Creative Streak

#5: How to Break Your Presentation with Conversation

2012-01-26T11:28:32-06:00

This is one in a series from "10 Things You Can Do To Help Your Audience Listen Better." It covers initial points on how to ask questions of the audience, lead exercises, and facilitate discussion and debate.

Warm-Up with an Ice-Breaker

2012-01-22T16:25:40-06:00

Ice-breakers are not just a fun game to start a meeting. They're an essential way to get everyone attending the brainstorm mentally ready to generate ideas.

The Attributes of the Creative Individual

2012-01-18T09:32:06-06:00

Perhaps the question isn’t whether a person is creative or not, but whether a person has certain attributes or characteristics which can enable their creativity.

Two Articles on Creativity from Psychology Today

2012-01-16T17:32:42-06:00

Two interesting articles about creative thinking and the creative individual, from Psychology Today.

Metaphors and Creative Thinking

2012-01-04T10:20:27-06:00

Metaphors are one of the most common and useful tools in creative problem solving.

How Do You Handle An Ogre?

2011-12-19T16:42:15-06:00

At some point in your career, you meet a person who stands in the way of your idea. Now what?

What Good Listeners Do

2011-12-14T13:22:25-06:00

The very best listeners are S.A.F.E., a simple anagram which outlines the four principles of good listening.

Life Without a Back-Space Key

2011-12-13T16:11:01-06:00

The appearance of the back-space key on the keyboard was the moment that two simultaneous forces could now work at the same time: the act of creativity opposed to the act of censuring. We’d never be the same again.

#4: Be VARK

2011-12-09T12:33:04-06:00

Be VARK: use all four different learning preferences to engage your audience, to listen to your ideas, to get and win approval.

Right Side Up from Up Side Down

2011-12-01T12:31:36-06:00

Framing - or more so, "reframing" - a problem is one of the most useful skills of creative thinking.