On a morning walk, I noticed two similar bumper stickers. The bumper sticker on the top appeared just four parked cars ahead of the bumper sticker on the bottom. The fact that both bumper stickers were black, gold and white was not, in my opinion, a coincidence. Brilliance Activator helps leaders uncork the creative power [...]
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Creativity Thaws Polar Thinking
Posted in Brilliance, Brilliant Actions, Communication, Logical Thinking and Argument, Thinking Skills
Also tagged activate brilliance, Alfred Nobel, anti-military, brilliance, bumper stickers, Claes Nobel, creativity, National Society of High School Scholars, Nobel Peace Prize, opposites, polarity thinking, pro-military, scholar, soldier, The Army
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Meers Advertising and the Modern Mad Men of Creative Thinking
Few businesses do what they do as well as Meers Advertising, a stellar and fast growing agency based in Kansas City. Advertising agencies are under significant pressure today due to mobile computing, social media and better informed and more demanding clients. Rather than “ride out the storm,” Meers decided to host a panel discussion on [...]
Posted in Brilliance, Brilliant Actions, Communication, Creative Thinking Techniques, Customer Service, Leadership
Also tagged advertising, advertising agencies, Bernstein-Rein, collaboration, competition, creative directors, demanding clients, Kansas City, Kansas City Business Journal, Mad Men, Meers, Meers Advertising, mobile computing, panel discussion, social media
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The Corps of Creative Discovery: on a journey with Edward de Bono
Lewis and Clark were the leaders of The Corps of Discovery–a government team commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory. Although their journey took place over two hundred years ago, we too can explore a great territory – human creativity. One of my guides for this great journey of discovery has [...]
Posted in Brilliance, Brilliant Actions, Creative Thinking Techniques, The Good Doctor: Prescriptions for Better Thinking, Thinking Skills
Also tagged corps of discovery, creative journey, creativity, de bono for children, de bono for educators, Edward de Bono, human creativity, innovation, lateral thinking, lewis and clark, Simplicity, Six Thinking Hats
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Cool Names, Creative Thinking and Humor
In a recent post Seth Godin wrote: “Getting smart about naming is at the heart of marketing.” But how do you come up with a cool name for your product or service? Mike Brown answers that question in a great post on the Brainzooming Blog: Creating Cool Product Names for a New Product Idea – [...]
Six Ways to Deal with Stumbling Blocks to Creative Thinking
Whether we call it writer’s block, creative block, or the blues – sometimes we can’t come up with a single idea or a simple response. We’re stuck and there seems to be no way forward. This can happen for hours or it can happen for days. And sadly for some, it can happen for years. [...]
Posted in Brilliant Actions, Creative Thinking Techniques, Musings
Also tagged creative blocks, creativity, Stumbling blocks, writer's block
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On Track with de Bono, Six Hats and Creative Thinking
Don’t know how my Dad felt about it, but when I was young I loved it when we had to stop at a railroad crossing and watch the trains go by. One time while we were waiting, Dad asked me if I knew what the sign near the track said. I said no, so he [...]
Posted in Brilliance, Brilliant Actions, Creative Thinking Techniques, Focus, Leadership, Teamwork, The Good Doctor: Prescriptions for Better Thinking, Thinking Skills
Also tagged Edward de Bono, innovation, lateral thinking, Simplicity, Six Thinking Hats, Six Value Medals, team building, team work, The Power of Perception
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Pink Slime, Leadership and Slime Balls
Barb Shelly wrote a commentary in the Kansas City Star titled: ‘Pink Slime’ A Product Of Our Cheap-Beef Economy. In that article she quotes Donald D. Stull, a cultural anthropologist at the University of Kansas, saying this about pink slime: “It is interesting to watch how framing really transforms the dialogue. It seems to [...]
Posted in Brilliance, Brilliant Actions, Communication, Creative Thinking Techniques, Leadership, Teamwork, Thinking Skills
Also tagged communication, creativity, innovation, leaders, leadership, pink slime
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