BrainSparking
Your team leader calls a meeting to explain an issue escalated by customer service to the Vice President of Operations. He personally hands this issue to your team to resolve.…
Hiring and Training Innovative Leaders
Many companies claim to be forward-thinking and innovative, but are they really? As we head into the fourth industrial revolution, developing a creative and innovative culture is necessary for a…
Preparing Tomorrow’s Problem-Solvers
The future is now. New technologies, innovations, and systems are introduced daily. The rate of change is happening faster and faster. Once upon a time, when you died the world…
Be Like The Fonz! Right-Brain, Left-Brain Activity
Are you preparing for a strategy meeting? Do you need a bit more creative juice. Complete this activity to get the right-side and left-side of your brain working together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbu9Bc0Y_Bg
Artistic vs Creative vs Innovative
It's not "You say 'tuh-MAY-toh' and I say 'tuh-MAH-toh'." Learn how creativity is different from artistic and innovation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2vbwOAhjqA
Fail Like a Genius
One of my favorite Disney movies is Meet the Robinsons. In it an entire family celebrates when failure happens. They celebrate because when you fail it means you tried something.…
A Life of Gratitude Increases Creative Thinking
Thanksgiving is the season of gratitude, and the perfect time to talk about the effects of gratitude on creative thinking. I understand that it is not always easy to feel…
Three Ways to Increase Your Creative Thinking
I believe everyone is creative. Yes, everyone. You’re not creative, you say? Pfft! You must be confusing artistic with creative, so let’s get over that hurdle first: Creativity is a…
A Business Case for Creativity
Can adding creativity really move the needle in a business? Is it difficult to gather all the stakeholders into one place and spend time just thinking about solutions? We recently…
Welcome to BrainSpark
Through this blog, I will be taking you on a journey of self-discovery, idea development, team building, and award-winning leadership creation! Sounds epic, right? The information and products offered by BrainSpark are…