DEAR creative friend Alan:
Tank you.
congratulations for extraordinary idea about creativity champions, I'm not consirer one champion, but I'm a student interesting in more, and nore understand creativity secrets forntiers...
A creative hug,
Antonio (Basauri de los Lápices) it's my nik: basauri (el Antonio de los Lápices) :"Basauri (Antonio to pencils)
hi Alan,
thank you for inviting me to you wonderful tribe. I really enjoy the format and look forward to participating in the discussions.
currently I am in Italy writing my book and will not be home until Aug 6th. I have very little internt time and will fill out the site, etc when I land back in the states.
I looks like you have been having a wonderful time doing what you love to do! I hope you are having a wonderful summer!
Caio!
Teri
Yes we will be in SA in Oct it wil be great to see you there. Neil is running a session on Sales which he ran with Patrizia Sorgiovanni in Greenwich, Bruce and Eileen went along and found it very helpful. We are trying to persuade Pat to come with us to SA but I think its been a hard year for everyone. I think we all need to be more creative in the way we sell ourselves!!
Hi Alan
I am working on the future of my own business. I am seriously looking to move back down under. I am not enjoying living back in Canada. I am also having issues of working on my own....I would really like to work inside an organization for a while doing this type of work. I'm not sure I am cut out to work on my own. I find it hard to be satisfied with the quality of work that I can sell.
The work that I am most fascinated with is the Kirton work on cognitive diversity. I see this as one of the truly big ideas of this work … if you explore his research beyond the simple assessment tool. I believe that we fundamental manage people in our organizations ‘as if’ everyone thinks alike. If we managed people based on their style of thinking, our tools and recommendations would be so different.
The main project I am promoting is my revised 12 Challenges guide which I call “Yearly Idea Leadership Navigator Guide”. I conceived a new tool for managing ideas over a period of time. I offer a one day program on innovative thinking and planning for 12 months of ideas. http://yearlyidealeadership.dev.bayteksystems.com/
The area of study that interests is the lack of new thinking happening in how to make service organizations more innovative. I use this simple question: If manufactures invest in R&D for their new ideas / process / revenue sources, what do service organizations invest for new ideas / processes / revenue sources? In particular, my interest is developing a capacity to innovate in the public sector.
Something to think about…
Hi Alan
Good to hear from you. I don't get engaged in many of these sites. Regarding the Sid Parnes tribute, I could make this. This sounds interesting. It is not that far for me to drive. How many people do you expect? I have never attended a CPSI event.
I did learn a big lesson after reading Applied Imagination (1953 version). I heard too many consultants talk about ‘brain storming’ without knowing the original source. I was fascinated to learn that Osborn did not mention ‘harness the brains to storm through a problem’ until page 278 of the 300 page book. The implication to me was clear. You must be trained to apply your imagination in more structured and sophisticated ways to solve problems more effectively. If that does not work, he gives you a few pages of techniques to use in pairs or small groups. I had never heard this from anyone.
However, the big eye opening insight for me was the final paragraph of the book: “We need new ideas to win wars. We need even more and better new ideas to win peace."
Hi my friend. Thank you so much for all the meaningful suggestions about sites and ways to stay connected with other creative people. You saved me lots of time. I will soon be able to tell you about the Conference in April (CapeTown, South Africa) and if I will be able to showcase. I have lots of hope and faith that we will be seeing each other more than once this year! A.
Hello Alan,it was great sharing the spirit of Mindcamp with you! Thank you for inviting me on this great site, which I will keep visiting for many creative discoveries ! Be well until we meet again at Sestri! Warm wishes Colette
Yes, please add me to your Cre8ng Challenges emailing! I am always looking to further my creativity. I just posted my updated website on Saturday and so I am not sure you viewed it updated? The updated version includes an about me, web site design samples and a new blog! Check out the blog link, when you have a chance and leave a comment. www.ChaRene.net
Good to hear from you! I'm on the run this A.M. so will add more to the profile (photo, etc.) later. Lots of changes here (again). Director resigned; Cheryl Smith is serving as Interim. casmith@northwood.edu. I'm still on MI's ArtServe board,too; goverance chair... what fun! Well, more later. Hope you've had a good summer... can't believe it is almost over! Nancy
Sorry the delay but i´ve been out the city for +a week and couldn´t answer you welcome on time.
Thank you for inviting me join this amazing site i´ll be scanning and discovering little by little.
Congratulations to Tom Tresser too, for such a great idea.
After meeting Bob Eberle (creator of S.C.A.M.P.E.R. and author of several books on developing creative thinking in classrooms and children) I went to my first CPSI in 1978. I became hooked and became a leader/presenter the next year. But during a cutback I was not invited back to CPSI in 1982 and couldn't have gone anyway because I was going to be teaching for UGA in Italy. In 1988 I went back to CPSI as a participant.
The ten years had changed me.
In 1978 I went with the fantasy of becoming a famous, successful creative thinking consultant.
In 1988 I went as a participant with the goal to grow and to share to help others grow.
Over the past 20 years I have become a creativity zealot and attend as many creativity conferences as I can stretch my business revenue to.
In 2001 I took my first Alan's Global Creativity Tour around the globe going to 16 countries speaking and meeting creativity colleagues in each. In 2003 I planned and took my second.
Since 1998 I have been involved with the ACRE - African Creativity Conference held in Warmbad (Bela Bela), Limpopo, South Africa 90 kms from Pretoria that fellow E. Paul Torrance student Kobus Neethling founded and directs annually.
My life has become centered around helping others reawaken, expand and enrich their creativeness and creative thinking skills and abilities, while being deliberately more and more creative myself.
Creativity, writing: mysteries, travel, creativity focused stories, articles, books, traveling, meeting new friends, while keeping in touch with past and present colleagues and friends has become my life over the past 30+ years.
Doing client work is how I finance my life,
not why I live it.
Best wishes for great success in all you CREATIVELY CHOOSE TO DO!
Wandering Alan
alan@cre8ng.com
http://www.cre8ng.com
I had trained in Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI) and in ITESM : Instituto Tecnologico Educacion Superior of Monterrey with Margarita Sanchez and her training group.
Both were huge experiences, and in future I will train in TRIZ on december 2008 in UK with Darell Mann Institute.
I am chemical engineer so TRIZ and his solving methods are quite practical and required by different companies in Argentina.
Creativity or Innovation in general are not required by organization in Argentina, so in accordance with Darwin s laws, not the people more intelligent or with more power, buy people that success, are people adapted to their context.
Oscar
Yesterday Brenda Rashleigh and I were talking about members of TM1779.
You definitely were one. You are missed.
Brenda ran the Humorous Speech Contest this week: Mike Beck won with a very funny speech about him running the Atlanta Road Race.
Please come back when you are in town. Or contact me when you will be in town and we'll take time to catch up.
I am trying to get most to all the members to complete my Mind Design questionnaire so that I can do a study of speaking styles across clubs in Georgia.
Haven't seen you in forever. Lots and lots of great changes in my life, suffice it to say. Anyways, I think this is a tremendous idea! Gee, not surprised to see myself writing something like that concerning you. Hope you're doing well. Talk soon.
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Tank you.
congratulations for extraordinary idea about creativity champions, I'm not consirer one champion, but I'm a student interesting in more, and nore understand creativity secrets forntiers...
A creative hug,
Antonio (Basauri de los Lápices) it's my nik: basauri (el Antonio de los Lápices) :"Basauri (Antonio to pencils)
I would be happy to. I will keep in touch!
thank you for inviting me to you wonderful tribe. I really enjoy the format and look forward to participating in the discussions.
currently I am in Italy writing my book and will not be home until Aug 6th. I have very little internt time and will fill out the site, etc when I land back in the states.
I looks like you have been having a wonderful time doing what you love to do! I hope you are having a wonderful summer!
Caio!
Teri
Thanks for including me. I expect to learn much from this group.
I am working on the future of my own business. I am seriously looking to move back down under. I am not enjoying living back in Canada. I am also having issues of working on my own....I would really like to work inside an organization for a while doing this type of work. I'm not sure I am cut out to work on my own. I find it hard to be satisfied with the quality of work that I can sell.
The work that I am most fascinated with is the Kirton work on cognitive diversity. I see this as one of the truly big ideas of this work … if you explore his research beyond the simple assessment tool. I believe that we fundamental manage people in our organizations ‘as if’ everyone thinks alike. If we managed people based on their style of thinking, our tools and recommendations would be so different.
The main project I am promoting is my revised 12 Challenges guide which I call “Yearly Idea Leadership Navigator Guide”. I conceived a new tool for managing ideas over a period of time. I offer a one day program on innovative thinking and planning for 12 months of ideas. http://yearlyidealeadership.dev.bayteksystems.com/
The area of study that interests is the lack of new thinking happening in how to make service organizations more innovative. I use this simple question: If manufactures invest in R&D for their new ideas / process / revenue sources, what do service organizations invest for new ideas / processes / revenue sources? In particular, my interest is developing a capacity to innovate in the public sector.
Something to think about…
Good to hear from you. I don't get engaged in many of these sites. Regarding the Sid Parnes tribute, I could make this. This sounds interesting. It is not that far for me to drive. How many people do you expect? I have never attended a CPSI event.
I did learn a big lesson after reading Applied Imagination (1953 version). I heard too many consultants talk about ‘brain storming’ without knowing the original source. I was fascinated to learn that Osborn did not mention ‘harness the brains to storm through a problem’ until page 278 of the 300 page book. The implication to me was clear. You must be trained to apply your imagination in more structured and sophisticated ways to solve problems more effectively. If that does not work, he gives you a few pages of techniques to use in pairs or small groups. I had never heard this from anyone.
However, the big eye opening insight for me was the final paragraph of the book: “We need new ideas to win wars. We need even more and better new ideas to win peace."
Take care.
Yes, please add me to your Cre8ng Challenges emailing! I am always looking to further my creativity. I just posted my updated website on Saturday and so I am not sure you viewed it updated? The updated version includes an about me, web site design samples and a new blog! Check out the blog link, when you have a chance and leave a comment. www.ChaRene.net
Sorry the delay but i´ve been out the city for +a week and couldn´t answer you welcome on time.
Thank you for inviting me join this amazing site i´ll be scanning and discovering little by little.
Congratulations to Tom Tresser too, for such a great idea.
Raúl Collado
Argentina.
After meeting Bob Eberle (creator of S.C.A.M.P.E.R. and author of several books on developing creative thinking in classrooms and children) I went to my first CPSI in 1978. I became hooked and became a leader/presenter the next year. But during a cutback I was not invited back to CPSI in 1982 and couldn't have gone anyway because I was going to be teaching for UGA in Italy. In 1988 I went back to CPSI as a participant.
The ten years had changed me.
In 1978 I went with the fantasy of becoming a famous, successful creative thinking consultant.
In 1988 I went as a participant with the goal to grow and to share to help others grow.
Over the past 20 years I have become a creativity zealot and attend as many creativity conferences as I can stretch my business revenue to.
In 2001 I took my first Alan's Global Creativity Tour around the globe going to 16 countries speaking and meeting creativity colleagues in each. In 2003 I planned and took my second.
Since 1998 I have been involved with the ACRE - African Creativity Conference held in Warmbad (Bela Bela), Limpopo, South Africa 90 kms from Pretoria that fellow E. Paul Torrance student Kobus Neethling founded and directs annually.
My life has become centered around helping others reawaken, expand and enrich their creativeness and creative thinking skills and abilities, while being deliberately more and more creative myself.
Creativity, writing: mysteries, travel, creativity focused stories, articles, books, traveling, meeting new friends, while keeping in touch with past and present colleagues and friends has become my life over the past 30+ years.
Doing client work is how I finance my life,
not why I live it.
Best wishes for great success in all you CREATIVELY CHOOSE TO DO!
Wandering Alan
alan@cre8ng.com
http://www.cre8ng.com
I certainly agree with the idea of meet-ups. They just don't fit into my program. Seems I need to work all year and not spend money on such luxuries.
However I agree the greatest value comes from meeting people and exchanging ideas with them. It's a great opportunity for cross-pollination.
I, too, hope to run into you someday.
Both were huge experiences, and in future I will train in TRIZ on december 2008 in UK with Darell Mann Institute.
I am chemical engineer so TRIZ and his solving methods are quite practical and required by different companies in Argentina.
Creativity or Innovation in general are not required by organization in Argentina, so in accordance with Darwin s laws, not the people more intelligent or with more power, buy people that success, are people adapted to their context.
Oscar
Yesterday Brenda Rashleigh and I were talking about members of TM1779.
You definitely were one. You are missed.
Brenda ran the Humorous Speech Contest this week: Mike Beck won with a very funny speech about him running the Atlanta Road Race.
Please come back when you are in town. Or contact me when you will be in town and we'll take time to catch up.
I am trying to get most to all the members to complete my Mind Design questionnaire so that I can do a study of speaking styles across clubs in Georgia.
Remember when you filled it out.
Do your remember your scores?
Alan
Haven't seen you in forever. Lots and lots of great changes in my life, suffice it to say. Anyways, I think this is a tremendous idea! Gee, not surprised to see myself writing something like that concerning you. Hope you're doing well. Talk soon.
Cyndy
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