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A User's Guide to the Innovative Brain - DOWNLOAD this FREE webinar now!

Did you miss our latest webinar, A User's Guide to the Innovative Brain? (Hopefully, you were at the beach).  No worries, we made you a recording.

Click here to download a free copy of our webinar.

Click here to download a copy of the PowerPoint presentation.

In this webinar, Bob Eckert and Newell Eaton, discussed tricks for kick starting the creative process at a personal level and a culture of innovation at the organizational level.

Here are some of the ideas that were discussed:

 

 

 

 

 

• How to understand and manage unproductive thought and speaking patterns
• How to feed your brain a diet of useful newness
• Simple ways to coach and seek coaching from others to keep yourself as mentally productive as possible
• Methods for improving overall brain function and creative output
• Answers to questions from participants

We hope that you enjoy this webinar and that it helps get your creative juices flowing. 

 

Click here to download a copy of the webinar.

Click here to download a copy of the PowerPoint presentation.

Creativity: Charlie Rose Digs In

Building off of the Newsweek article on the Creativity Crisis, the Charlie Rose Show recently did a panel interview in the topic.  The 23 minute piece features Ashley Merryman (co-author of the Newsweek article), musicologist Aaron Berkowitz of Harvard University and Bruce Alberts, two-term president of the National Academy of Sciences.

It's refreshing to see the focus of national media turning to the topic of creativity, what it is, and how to develop more of it in our educational system.  Our hat (thinking cap) is off to Ms. Merryman for highlighting the value of Creative Problem Solving (which N&I sometimes refers to as the "Creative Process").

See the interview at: http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11125

Don't Forget: Brainstorming Works!

Thanks Newsweek (July 19, 2010) for perpetuating one of the biggest research myths since the Loch Ness Monster. Years of research and practice shows that Brainstorming works – like any tool – when used properly. The headline and text erroneously say otherwise.

The Creativity Crisis: The Good News & Bad News

Are engineers more creative than musicians?  Are creativity scores declining in the US? Are disruptions good in the classroom?  Is the US embracing the Chinese educational approach and vice versa?

Newsweek just ran an article entitled,"The Creativity Crisis," in which they cover these topics and many others.  The complete article is at:

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html

And we've pulled out some highlights, below.  The really good news for those who've been through our programs is that the most successful programs for identifying what CEOs think is the most important quality -- creativity -- are precisely what we've been training our clients in since the beginning.  Graduates of our programs should highlight to their managers how they are ahead of the curve, and preparing for what the CEO needs from their departments.

CPSI Presentations

Hello Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) participants! We've received numerous requests to have a copy of the various presentations done at CPSI by the N&I gang. Here are four of them.  We hope you find them valuable, and look forward to your questions and comments!

Download Living The Innovators Way

Download CPSI one day cps

Download Mastering Mental ClutterDownload

Download Pr_CPSI 2010 Building Innovative Organizations