Catalyst Ranch’s
Creative Juice Blog
We had a great time hosting Juice on the Loose for World Creativity & Innovation Week, featuring three inspiring workshops from creativity thought leaders David Kaiser, Jill Wachholz, and Adam Shames! For more pictures, click here.
The following post is written by Juice on the Loose facilitator Adam Shames: Read more about Adam’s musical story, click the picture In my mid-twenties, I did not believe I could ever, ever, play music or respectably sing or write my own songs. Even though I loved music, my mindset was: [...]
Get to know Jill Wachholz, GroupStir principal, and one of our workshop leaders for Juice on the Loose – World Creativity and Innovation Week: Who am I: I’m an experimenter, explorer, and evolver… seeking to make a sliver of a positive difference. The work I do: […]
Facilitator and coach Jill Wachholz shares tips to capture and capitalize on what was learned from a project or initiative. (if viewing via email, watch the video here.) See her in action at our World Creativity and Innovation Week event Juice on the Loose on April 17th at 5:30PM. She will be joined by creative expert Adam [...]
Our whole philosophy at Catalyst Ranch is based on new ideas sparked from a creative, non-typical space. Over the last few years we’ve expanded our business into the qualitative research industry and have been delighted with so much positive feedback from our clients! If our space can inspire better ideas for corporate meetings, brainstorms, and retreats, [...]
With cases of marriage of equality hitting the Supreme Court today, we couldn't help but get nostalgic and reflect on the many same-sex couples who have started their lives together here at the Ranch. Whether they had a commitment ceremony or a civil union (like our event Under A New Moon which hosted the first legal same-sex [...]
The debate about “working from home” continues. Last week, Chicago Ideas Week shared the video “World of Work,” a conversation between 37Signals co-founder and CEO Jason Fried and James Warren of The Daily Beast/Newsweek. (if reading from email, click here to view this video) Fried presents his office’s non-traditional work methods, including “quiet Thursdays” where [...]
As we prepared for our friend Brendan Sullivan's workshop Why Didn’t We Think of That? Ideas for Generating a Culture of Innovation in Your Workplace on March 21st, I couldn't help wonder what my own "Why didn't I think of that?" moment was. One of my favorite websites is BuzzFeed. I love how they present topics relevant to varying demographics [...]
We're very lucky to meet some of the coolest people at the Ranch. One such person is our friend Brendan Sullivan is a creativity coach. Not only does he work with such clients as PepsiCo, Kelloggs, and GE, he also facilitates our Art-Work partnership with The Art Institute of Chicago. That's why we're so proud to present his [...]
We were so honored to join the many nominees of this year's Illinois Meetings + Events Magazine 8th Readers' Choice Awards on Thursday March 7, 2013. Some of the meetings and events industry's biggest movers-and-shakers gathered at the lovely Spiaggia to mix, mingle, and hear the announcement of this year's winners. We were doubly honored to win the [...]