshop we’re delivering. How to Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2016

Strategic Thinking Exercises – 3 Responses to New Ideas. In planning how we would help these companies, we realized there were three possibilities whenever we asked people to answer a question inside our strategic thinking exercises: The answer could show their strategic thinking was in the right direction.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 14, 2017

This is the core creative thinking question for our Shrimp exercise. This creative thinking question also helps them move beyond ideas they would typically self-censor in almost any situation. What completely outrageous thing could we do that would be incredible, yet get us into big trouble with the boss?

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Michael Michalko

MAY 14, 2022

In the same way, if we start a brainstorming session cold with a serious, uptight facilitator throwing out questions and problems to a stiff, conservative group, the chances of producing healthy ideas is minimal. Following are tips on how to loosen up the group to energize their creative thinking. CREATIVE COLLAGES.

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BrainZooming

MAY 9, 2017

Related posts Strategic Thinking Exercises – Group Collaboration the Right Way 7 Collaborative Strategic Planning Process Impacts (Even if the Plan Sits on the Shelf) Branding Strategy – 3 Ways to Invite Productive Strategy Input Creative Thinking – Who are the best collaborators?

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Rmukesh Gupta

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

We need to get them to a mindset where they can be creative, if our purpose is to get the most creative ideas that are possible. Start your brainstorming session by playing a game that requires creativity. Get them to exercise (mild) – it could even be just laughter therapy. Get people to draw something.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

From a facilitation standpoint, it was the most arduous couple of days of going through strategic thinking exercises I recall. What questions or exercises can I eliminate to save time while still getting enough input in all the areas we are covering for each innovation strategy? 11 Things Running through a Facilitator’s Head.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

During in-person and online strategic planning workshops , we regularly use a strategic thinking exercise that helps leadership groups quickly identify a shared future vision statement. Participants assess where they think the organization currently is and where they want it to be in the future on multiple “strategic dimensions.”

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Michael Michalko

APRIL 3, 2022

Best-selling creativity expert Michael Michalko shows that in every field of endeavor, from business and science to government, the arts, and even day-to-day life — natural creativity is limited by the prejudices of logic and the structures of accepted categories and concepts.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Then they brainstormed for ideas to come as close to this impossibility as possible. They started their brainstorming session with the question (What is impossible to do but if it were possible would….?) CREATIVE THINKERING BOOK REVIEW. IMAGINEERING. How can we imagineer this into a realistic and practical idea?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Let’s explore how you can create an environment conducive to collaboration and strategic thinking. Icebreakers and Team Building Activities Kickstarting your offsite with icebreakers and team-building exercises is a strategic move to warm up the group. Scenario planning to anticipate future business conditions.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 16, 2017

How about framing the exercise as Goldilocks and the Three Competitors? Jack and his Extreme Creativity Beans. Suppose you need extreme creative thinking. The kind of extreme creativity that comes from people with their heads in the clouds! When Is the Right Time for Brainstorming in Strategic Planning?

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Idea Drop

JULY 20, 2017

For most businesses, every day is an exercise in problem-solving. There are two distinct (though complementary) ways to work through a problem and develop a solution: we might label them ‘creative thinking’ and ‘strategic thinking’. Creative thinking focuses on capturing the unusual, unique and unchartered.

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Michael Michalko

MARCH 3, 2017

BRAINSTORMING BOARD. Put up a bulletin board in a central area and encourage people to use it to brainstorm ideas. You could describe the sale situation on a colored card, post it on the brainstorming board and ask people to post their ideas and suggestions. CREATIVE CORNER. IDEA LOTTERY. LET’S DO LUNCH.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Promotes the use of creative thinking and experimentation to find novel solutions. These programs can be offered through various formats such as leadership development workshops and seminars that focus on real-world applications of innovative thinking. Problem Solving The capacity to tackle complex challenges effectively.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Common barriers include a fear of failure, a lack of resources, or rigid hierarchical structures that limit creative thinking and swift decision-making. Strategy Description Idea Generation Sessions Regular meetings dedicated to brainstorming and free-flowing creativity.

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Michael Michalko

DECEMBER 10, 2021

After leaving the military, Michael facilitated CIA think tanks using his creative thinking techniques. Michael later applied these creative-thinking techniques to problems in the corporate world with outstanding successes. As I skimmed the amazing ideation techniques, I found myself exclaiming, “Woah!!”

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Michael Michalko

MARCH 3, 2017

Horst Geschka and his associates at the Batelle Institute in Frankfurt, Germany, developed a variety of group creative-thinking techniques called Brainwriting which, like Feynman=s innovative problem-solving approach, are designed to process ideas in parallel, spontaneous sequences. Brainwriting increases idea production dramatically.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

Nurturing Creativity and Collaboration Creativity and collaboration are the lifeblood of innovation. These can range from strategies for brainstorming to methods of implementing a new idea within a corporate structure. Ideation sessions that use creative thinking exercises.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Collaborative Activities : Exercises that require teamwork and creative thinking to solve problems or develop new ideas. Implement collaborative activities such as brainstorming sessions and group problem-solving. This visioning exercise is critical as it will serve as the foundation for the strategies you develop next.

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Idea Champions

JULY 11, 2021

Next time you find yourself leading a creative thinking session , make it a point to give participants, early is the session, a mental map of the process you'll be using. Explain that the session will consist of two key elements: divergent thinking and convergent thinking. questions for brainstorming. His response?

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Michael Michalko

JUNE 1, 2017

THOUGHT EXERCISE. Or, in other words, you had to break normal thinking patterns, something that the new Esquire said it could help modern men do. Over time the puzzle became synonymous with creative thinking and the phrase “thinking outside the box” has now become a cliché for creativity.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In nearly every Brainzooming community collaboration workshop, we conclude with a Plus-Minus-Interesting-Recommendation-Question exercise (a PMIRQ for short). Thinking of ideas for different categories.”. Brainstorming for technological advancements”. Effective Exercises and Process. Loved the Boom / Bust exercise.”.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 28, 2019

Idea Champions has trained quite a few PR and Marketing firms in the art and science of facilitating breakthrough brainstorming sessions. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, Idea Champions' ability to quickly and effectively teach my colleagues and me how to facilitate brainstorming sessions changed the future of our business.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Some of Michael’s creative-thinking techniques that were refined by his government and corporate practice were published in his best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) , which the Wall Street Journal reported “will change the way you think.” The ultimate brainstorming guide. multiple times.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 6, 2018

Ask the most creative people at work for their ideas. Brainstorm with a co-worker. Go for a daily brainstorming walk. Exercise during your lunch break. Exercise during your lunch break. Invite your customers to brainstorming sessions. Think of new ways to define your challenge. Remember your dreams.

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Michael Roberto

JANUARY 10, 2022

Engage in an improv exercise: A simple "yes-and" exercise can be a powerful way to get people to lower their inhibitions, think more freely, and become more comfortable offering bold and original ideas despite some reservations or concerns.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

How Psychological Safety Encourages Risk-Taking and Creativity When team members feel psychologically safe, they are more likely to take risks and venture into the realm of creative thinking. Regular brainstorming sessions, open forums, and suggestion boxes can serve as conduits for innovative ideas.

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Michael Roberto

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The Contrasting Effects of Repeated Practice on Creativity." These scholars asked the question: "Could repeatedly 'exercising' the creativity muscle help build up creative performance over time?" But it turns out that to get better at creativity, you need to do some creative thinking about creative thinking.”

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Simply put, an executive retreat can help the leadership team at your organization or company tackle your own unique challenges, brainstorm future goals, and build a global vision moving forward. Icebreakers are useful beginning exercises even for teams who know each other quite well. Why organize a leadership retreat?

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Next time you find yourself leading a creative thinking session , make it a point to give participants, early is the session, a mental map of the process you'll be using. Explain that the session will consist of two key elements: divergent thinking and convergent thinking. questions for brainstorming. His response?

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

IMPROVE YOUR BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS: Most company's brainstorming sessions are hugely ineffective, a kind of hyper-caffeinated Rube Goldberg machine where the same, usual suspects go through the same tired process of trotting out their pet ideas, jousting with each other, and calling it "ideation." Exercising. In the shower.

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