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I wanted to share with you this posting from Beth at Daily Grommet about this fantastic new game called The Storymatic. I think there’re some great possibilities here for application to exercises during meetings. What happened to the amateur boxer who couldn’t get down from the roof? Or the neglected sibling who’s being followed by someone? [...]
May inspire another to create something truly astonishing. I just had to share this link to some of the most creative paper art I’ve ever seen created. Web Designer Depot found 13 artists who work solely in paper and do the most amazing things with it. You’ll never look at paper in quite the same way [...]
I recently read a great article written by David Straker titled “Creative Workspaces” courtesy of my friends at Catch Your Limit Consulting. Thanks Tom! As you can imagine, that title hit close to home for me as the propulsive force that caused me to open Catalyst Ranch was the lack of such workspaces being available to [...]
Name: Jackie Sloane Company: Sloane Communications, Inc. Area of Expertise: Collaborating with people to produce results through how they communicate, engage others, cultivate relationships! Share one of your trade secrets for keeping the energy and enthusiasm flowing when working through a long session or meeting with your clients. Laughter. Taking a moment to lighten up. [...]
Many of you who have been to the Ranch know that one of the key components of the design is the toys. The toys are provided for a variety of reasons. They remind people of their childhood – either a toy they enjoyed playing with or a toy that they wanted to play with, but never [...]
Our friends at Stuart-Rodgers Photography have come up with a fantastic idea for keeping their creativity flowing and are willing to share it with all of us non-professionals. Here are the details in their own words: Membership is free and the rules are simple. Create a new piece of art every day for one year. Our club understands the [...]
One of the common misconceptions about play is that it is necessarily purposeless, and therefore can’t possibly have any place in business. Harvard scholar and jazz pianist (and mentor) Frank Barrett calls improvised play a form of “disciplined imagination” reminding us that play can also be wildly productive and innovative. Pamela Meyer wrote a new book, [...]
The next time you pick up your stapler and mindlessly staple a stack of papers together, why don’t you give that stapler a closer examination and really think about your technique? Are you really as handy and dexterous with its use as you think you are? Are you ready to go up against Baptiste Debombourg staple [...]
Here’s a very easy and fun way to start a meeting, using the talents in the room to redesign the environment and give it some pizzazz. Assignment: Draw the missing half of a face of a person. Allotted Time: 5 minutes Go through a bunch of magazines and cut out interesting photos of people. [...]
Here’s a quick energizer game that you can play at your next day-long meeting that helps get the blood flowing again. It’s especially good mid-afternoon, when the after-lunch drowsiness is setting in. The whole point of energizers is to get people moving and laughing, clear the brain a bit. There’s no need to tie it into [...]