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.
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Ingenuity Bank!
Enterprise software to help you create a virtual community of inspired, committed, collaborative innovators cranking out great ideas.
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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.
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Innovation Kits.
Here's your one-stop shopping for everything you need (but forgot to ask for) in order to jump start innovation.
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The Sales Force Is With You!
Go beyond the commodity trap and help your sales force master
the art and science of selling ideas. Taught by Farrell
Reynolds, former President of Turner Broadcast Sales.
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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.
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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
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Conducting Genius
The Art and Science of Brainstorm Facilitation
Conducting Genius is a 3-5 day certification training for anyone in your organization committed to learning how to lead breakthrough brainstorming sessions. The training is especially suitable for change agents, team leaders, innovation champions, meeting facilitators, and trainers. Conducting Genius is fast-paced, fun, and highly customizable. It can easily be adapted to fit the learning needs, social style, and experience of participants. While each certification training is unique, it is likely to include a selection of the following topics:
Key Topics:
- Getting into the right mindset to be a brainstorm leader
- Establishing a culture of innovation
- Invoking brilliance under tight time constraints
- Nailing the pre-session needs assessment process
- Ensuring that the right people are in the room
- Framing accurate problem statements
- The DNA of Brainstorming: Structure and Process
- Creating mood and mindset
- Transforming limiting assumptions
- Managing group energy
- Balancing divergent and convergent thinking
- Working with diverse mindsets
- Invoking the Eureka moment
- Navigating the five phases of the creative process
- Living the ten personas of a brainstorm facilitator
- Neutralizing left brain dominance
- Doing the math: the geometry of brainstorming
- Dealing with naysayers
- Leading experiential challenges
- Being in the moment
- Following the plan vs. planning to follow
- Capturing ideas
- Leading idea workouts with key stakeholders
- Decision making and evaluation
- Ha-ha and aha! Humor and breakthrough
- Using creative thinking techniques
- Brainwriting
- Round Robin
- Trigger Questions
- Lead Into Gold
- Reversal
- Personas
- Blue Sky Thinking
- Jump Start
- Two to Tango
- Museum Walk
- Idea Lottery
- LCS
- Free the Genie
- Enrolling champions and process owners
- Follow-up options
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A deck of 55 cards to spark new ideas, breakthroughs and extraordinary results.
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A great way to help your workforce go beyond complaint.
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