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Creative Juice Blog
Name: Brenda Russell Williams Company: Russell Williams Group, Inc. Area of Expertise: Strategy and facilitation What sparks your creativity? Kinetic energy! I am a mover, and that is my view of creativity. It has cadence, rhythm and is dynamic in its expression. My best ideas come when I am walking or dancing in flow with nature. Give [...]
Name: Aaron Goldman Title of Book: Everything I Know about Marketing I Learned from Google What are some of the main themes of your book? Keep it simple, stupid. Be where your audience is. Test everything. Show off your assets. Altrusim sells. These are 5 of the 20 “Googley Lessons” covered in my book. What prompted [...]
Name: Jason Seiden Title of Book: How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What's Left of Your Career What are some of the main themes of your book? Oh, you know, the typical career stuff... how to fail as an employee, how to suck as a manager, how to jam your head totally up your colon [...]
Have you ever wondered about the importance of "play" in our lives, and not only just in our personal lives but also in our work lives? Dr. Brown co-author of "Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul" shares with us some insight into his research and how important play really [...]
Creativity has long been a key factor in discovery, problem solving, new product development, and even in facilitating a successful meeting. Sari Gluckin with Wishful Thinking shares with us some of her trade secrets in generating energy and keeping the enthusiasm flowing during long meetings. Name: Sari Gluckin Company: Wishful Thinking Area of Expertise: Deep [...]
Name: Dan Heasman Company: ?What If! - The Innovation Company Area of Expertise: Innovation training & capability building Share one of your trade secrets for keeping the energy and enthusiasm flowing when working through a long session or meeting with your clients. Keep changing things up! This can be your discussion points or exercises, it can [...]
Name: Cheryl McPhilimy Company: McPhilimy Associates, Inc. Area of Expertise: Drawing out and capturing the essence of an individual or organization and developing key messaging that sticks. My firm’s tagline is “where strategy finds expression.” I help clients identify what is important and then express it. Share one of your trade secrets for keeping the [...]
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. [...]
Name: Jeff Merrell Company: Northwestern University Master's Program in Learning & Organizational Change Area of Expertise: Linking knowledge-sharing practices to organizational strategy, with a particular emphasis on socially-responsible activities. What sparks your creativity? Being around other people who are engaged and enthusiastic about whatever it is they do. I love working with people who get all [...]
Name: Pamela Meyer Title of Book: From Workplace to Playspace: Innovating, Learning and Changing Through Dynamic Engagement What are some of the main themes of your book? The main theme of the book is reflected in its title; From Workplace to Playspace is about a shift in mindset. The book focuses on the everyday space we [...]