Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

Looks to be great stuff! I can't wait to read the results. One of the biggest problems I've had in this area is actually getting the subject population to respond to the questions. Typically, they are so focused on their goals (which is reasonable) that they are too jealous of their time to respond to the interview questions. That being said, I have had some success in corresponding with Dr. Harry Wong, author and publisher of The First Day Of School. I would highly recommend him as a subject for your article. The man is a genius at getting things done in the classroom, and very personable.
Reg

Reg, thanks for stopping by and for the suggestion! What a great idea -- I enjoyed reading that book but do not know the author.... This series seemed like a good ideas because it donned on me that people's lives tell amazing stories of creativity ... more than my own 2-bit words ... and it would be fun to highlight a few of these gems... Hope you will stay tuned and add your own insights at our roundtable series on creative minds!

Hi there Dr. Weber.

Thanks for dropping my ever-so humble repository for daily scribblings and rantings and the like.

Although I have to admit that, despite the swaggering, know-it-all bravado I exhibit on my site, I really haven't given much thought on how exactly to fix the existing curriculum with regard to Mensans-in-potentia.
At the time I wrote that post it was enough for me to merely point and shout angrily at it.

I'd be quite interested to hear you opine on this subject however.

Drop me an email at jeremiah [at] meatyefreeti [dot] com if you'd like to delve a bit deeper into the matter. (Deeper than decorum would permit in the average blog comment anyway.)

Take care,

j.s.

In the context of my clients, if I use the term creativity, they think either about being artistic or about brainstorming. What I try to help them understand is that being creative is really two things.
One is learning to maximize the assets and resources that they have. I am constantly amazed at how intelligent people do not have a clear picture of what their strengths are. They think rather in terms of functions, or tasks, and doing activities, rather than the development resources to gain new strength. So, in order to make maximum use of their resources, they must learn to think creatively.
Two, is that being creative is learning to find a common point of reference between to pieces of knowledge or perspectives that seem not to have any. Where there are disconnections, anomalies, incongruencies, there is an opportunity to creatively discover some new insight or opportunity.
I look forward to seeing your thoughts on creativity.

Ellen - First, Thanks for the supreme compliment on my article: Oxymoronic Creative Hodgepodge. It never fails to humble me when others find something of worth in what I write.

I like the more "global" questions. Others like: what was the last creative initiative you took (or similar)may have a tendency to put interviewees on their heels - it may sound like a judgment or they may feel put on the spot.

I think the most creative thing I did today was edit an newsletter but I'm not sure I'd feel as though you were looking for an answer that "small".

I do like the question about obstacles in the work place and what gave them the best results.

Bottom line though ... it's all good. I'll be checking in frequently not that I found you.

Jeremiah, thanks for stopping by... let's keeping thinking about this one.. but you have already opened a few doors for a new approach here... so I hope you don't sell your good ideas short! Thanks again for raising the issues and reminding us we still have problems to solve in this area.

Thanks -- I am intrigued by your notion of thinking creatively Ed and would love you hear more! What a great conference that concept alone would make for bloggers.... Think of the pathways into creativity blogs and practices that could follow!

Bruce what kind of work do you edit and who is the audience? I am so glad you'll stay around as we kick off the creativity series soon... from the perspective of great leaders who bring more creativity to work.... You make a good case, Bruce, for the global vs the immediate and it seems to me that these play off one another in the most creative minds out there... What do you think?