The Deliberate Creative

Conflict has a big impact on a team's level of creativity. You may be surprised to learn that teams need conflict in order to be creative. In this episode, learn what the research has revealed about …

There are many ways to enhance your creativity. This episodes explains seven tips for how to become more creative. It requires you to be deliberate, but the results can be spectacular. 

What is your story? The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves impact so many aspects of our lives, from our physical health to our success and happiness. Mindsets are the way we think about our s…

In this episode Amy Climer examines the research on how to build creative teams and provides six actions leaders can take to enhance their team’s creative output.

• Two myths about …

This episode is a conversation with Elaine Gale, a brilliant writer and writing teacher. She talks about creativity within both the research and writing process. We cover many topics including faith …

Teams who work well together are able to be more creative. In this episode, learn how the Seven Norms of Collaboration can help your team work better together and be more innovative and creative.

In this interview Rosemary Rein, The Director of Learning and Evaluation at Wikimedia Foundation, talks about how she democratizes innovation to work towards Wikimedia's mission to share the sum of a…

Creativity is all about implementing change. If you want to implement creative ideas, you should know how change works. In this episode we look at how we think change works and how it actually works…

Polarities are opposites possibilities that exist in tension with each other. Dr. Liz Monroe-Cook explains polarity thinking and the importance of understanding polarities in order to engage in deli…

Vicky Cassidy of Grid Productive teaches us how teams can get more efficient and effective when trying to implement a creative project. She shares meeting techniques and tips, online tools, and a gre…

Learn about team development from a group of educators who participated in an 8-day North Carolina Outward Bound course. Through backpacking, rock climbing, and challenging themselves they learned mo…

Being creative requires taking some risks. Sometimes it's the risks that hold us back from moving forward and being creative. Learn about two types of risks, what it really means to step out of your …

While there are no specific traits that all creative people possess, there are some dimensions found in many highly creative people. These dimensions are like spectrums or paradoxes and creative peop…

Learn how your team's stage of development impacts their creative performance. We explore the five stages of group development, how creativity is impacted by each stage, and how to adjust your leader…

Learn about the FourSight Thinking Profile and how teams can benefit from understanding their own creative preferences. In this interview with Blair Miller, one of the developers of FourSight, he sha…

In this episode you will learn tools to use for stage four of the Creative Problem Solving process - Implement.

• How to create a comprehensive action plan
• The importance of identify…

In this episode you will learn tools to use for stage three of the Creative Problem Solving process - Develop.

• How to evaluate, strengthen and select your best ideas
• How to use t…

In this episode you will learn tools to use for stage two of the Creative Problem Solving process - the Ideate Stage.

• Idea Generation tools besides the classic brainstorm
• How to …

In this episode you will learn tools to use for the first stage of the Creative Problem Solving process - the Clarify Stage.

• Why the Clarify Stage of CPS is important
• The 3 steps…