If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
Rollo May

Thank you! I now have the most highly motivated, self-driven, creative team this division has seen.
Karen Buczek, General Mills
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Top 5 Speaker

Mitch Ditkoff, the Co-Founder and President of Idea Champions, has recently been voted a top 5 speaker in the field of innovation and creativity by Speaking.com, a leading speaker's bureau. Raise the bar for innovation now!
World Business Forum 2011 Featured Blog Our Blog — "The Heart of Innovation" has been named one of the World Business Forum's Featured Blogs for 2011.
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Awake at the Wheel, Book about big ideas If you're looking for a powerful way to jump start innovation and get your creative juices flowing, Awake at the Wheel is for you. Written by Mitch Ditkoff, Co-Founder and President of Idea Champions.
See Mitch's keynote address Enjoy a 7-minute interview with Mitch at the Ethical Sourcing Forum in NYC: 3/28/11
Free the genie card deck A deck of 55 cards to spark new ideas, breakthroughs and extraordinary results. Buy now! Or brainstorm with our online genie.

"This is really, really good stuff." — Seth Godin

Featured in Alltop Guy Kawasaki's Alltop "online magazine rack" has recognized Idea Champions' blog as one of the leading innovation blogs on the web. Check out The Heart of Innovation, and subscribe!
Innovation Kits. Here's your one-stop shopping for everything you need (but forgot to ask for) in order to jump start innovation. Read More!
Our 360° Mission Statement ProcessTM helps your entire workforce dissolve silos and realign with new purpose while drafting your new company mission statement. Read A&E Television Network's rave about it here.
Breakthrough Cafe.
A totally unique brainstorming salon. Great food. Great food for thought. Great people. Collaborate, have fun, get out of the box.

"Inno-waiters With Whine Lists" – The Breakthrough Cafe featured in January 2006 issue of
BrainTrust.
Idea Champions' "rent a brain" network of visionaries, wizards, and creative thinkers ready and able to conjure up breakthrough ideas, products and services on your behalf. Read More!
What You Need More Of
(in order to succeed with your creative ventures)

Yes, I know you have a cool idea... concept... project... or venture that deserves to manifest in the world. But I also know you have some struggles — "things" that get in the way. The sooner you tune into these constraints and come up with a way to go beyond them, the sooner success will come to you. Take a few minutes now to rate each of the following items, on a scale of 1-5, (with "5" being the highest) for how much more of them you need in order to succeed with your various creative projects.

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1. Courage
2. A collaborator
3. Information
4. Sustained effort
5. Resilience
6. Marketing and sales
7. An assistant
8. Fresh ideas
9. A game plan
10. Time
11. Confidence
12. Immersion
13. Adaptability
14. Technology
15. Discipline
16. Expertise
17. Urgency
18. Decisiveness
19. Vision
20. Funding
21. Social networking
22. Encouragement
23. A coach
24. Patience
25. Feedback
26. Better space to work
27. Focus
28. Creativity
29. Business savvy
30. A committed team
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