Choosing Creative Projects
Gregg Fraley | Creativity & Innovation Consultant
by GREGG FRALEY
1y ago
Eight Ways to Beat the Blank Page Syndrome Fill the Blank Page with Actionable Ideas For Projects I was talking to a friend recently about what they might do in terms of a creative project. It was a tough conversation, they were stuck, and it got me thinking… Picking out a creative project is a simple concept right? Isn’t it as easy as thinking about what you might like to create and then jumping in? No, it’s not that simple. Why is it complicated? Well, for many of us, full of self-doubt, worry, and fear, embarking on a creative project is emotionally fraught. “What do I want to do?” is an in ..read more
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Innovation is for All Employees
Gregg Fraley | Creativity & Innovation Consultant
by GREGG FRALEY
1y ago
Operations Can Make or Break Growth Projects Enhance Acceptance of New Innovation With Training Innovation teams often do their work away from the day to day action of the company. In bigger organizations they may not even be located in the same office, plant, or even city. Operational employees often don’t even see those fun looking offices with ping pong tables and walls full of white boards. If they do see the ping pong tables — they might resent them. Innovation employees are trained in innovation theory and skills, even if it’s been done informally. They are true believers and do their b ..read more
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Wish Wildly With Abandon
Gregg Fraley | Creativity & Innovation Consultant
by GREGG FRALEY
1y ago
Blue Sky Visioning is Under-utilized Improve Personal or Professional Innovation Roadmaps “Be careful what you wish for” is a cliché you hear now and then. It occurs to me that innovation teams, often, don’t wish imaginatively enough. This is also true for individuals seeking new and interesting projects for their lives. If you want to innovate, solve a big problem, or make a positive change in a business or your life — it starts with wildly imaginative wishing. Some term it Visioning. How can you get what you desire if you don’t have an exciting vision for a highly desired outcome? Wildly Ima ..read more
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The 10 Commandments of Effective Brainstorming
Gregg Fraley | Creativity & Innovation Consultant
by GREGG FRALEY
1y ago
The Sins That Ruin Idea Generation Redefine Brainstorming If You Want Results   It’s okay to hate Brainstorming. I’ve heard it called BrainWasting, BullStorming, BullShifting, or words I won’t use here. Perhaps the most damning comment is simply “why did we bother?” Well, you bother because you need ideas. I can get you there, see below.  But first…  There have been many studies of brainstorming and articles written. Most (but not all) say it’s a waste of time. Many of these studies start with an outdated notion of what brainstorming is, and usually don’t study real working tea ..read more
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Fractional Chief Innovation Officer (CINO)
Gregg Fraley | Creativity & Innovation Consultant
by GREGG FRALEY
1y ago
A Practical Solution for Medium Sized Companies to Grow The 80/20 Solution for the MisFortune 10,000 The Fortune 1,000 work innovation process like mad. Many have fine-tuned frameworks with a high level of sophistication. That lowers risk. However, elaborate innovation frameworks slow things down. This mild paralysis is an opening for small and medium sized companies. They can grow by beating bigger players to the punch. But the “MisFortune 10,000” tend to miss this opportunity. Time to consider a Fractional Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) to load up that innovation punch. Here’s why. Speed a ..read more
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Announcing Momentum Creative Problem Solving (MCPS)
Gregg Fraley | Creativity & Innovation Consultant
by GREGG FRALEY
1y ago
A highly creative new method for solving difficult problems Accelerate the Momentum of Work and Life Projects With Focused Creativity Improvisation works for problem solving AND comedy. MCPS Training Available on Wednesday, April 28th, 1 to 4:30 Eastern Three Oaks, Michigan, Wednesday April 21st, an announcement on International Creativity and Innovation Day Momentum Creative Problem Solving (MCPS) is a powerful new method for solving difficult problems. If you are stuck, fearful or intimidated with a challenge — or delighted with a messy and perplexing opportunity — this is the process to use ..read more
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USA Now an Innovation Also-Ran — 11th in World
Gregg Fraley | Creativity & Innovation Consultant
by GREGG FRALEY
1y ago
USA, Now An Innovation Loser STEM Skills the Major Culprit Suggests a CCC-ish “American Science Corp” This is my annual blog reporting on the Bloomberg Innovation Index 2021 edition. The USA was 9th last year. Now, the USA has fallen to 11th in the annual ranking of innovation by country. Like last year, the continued slide (we were #1 in 2013) is due mostly to lack of investment in hard science, manufacturing, and technology education. See the Bloomberg Innovation Index report for 2020 here. It’s a truly rich report and it gives a great picture of which countries are primed, and are doing, gr ..read more
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How to Be Brilliant at Innovation
Gregg Fraley | Creativity & Innovation Consultant
by GREGG FRALEY
1y ago
Kick Start Ideas That Lead to Growth Accelerate Your Career Dodge the Pitfalls & Establish an Innovation Cycle Three Hour Virtual Training, February 5th, led by Innovation Master Trainer Gregg Fraley Being Brilliant at Innovation is within your grasp, but, it’s a minefield out there. There are more pitfalls in an innovation initiative than the moon has craters. Getting started is challenging because there is a great deal of conflicting advice in the form of books, consultancies, methods, and anecdotal stories. Does one need to take a Stanford course or read 35 books about innovation to get ..read more
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Innovation Piano Lessons
Gregg Fraley | Creativity & Innovation Consultant
by GREGG FRALEY
1y ago
Scaffolding is THE Key to Learning AND Innovation Learn to Play Piano in Days Control Shift Piano to Launch January 27th Steven Jenkins and I have something in common. We’re both frustrated piano players. I took lessons as an adult for several years and never achieved fluency. Traditional lessons teach music theory. I can read music but I’m so slow I can’t really keep a song flowing without practicing for months. Not much fun. I didn’t have the time or patience to continue; instead I took to singing at piano bars. Steven, on the other hand, took his frustration and innovated. He decided to in ..read more
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Get More Creativity Now
Gregg Fraley | Creativity & Innovation Consultant
by GREGG FRALEY
1y ago
Creativity is a Choice and a Habit Join the Creative Flow Challenge Starts Jan. 11th — 18 Days to Creative Power Learn How to Apply Creativity to All Your Projects Yes, you can improve your creativity. It doesn’t matter if you think you’re creative or not. It doesn’t matter if you can’t draw, write poems, paint lovely pictures, play guitar like Eric Clapton, sing like Joni Mitchell, or improv like Robin Williams. You have more creative power than you know, Click through for details on The Creative Flow Challenge. You can improve your creativity, through attitude, tools, methods, and daily pra ..read more
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